Justin Hawkins

Yeah.

Number two, Justin Hawkins of the Darkness has invented Sir Voltage Blackthorn, who's a flamboyant glam rock space pirate.

For his current encores on his tour, so the last numbers he comes on at this point, hardcore fans don Jack Sparrow bandanas and tricorn hats.

to greet Sir Voltage Blackthorn.

It's a Voltage...

No such character exists.

Justin Hawkins of Adonis does not come on as a space cowboy for the old people.

And his

Good day to you, one and all.

It is I, Justin Hawkins, and this is Justin Hawkins rides again.

Oh, that was horrifying.

I know.

That's as shocking as anything you've said today, so thank you.

Perhaps we'll all sing the theme tune together to celebrate this wonderful day.

Justin Hawkins writes again.

Again.

[laughs]

So I get a call from Justin Hawkins.

He goes, "Hey, they asked me if I would sing at this tribute for Eddie, and I, I, I, I wanna refer you to do it because I- that's your, that's your world, and I, I don't think I can do that." And I'm like, "Oh, well, all right.

I- that'd be great.

The tour was designed to encourage voter turnout in key battleground states.

In 2006, frontman Justin Hawkins publicly announced his departure from the British rock band The Darkness due to his well-being struggles that he was going on with at that point.

The remaining members broke up the group before Hawkins reunited the original lineup five years later.

In 2013, Lady Gaga made her official theatrical film acting debut in Robert Rodriguez's action sequel Machete Kids.

Absolutely.

Um, and, and Justin Haw- it is Justin Hawkins, isn't it? Yeah.

Yeah, yeah.

Um, he's, he's proved to be such a thoroughly nice dude, hasn't he? I love his YouTube channel.

Great.

Oh, cool.

John, uh, John Robins interviewed, uh, Justin Hawkins-

Yeah, yeah, yeah

[laughs]

Justin Timberlake.

Timberlake.

[laughs]

He was such a standout of the series that no sooner had the band from the show, Hoax UK, supported Judas Priest, he was rang up by record producers Ray Hedges and Nigel Butler, who had helped the class with songwriting, and they got him to sign a record deal with RCA Records, leading to this, his debut single, Checkin' It Out.

Interestingly, Kirkleigh High School is the same school that Justin Hawkins from The Darkness went to.

There's clearly some sort of fun pop heavy metal DNA in that school.

His sister has recently said that actually he nearly never appeared on the show at all because the family had booked a holiday to Florida when the filming was due to take place.