On June 30th, The Darkness will make their first festival appearance of summer 2023, when they join headliners Guns N' Roses at London's BST Hyde Park festival. Ahead of their return to the stage, Louder asked Dan Hawkins to nominate the 10 Greatest Festival Bands Ever, and when the guitarist joins us on a Zoom call from his recently-completed home studio, he flashes a sheet of A4 paper bearing handwritten notes to prove that he's done his homework. What a pro.
"I've listed the 10 acts in order, as the running order for my one-day festival: Danington," he explains. "So to set the scene, imagine you've woken up in your tent, hungover like a bastard, you've just spent ten quid on a bacon sarnie, and the first band is on at, let's say. 8am. Ready?"
