The Darkness is a British rock band that formed in Lowestoft, England in 2000. The band consists of Justin Hawkins, his brother Dan Hawkins, Frankie Poullain and Rufus Tiger Taylor.
The Darkness performing at SSE Arena Wembley in 2018
Justin Hawkins at Ankkarock, Finland
Dan Hawkins at Helsinki Ice Hall in Helsinki, Finland
The Darkness live in Glasgow, Scotland, February 2006
Lowestoft is a coastal town and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England. As the most easterly UK settlement, it is 110 miles (177 km) north-east of London, 38 miles (61 km) north-east of Ipswich and 22 miles (35 km) south-east of Norwich, and the main town in its district. The estimated population in the built-up area exceeds 70,000. Its development grew with the fishing industry and as a seaside resort with wide sandy beaches. As fishing declined, oil and gas exploitation in the North Sea in the 1960s took over. While these too have declined, Lowestoft is becoming a regional centre of the renewable energy industry.
Lowestoft beach and outer harbour
Lowestoft's Yacht Basin in 1929
Traditional trawler, the Mincarlo, now a museum ship
Windfarm construction in Lowestoft harbour