Pauly ≫ Gigography ≫ 2003 ≫ The Darkness homecoming gig

London Astoria 157 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EN

Aha this is The Darkness Carling Homecoming gig, found the poster for it now.

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💬 Feeling so tired I got me a headache

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💬 Mark Owen

💬 Ralph Little

💬 Sophie Ellis Bextor

💬 Goldie Lookin' Chain

I went to this one, more from this year in my gig history for 2003. I saw Darkness at least 36 times; Kings Cross Water Rats (2001), Barfly ('01), Barfly (2001), Kings Cross Water Rats (2001), Barfly (2001), Barfly ('01), The Verge (2001), Camden Underworld ('01), The Cut @ Ocean ('01), Notting Hill Arts Club (2001), Kings Cross Water Rats (2001), Barfly (2001), Barfly (2002), Ocean (2002), Bull and Gate ('02), Metro ('02), Kings Cross Water Rats ('02), Ocean (2002), Camden Underworld (2002), Notting Hill Arts Club ('02), Metro ('02), 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 ('03), HMV ('03), Darkness album launch @ The Cross ('03), Hammersmith Odeon (2003), The Darkness homecoming gig @ London Astoria ('03), Leas Cliff Hall (2004), 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 Nov 11 2003

Other gigs at London Astoria I attended are Foo Fighters (2005), The Tears (2005), Goldie Lookin' Chain (2004), Suede ('03), Belle & Sebastian (2003), Blur (2003), Athlete (2003), The Darkness (2003), The Charlatans (2002), Andrew WK ('02), And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead (2002), Travis (2002), Jimmy Eat World (2002), The Hives (2001), Neds Atomic Dustbin (2001), Gene (2001), Outkast ('01), Doves ('01), And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead (2001), Queens Of The Stone Age ('00), Bloodhound Gang ('00), Six By Seven ('00), Elastica ('00), The Beta Band (2000), Super Furry Animals (1999), Baby Bird ('98), NME Brats Tour (1998), Travis ('98), NME Brats Spiritualized (1998), Strangelove ('97), Space ('97), Brat Bus tour ('97), Placebo (1997), NME Brats gig with Pavement ('97), Super Furry Animals (1997), The Lightning Seeds ('97), Longpigs (1996), NME Bratbus tour ('96), Revolting Cocks (1991), + Under Neath What (1990).

Was right by Tottenham Court Road tube, now demolished in the name of "cross rail"

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