The Darkness Announce North American Tour, New Album for 2012

The Darkness have announced that they will embarking on their first North American tour since 2004 early next year. You can check out the entire run of dates below.

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Josh Hart is a former web producer and staff writer for Guitar World and Guitar Aficionado magazines (2010–2012). He has since pursued writing fiction under various pseudonyms while exploring the technical underpinnings of journalism, now serving as a senior software engineer for The Seattle Times.

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