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Residents of a Suffolk seaside resort are up in arms over reports that members of The Darkness may be planning to move in.

Lead singer Justin Hawkins and drummer Ed Graham both said in a recent interview that they fancied moving to Southwold.

According to the Daily Telegraph the comments have consternation among the town's predominantly elderly population.

Jennifer Hursell, the clerk of the town council, said: "People come to Southwold for a quiet time. They don't come to play their electric guitars on the beach. The whole thing is nonsense."

Albert Smith, 77, added: "For me it's not right for our quiet corner of Suffolk. The last thing we need is some kind of heavy metal noise. It would spoil the town's character."

However 61-year-old Alice Stevens was less dismissive of the idea.

She told the paper: "I think it would be really quite interesting. Rock stars in Southwold would be quite the novelty, wouldn't they?"