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Justin tells the crowd that ‘Givin’ Up’ is his brother Dan’s favourite has a runny nose, but tells the crowd it’s not coronavirus and that they’re
song to play live in the whole world – even more than ‘Free Bird’, ‘Crazy one of the few bands not to have caught anything. He mentions his 8-
Little Thing Called Love’ and ‘One Vision’. We’re not surprised, as it’s a year-old daughter and how she used the word ‘shit’ to describe Coron-
favourite of ours to listen to too. The band continue to entertain through avirus. He also looks up to the children in the balcony and asks if they
songs such as ‘It’s Love, Jim’, ‘Black Shuck’ and more. Justin has a should play the censored version of ‘Get Your Hands Off My Woman’.
change of clothing, coming back in a catsuit, for the softer ‘Heart Ex- The uncensored version is cheered for though.
plodes’. Our fave ‘Solid Gold’ makes the set, as does ‘Barbarians’. Justin

After the party vibes of ‘I Believe In A Thing
Called Love’, the band return for an encore, which
sees each member dressed rather festively – drum-
mer Rufus Taylor, in particular, looking rather fetching
as an inflatable Christmas tree. They end with ‘Christ-
mas Time (Don’t Let The Bells End)’, which sends ev-
eryone home in a very merry Christmassy way. As
always, The Darkness’s live show is the perfect holi-
day gift that we love receiving.
YYYYY
Shari Black Velvet

The Darkness & Massive Wagons Photos By Shari Black
Velvet

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