The Darkness never fails

It was a tour nearly two years in the making. Thanks (not really) to the pandemic, British rockers The Darkness finally returned to Houston after a 2020 date was cancelled, but this time they brought a new record with them in "Motorheart," to downtown's Warehouse Live on April 6.

Despite the band, which features frontman/guitarist Justin Hawkins, guitarist/producer Dan Hawkins, bassist Frankie Poullain and drummer Rufus Taylor, being 22 years in existence, they still know how to put on one helluva show.

The 16-song setlist included several favorites from their seven-album repertoire such as "One Way Ticket," "Growing on Me," "Open Fire," "Givin' Up," "It's Love, Jim," "Love Is Only a Feeling" and a phenomenal encore performance of their all-time classic, "I Believe in a Thing Called Love."

The last time I saw The Darkness was at Houston's House of Blues in 2016, some six years ago, and I was just as excited now as I was then.

Opening was three-piece jam band, The Dead Deads.

Chad Cooper is the Entertainment Editor. Contact cooper@theexaminer.com