The Darkness Planning World Tour, New Album

After a five-year hiatus, The Darkness have reunited and are set to play a few shows next month in Britain. But frontman Justin Hawkins recently explained that the band’s plans extend much further.

“There’ll probably be a The Darkness album in 2012, but somehow we’ll get new music out before then,” he told Q magazine. “A U.K. tour at the end of that year and then the world. Again.”

The reunion features original members Justin and Dan Hawkins (guitar), Frankie Poullain (bass) and Ed Graham (drums).

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Rolling Stones Planning Anniversary Concert?

Keith Richards has suggested that The Rolling Stones may be playing a 50th anniversary gig next year in England. Their first-ever show as The Rolling Stones (actually The Rollin’ Stones) happened the Marquee Club in London on July 12, 1962.

According to NME, the band have a notion to mark the occasion. Richards told The Sun: “The idea is there. We kind of know we should do it, but nobody’s put their finger on the moment yet.”

The Stones guitarist also said he and Jagger had patched up any differences that arose from Richards’ memoirs, published last year.

“Mick pouted a bit, as is his wont, ” he said. “I told him, ‘It’s water under the bridge. I want to talk about the future. We’re larger than a little bitching.’”

News came out last week that Jagger has been working with a new group, Super Heavy, alongside Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart, Joss Stone, A.R. Rahman and Damian Marley, while Richards has been working with his X-pensive Winos band.

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