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So, something pretty cool happened last weekend!! I finally got to see Darren Criss perform live đą
It all happened kinds fast to be honest- one minute I was watching people’s videos of him performing all over America, Canada and Australia wishing he would come to the UK and the next minute he was announcing a ‘One night only’ London show that I just had to get a ticket for!!
So we only actually had to wait two weeks between buying the tickets and going to the show, which was both awesome and mad.
He performed for one night only (included an added Matinee performance due to high demand) at the London Palladium on Sunday 15th October 2023.
As I write this, I still feel like it was all a bit of a dream… I can’t believe that I’ve actually been in the same room as Darren Criss!!
It was an absolutely unforgettable evening.
So, let’s go through it…
He opened by suddenly appearing on the stage.
And started with the national anthem 𤣠which was hilarious.
He then started his set with one of my favourite Glee cover songs (although he doesn’t sing it in the show) ‘I’m so excited’ – Such a banger!
& from there on in, it was just an awesome mixture of the many facets of Darren Criss from Glee, his solo work, Starkid, and some of his favourite songs.
He also did a beautiful acoustic encore to finish the show đĽš
In true Darren fashion, he forgot the words along the way, talked alot (we love to hear it) and even almost knocked a microphone over, but hey – it wouldn’t be a Darren Criss show if he didn’t!
It was also amazing to see Joey Richter and Lauren Lopez (Part of Starkid) performing too. This made the Starkid ‘A Very Potter Musical’ songs even more epic to behold.
He was just unbelievable, in so many ways – the pure talent he exudes is just phenomenal, the laid back Darren esque showmanship and the fun he is clearly having just shines through, and I feel so privileged to have witnessed it.
Hearing him sing some of Blaines’ songs live [Somehwere only we knowz Cough Syrup AND Teenage Dream] was a real tick on the bucket list moment for me as a fan of Glee and Darren for a long time now.
And I’m gonna be really real with you here – as soon as I heard the first note of Teenage Dream, my eyes welled up.
But seriously, I honestly never thought I would get to experience that.
Treasured memories forever.
Once a gleek, always a gleek â
đś ‘We’ve waited for forever for a night like this!’ đś
Darren Criss (2021)
Until Next Time,
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Roseanne Byford 