Rufus Taylor, the son of Queen drummer Roger Taylor, has joined the Darkness and played a show with the band.

Dan Hawkins, the band's guitarist, announced the news on Real Radio XS.

"We already have someone, and we actually played our first show with him last night.

The 'drummist' will be known as Rufus Taylor, son of Roger Taylor."

Rufus replaces Emily Dolan Davies, who left in April after just a few months behind the kit.

The Darkness' latest album, Last of Our Kind, drops June 1.

"The new album is brutal," singer Justin Hawkins told Classic Rock.

"It's definitely stripped back — with the exception of some mandolins. But when you're doing medieval rock, you should have a mandolin on it."