XFM Xmas party, watched support act The Darkness then went mad on free cocktails, don't remember the headliners.
💬 Datsuns or Darkness? Daddy or Chips?
I went to this one, more from this year in my gig history for 2002. I saw Darkness probably 36 times; Kings Cross Water Rats (2001), Barfly ('01), Barfly ('01), Kings Cross Water Rats ('01), Barfly (2001), Barfly (2001), The Verge ('01), Camden Underworld ('01), The Cut @ Ocean ('01), Notting Hill Arts Club ('01), Kings Cross Water Rats (2001), Barfly ('01), Barfly (2002), Ocean (2002), Bull and Gate ('02), Metro ('02), Kings Cross Water Rats (2002), Ocean ('02), Camden Underworld ('02), Notting Hill Arts Club ('02), Metro (2002), Kings Cross Water Rats ('02), The Garage ('02), The Libertines @ Islington Academy ('02), Def Leppard @ Brixton Academy (2003), 93 Feet East (2003), London Astoria ('03), Glastonbury (2003), HMV ('03), Darkness album launch @ The Cross ('03), Hammersmith Odeon (2003), The Darkness homecoming gig @ London Astoria (2003), Leas Cliff Hall ('04), The Darkness Passport gig @ Barfly (2004), Leas Cliff Hall ('13), + Portsmouth Guildhall (2025). Part of a list of every gig I went to from 1987 to 2025. A natural step from my Best Gigs Ever blog post. Yeah I know it's a bit geeky, let's let that go though, I'm having fun remembering these things.
Tue Dec 10 2002
Other gigs at Islington Academy I have been to are David Devant + his Spirit Wife (2006), David Devant and his Spirit Wife ('04), Goldie Lookin' Chain (2004), Ghost of the Robot ('04), stellastarr* ('03), and McAlmont + Butler ('02).
⬅️ McAlmont and Butler :: The Music ➡️