What’s Goin’ On

All the best guitar events happening over the next few weeks, in one place

The Darkness 23 November to 2 December Various UK venues With new album Pinewood Smile confirming the band’s commitment to rock continues unabated, we can’t help but wonder if the dynamic between The Darkness’s guitar-wielding Hawkins brothers has changed since their 2011 comeback. “I don’t take myself quite as seriously this time around and he takes certain elements a bit more seriously than he used to,” Dan Hawkins says of him and frontman Justin. “We have a newfound respect for the position we’re in as well. Sustaining our lifestyle in this band and continuing to be able to do what we do is the most important thing in our lives full stop. The most important and precious thing. And it didn’t used to be like that. There was an element of resentment to how hard we were working and what was happening. But that’s gone. It’s joyous at the moment I would say.” www.thedarknesslive.com