The Darkness claim 'rock and roll will never die' after performing with Queen

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rock band The Darkness has spoken to exclusively to Daily Star, as the band prepare to return to Download Festival this summer, following sell-out shows in both the UK and America.After travelling over 17,000 miles in just seven weeks for their US tour, Frankie has said it is time to "bring it on" as the band gear up for a summer of festival appearances including Cornbury, Download and Tons of Rock, declaring that "rock and roll will never die."Ahead of Download Festival, which takes place at Donnington Park, Derby from June 10-12, Frankie opened up about their return to Download, new music, Abbey Clancy's music video cameo, supporting Queen and 20 years of Permission To Land.The group, who rose to fame with songs including I Believe In a Thing Called Love and Growing On Me from 2003's Permission To Land, will be celebrating the album's 20th anniversary next year, with Frankie revealing that he never could have imagined how much time had already passed."I did think maybe we would make it, when we got the record deal I could feel this momentum, but I could never have imagined that it would be 20 years by now," said Frankie.The album went on to sell over 1.5million copies in the UK alone, with the band going on to win three BRIT Awards and locked in a chart battle for a Christmas number one in the same year with Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End).Following the release of their follow up album, One Way Ticket To Hell...And Back, the band took a hiatus between 2006-2011, but came back stronger than ever as the group later made a triumphant return to Download Festival."The comeback in 2011 with the original line-up, that was incredible, we had lost contact with each other," said Frankie."Basically we all made up after.