The Darkness: Photo Ros O'Gorman

The Darkness And Joan Jett And The Blackhearts Australian Dates

by Paul Cashmere on January 31, 2013

The Darkness and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts will tour Australia in April with Australia’s Jackson Firebird rounding out the bill.

The Darkness: Photo Ros O'Gorman

The Darkness is Justin Hawkins (vocals/ guitar), Dan Hawkins (guitars/ backing vocals), Frankie Poullain (bass), and Ed Graham (drums). They played a few Aussie showcase gigs to promote their third album ‘Hot Cakes’ in 2012.

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts were last in Australia in 2010 for The Falls Festival.

Dates are:

April 2, Adelaide, Adelaide Entertainment Centre
April 4, Brisbane, The Riverstage
April 5, Sydney, Hordern Pavilion
April 6, Melbourne, Hisense

Tagged as: Australian Tour, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, The Darkness

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