The Darkness have cancelled a string of upcoming live shows and confirmed that frontman Justin Hawkins is in rehab, according to Y! Music report.

It has been announced that the singer's doctor had advised Hawkins to take two weeks off from the band, amid suggestions that he was battling drug or alcohol addiction.

Tony is currently in the pre-production stages for series 2 of his radio series, ‘Black Sunday’, on Planet Rock.

As with series one, he will be featuring a selection of unsigned acts on the show and is very keen to hear some new music.

So if you are in a band, send a demo CD, contact details and a bit of background info about yourselves for consideration for the show to: Tony Iommi, PO Box 54373, London W2 7GD.

Please do not send fan mail, begging letters, autograph requests or any other nonsense to this address – it will be binned immediately so don’t waste your money on the stamps!

We do not currently have the facility to accept MP3 files or listen via the web so if you want your music heard, make the effort to burn a CD. New bands that may already have a record deal but are interested in being included on Tony’s show are also welcome to send CDs to the above address.

Credit: www.planetrock.com

First of all we would like to thank you for all the support you have given to Riffathon.

Due to unforeseen circumstances relating to our charity, we have had to post pone this year's event to next year.

We are aiming to re-schedule the event for spring 2007, and hope that you will still be keen to participate.

We will keep in touch with confirmed dates, and again we apologise for any inconvenience.

Regards


The Riffathon Team

We are pleased to announce that the Riffathon Live 2005 video is now able to be viewed on www.riffathon.com

Joanovarc have just been confirmed for a new hot venue called Too 2 Much in Soho on the 22nd August. As this is a top showcasing venue that is often used by Universal, the girls would greatly appreciate full support for this gig, so get yourselves down to this one to cheer them on. Stage time 8.30pm. Entry £5 before 9pm and £7 after. Flyers will be on the JoanOvArc site very soon.

Tuesday 22nd
Too 2 Much
Brewer Street
Soho
London

www.joanovarc.com