Ananova:

The Darkness have made a surprise trip back to their old school - to open a new music centre.

Justin and Dan Hawkins and Ed Graham turned up unannounced at Kirkley High School in Lowestoft, Suffolk.

After a tour round their old classrooms, the rockers handed over gifts including Ed's first drum kit and two guitars.

The three hadn't been back to the school since leaving in the early '90s, said The Sun.

Deputy head Hazel Johnson said: "It was absolutely wonderful to see our ex-students who have been so successful. I had a fabulous afternoon talking to them. I haven't seen them since they left. We talked about their lives and how things have moved on."

Then Justin and his mother, Sandy, who accompanied him for the visit, drove to nearby Suffolk Wildlife Park to meet a baby giraffe that was named after him earlier this year.