''Live at Hammersmith'' is a live album by the British

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band The Darkness. The album was released on 15 June 2018 and is the first live album the band has released.

Background

The album and the track listing was announced on 25 April 2018. The album is a live recording of the full setlist from the band's performance at the

Eventim Apollo The Hammersmith Apollo, currently called the Eventim Apollo for sponsorship reasons, and formerly known as the Hammersmith Odeon, is a live entertainment performance venue, originally built as a cinema called the Gaumont Palace. Located in Ham ...

in London in December 2017, with mastering done by band member Dan Hawkins. People who pre-ordered the album instantly received the promo-singles ‘Buccaneers of Hispaniola’ and '

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'. It was released on 15 June later that year on CD, Vinyl and Cassette.

Track listing

Track listing taken from Spotify

Personnel

Justin Hawkins Justin David Hawkins (born 17 March 1975) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and YouTube personality best known for being the founder, lead singer, and lead guitarist of The Darkness. He was influenced by rock bands of the 1970s and 1 ...

– vocals, guitars, piano *

Dan Hawkins Danny Clarence Hawkins (born November 10, 1960) is an American football coach at UC Davis. A former player and sportscaster, he served as the head football coach at Willamette University (1993–1997), Boise State University (2001–2005), and th ...

– guitars, backing vocals *

Frankie Poullain Francis Gilles Poullain-Patterson (born 15 April 1967), better known as Frankie Poullain, is the bassist, bass player for rock band The Darkness (band), The Darkness. He was raised in Milnathort then Edinburgh, Scotland. He attended the Royal H ...

– bass, backing vocals *

Rufus Tiger Taylor Rufus Tiger Taylor (born 8 March 1991) is an English musician, best known as the drummer for British rock band The Darkness since May 2015, and as a touring drummer for the Queen + Adam Lambert stage shows. He is the son of Queen drummer Rog ...

– drums, backing vocals

References

{{Authority control 2018 live albums Albums recorded at the Hammersmith Apollo The Darkness (band) albums Cooking Vinyl live albums