BBC News is reporting that The Darkness singer Justin Hawkins paid £350 (approx. $610) for a copy of his own band\'s new album on eBay several weeks before its release to stop it being leaked.\"I\'ve bought our own album back off this character who\'s selling it on eBay. It cost me £350 and it\'s going to be a tenner when it\'s in the shops — with artwork. It\'s encoded so we\'ll have a name and a number — so we\'ll know which disc it is, who distributed it and who they distributed it to. And that person is going to go down.\"
Darkness drummer Ed Graham (photo) added that the culprit \"should really be sacked\" if it is someone in the music business.
The band\'s second album, \"One Way Ticket To Hell... And Back\" is hotly anticipated after the band\'s 2003 debut, \"Permission to Land\", sold 3.5 million copies around the world. It will be released late November.
