From Queen covers to the Queen’s bank

Spandex-clad, mullet-haired cult band The Darkness has made it – and we're not talking about the million album sales, or sell-out worldwide tours. Rather, the members of Lowestoft's flamboyant quartet, born out of a Queen-inspired karaoke night in a Norfolk pub, have just become customers of prestigious private bank Coutts.

Spandex-clad, mullet-haired cult band The Darkness has made it – and we’re not talking about the million album sales, or sell-out worldwide tours. Rather, the members of Lowestoft’s flamboyant quartet, born out of a Queen-inspired karaoke night in a Norfolk pub, have just become customers of prestigious private bank Coutts.

Guitarist Dan Hawkins confesses that only 12 months ago he had to “borrow £30 off a mate to get the train fare to go back home to Lowestoft”.

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