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Justin plans his 'big entrance' for Moonfest 2009

A festival licence was applied for yesterday morning after a meeting with Wiltshire Police at Westbury police station on Wednesday.
Mr Green said: “Everything seems to be on track. There’s been no major headaches so far and tickets are selling quickly.

“We’re still in discussion with Justin Hawkins as to what his spectacular entrance will be, so watch this space.”

Read more | 20 May 2009 |

Justin on Radio 2

Justin joined Simon Mayo in the Radio 2 studio earlier this evening, talking about all things man-rock and his movie role in Telstar.

If you missed the show, you can listen to it again online through the BBC iPlayer for the next 7 days at www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00kfx2n/Chris_Evans_19_05_2009 Justin is on about 1hr 2mins into the show.

Also Simon posted a picture of Justin in the studio on his twitter account at twitter.com/simonmayo

| 19 May 2009 |

The Guardian review - telstar

Since the untimely demise of the Darkness, Justin Hawkins has competed to represent Great Britain in the Eurovision Song Contest and returned to the pop fray with his splendid new band, Hot Leg . But if a cameo appearance in the forthcoming film Telstar is any kind of guide, his talents may lie elsewhere.

Ex-Libertine Carl Barat plays Gene Vincent, while Jon Lee , once of S Club 7, takes on Billy Fury. But it's Hawkins who really dazzles - although partly because he has the short, plum part of Screaming Lord Sutch or Jack the Ripper, as David Sutch called himself in his ill-starred 60s recording heyday. "I suppose you'd call his 'look' a kind of Victorian murderer chic," says Hawkins, admiringly.

Telstar is released on 19 June. Click read more for the full story.

Read more | 17 May 2009 |

Brighton footage

Hot Leg rocked Brighton last night at the Great Escape festival - and Dan Hawkins joined the guys on stage for 'I Believe In A Thing Called Love' and 'Do It In The Dark'.