Darkshines (live)

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This page contains a list of all known performances of Darkshines.

Analysis and Explanation

Debuted as "Dark Skies" and "Dark Shines" varying depending on the date and was performed very often throughout May and June 2000. Despite this, after Glastonbury Festival 2000, the band decided to stop performing Darkshines for the time being. It's entirely possible they thought they needed to rework the song's composition to make it a better song, or they were just tired of performing the song already (this is the less likely scenario). There are many early Darkshines performances thankfully, with the majority of its performances being audio recorded.

The band held back on performing Darkshines throughout the April/May 2001 Origin of Symmetry tour and only brought it out for a handful of summer festival dates. It wouldn't be until October 2001 when Darkshines was given a regular spot in the setlists for the first time since early June 2000. This would be short-lived, though, as after 2001 it was dropped from setlists for ten years. Darkshines is the only song on Origin of Symmetry the band decided not to perform live in 2002.

A member of the band explained in a 2011 interview that Darkshines was one of the only songs on Origin of Symmetry that they didn't like to perform live, just before the famous 2011 Reading & Leeds Festival performances, where Darkshines was performed live for the only time since 2001. It's highly unlikely this opinion will change. Despite the fact that the song is very popular with fans, there are very little chances that Darkshines will ever be performed again.

The Resistance era

2011

# Date Venue Location Link
2 2011-08-28 Little John's Farm (Reading Festival) Reading, UK
1 2011-08-26 Bramham Park (Leeds Festival) Leeds, UK

Origin of Symmetry era

2001

# Date Venue Location Link
32 2001-12-02 Imperial Hall Osaka, Japan Listen here [B]
31 2001-11-30 Bottom Line Nagoya, Japan
30 2001-11-29 Zepp Tokyo, Japan Listen here [B]
29 2001-11-28 Zepp Tokyo, Japan FIND AUDIO
28 2001-11-13 London Arena London, UK
27 2001-11-11 Civic Hall Wolverhampton, UK
26 2001-11-10 Doncaster Dome Doncaster, UK
25 2001-11-09 Newport Newport, UK
24 2001-11-05 Corn Exchange Edinburgh, UK
23 2001-11-03 Apollo Manchester, UK
22 2001-11-02 Apollo Manchester, UK Listen here [B]
21 2001-11-01 De Montfort Hall Leicester, UK
20 2001-10-28 Zénith Paris, France Watch here [B]
19 2001-10-26 Große Freiheit Hamburg, Germany
18 2001-10-24 E-Werk Cologne, NW, Germany
17 2001-10-23 Colosseum Munich, BY, Germany Listen here [B]
16 2001-10-22 Berlin Columbiahalle Berlin, Germany Listen here [B]
15 2001-10-21 Pepsi Music Club Vienna, Austria FIND AUDIO
14 2001-10-19 PalaVobis Milan, Italy Listen here [B]
13 2001-10-17 Zénith Montpellier, France FIND AUDIO
12 2001-10-16 Médoquine Bordeaux, France Listen here [B]
11 2001-10-15 La Riviera Madrid, Spain
10 2001-10-13 Razzmatazz Barcelona, Spain
9 2001-10-12 Halle Tony Garnier Lyon, France FIND AUDIO
8 2001-10-11 Nancy Jazz Pulsations Nancy, France Listen here [B]
7 2001-10-09 Heineken Music Hall (MTV Five-Night Stand) Amsterdam, Netherlands Watch here [B]
6 2001-07-15 Zepp Tokyo Tokyo, Japan Watch here [B]
5 2001-07-13 Club Quattro Nagoya, Japan
4 2001-07-11 Club Quattro Osaka, Japan
3 2001-07-01 Rock Werchter Werchter, Belgium Watch here [B]
2 2001-06-29 Le Pavillion (Festival Insolent) Quimper, France Listen here [B]
1 2001-06-28 Zénith Lille, France Listen here [B]

Showbiz era

2000

# Date Venue Location Link
11 2000-06-25 Worthy Farm (Glastonbury Festival) Pilton, UK
10 2000-06-04 Civic Hall Wolverhampton, UK
9 2000-05-30 L2 Liverpool, UK
8 2000-05-29 Portsmouth Pyramids Centre Portsmouth, UK
7 2000-05-26 Coopérative de Mai Clermont-Ferrand, France Listen here (Incomplete)
6 2000-05-25 Le Summum Grenoble, France Listen here
5 2000-05-23 Rohre Stuttgart, Germany Listen here
4 2000-05-22 Elserhalle Munich, Germany Listen here
3 2000-05-19 Grünspan Hamburg, Germany Watch here (Incomplete)
2 2000-05-17 La Laiterie Strasbourg, France Listen here
1 2000-05-16 Le Aéronef Lille, France Listen here

See also

This is a table of Origin of Symmetry-era live performances.

Note: white indicates performed at 75-100% of known setlists.

Gainsboro indicates performed at 50-75% of known setlists.

Silver indicates performed at 25-50% of known setlists.

Dark gray indicates performed at 0-25% of known setlists.

Black indicates no known performance that year.

Aqua indicates a performance in the current tour and year for which the final amount of performances is unknown.

All years with unknown setlists (1997-2004) are indicated with small font.

Last updated: May 14, 2022.

Song Title Release '96 '97 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '22 '23 #
New Born Origin of Symmetry 0 0 0 49 100 33 48 126 22 81 93 17 36 94 2 11 21 1 8 0 2 3 57 6 3 792
Bliss Origin of Symmetry 0 0 0 7 100 33 48 114 23 76 22 3 0 17 3 6 20 2 16 23 6 1 8 2 19 548
Space Dementia Origin of Symmetry 0 0 0 0 34 33 40 26 3 0 0 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 2 152
Hyper Music Origin of Symmetry 0 0 0 9 93 33 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 147
Plug In Baby Origin of Symmetry 1 0 0 83 105 34 48 108 18 90 89 17 43 94 15 27 58 2 49 50 28 11 59 29 56 1114
Citizen Erased Origin of Symmetry 0 0 0 0 96 33 46 108 11 23 21 2 0 15 10 0 4 0 22 25 1 1 0 11 5 434
Micro Cuts Origin of Symmetry 0 0 0 2 94 32 18 10 4 0 12 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 181
Screenager Origin of Symmetry 0 0 0 35 77 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 124
Darkshines Origin of Symmetry 0 0 0 11 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46
Feeling Good Origin of Symmetry 0 0 1 65 101 29 30 1 0 33 78 16 19 58 4 0 32 0 10 13 0 0 0 0 0 490
Futurism Origin of Symmetry 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 6
Megalomania Origin of Symmetry 0 0 0 0 31 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45
Nature_1 Plug In Baby 0 3 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
Execution Commentary Plug In Baby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bedroom Acoustics Plug In Baby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shrinking Universe New Born 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Map of Your Head New Born 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
The Gallery Bliss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 4 36
Hyper Chondriac Music Bliss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dead Star In Your World 0 0 0 0 28 33 0 22 0 0 0 10 0 2 0 0 9 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 108
In Your World In Your World 0 0 0 0 28 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44
Can't Take My
Eyes Off You
In Your World 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5

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