 Justin Hawkins (The Darkness) | BBC News is reporting that The Darkness singer Justin Hawkins paid £350 (approx. $610) for a copy of his own band's new album on eBay a month before its release to stop it being leaked. The CD was sent to a small number of record company figures and journalists around the world but found its way onto the auction site in Australia, he said. Hawkins plans to find the culprit by using the CD's unique ID code. The band's second album, "One Way Ticket To Hell... And Back", will be released on November 28 in the U.K. "I've bought our own album back off this character who's selling it on eBay," the singer told the BBC News web site. |
"It cost me £350 and it's going to be a tenner when it's in the shops — with artwork.
"It's encoded so we'll have a name and a number — so we'll know which disc it is, who distributed it and who they distributed it to. And that person is going to go down.
"He is either going to get some sort of legal intervention or he certainly won't receive an album from our record company ever again."
Hawkins said the band had been stringent with who they had given the album to in the U.K.
Drummer Ed Graham added that the culprit "should really be sacked" if it is someone in the music business.
The British Phonographic Industry (BPI), which represents U.K. record labels, said the scale of counterfeit and unauthorized selling on eBay had got "out of hand".
"Time and again, we have seen eBay being abused by individuals seeking to make a quick profit on the back of our members' copyrights," a BPI spokesman said.
"One Way Ticket To Hell... And Back" is hotly anticipated after the band's 2003 debut, "Permission to Land", sold 3.5 million copies around the world.
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The Darkness Announce UK Tour
The Darkness have announced a UK Arena Tour taking place next February.
The band release their new album later this month, 'One Way Ticket To Hell...And Back', and the new dates will give the band a chance to showcase their album throughout the country.
The last time the band performed live was during their winter arena tour of 2004.
In typical Darkness fashion, the tour saw them raising hell with some flaming incredible pyrotechnics, and charismatic frontman Justin Hawkins taking in the view from a lap of honour astride a life-size white tiger.
Frontmand Justin Hawkins told the bands official website, "We are all really looking forward to getting back out there and playing live to our fans. It will be great to air the new album and new bass player, Richie Edwards, as well as some of our older classics."
Dates are as follows:
04 FEBRUARY Dublin The Point
05 FEBRUARY Belfast Odyssey Arena
07 FEBRUARY London Alexandra Palace
08 FEBRUARY London Alexandra Palace
11 FEBRUARY Sheffield Hallam FM Arena
12 FEBRUARY Glasgow SECC
13 FEBRUARY Newcastle Metro Radio News Arena
18 FEBRUARY Manchester MEN Arena
19 FEBRUARY Birmingham NEC
20 FEBRUARY Nottingham Arena
21 FEBRUARY Brighton Centre
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