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 at least 36 times, and Darkness related acts 1 times; Kings Cross Water Rats ('01), Barfly ('01), Barfly ('01), Kings Cross Water Rats (2001), Barfly (2001), Barfly ('01), The Verge ('01), Camden Underworld ('01), The Cut @ Ocean ('01), Notting Hill Arts Club (2001), Kings Cross Water Rats ('01), Barfly (2001), Barfly (2002), Ocean ('02), Bull + Gate ('02), Metro (2002), Kings Cross Water Rats ('02), Ocean ('02), Camden Underworld ('02), Notting Hill Arts Club (2002), Metro ('02), Kings Cross Water Rats ('02), Highbury Garage ('02), The Libertines @ Islington Academy (2002), Def Leppard @ Brixton Academy (2003), 93 Feet East ('03), London Astoria (2003), Glastonbury ('03), HMV ('03), Darkness album launch @ The Cross (2003), Hammersmith Odeon (2003), The Darkness homecoming gig @ London Astoria ('03), Leas Cliff Hall (2004), The Darkness Passport gig @ Barfly ('04), Leas Cliff Hall ('13), and Portsmouth Guildhall (2025). Part of a list of every gig I went to from 1987 to 2026. 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 was at are David Devant + his Spirit Wife ('06), David Devant + his Spirit Wife (2004), Goldie Lookin' Chain (2004), Ghost of the Robot ('04), stellastarr* ('03), + McAlmont + Butler (2002).
⬅️ McAlmont and Butler :: The Music ➡️