Shaggy-haired rock relic Justin Hawkins has quit The Darkness in order to better recover from his drink and drug addiction. He announced to The Sun that he has spent a lot of his money on cocaine, but is now clean after nine weeks in The Priory. He said, "I hit absolute rock bottom. I spent over 150 thousand pound on cocaine in three years - a frightening amount. I was consuming up to five grams a day which cost me a grand a week, sometimes more. I regularly used to stay up for four days at a time on coke and alcohol binges." On his departure from the band he said, "I feel bad for the others. It will be an upheaval. But it's time to move on. It would be damaging to stay on. I'm not blaming the band for my problem. I'm an addict."
11:30 AM | 11/10/2006
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