Night of 1,000 Damned Vampires

Just about this time last year, The Damned played an epic show at the London Palladium called "Night of 1,000 Vampires." The stage was decked out like a Gothic cathedral, lead singer Dave Vanian wore the most impressive Nosferatu make-up and costume this side of Max Schreck, and the audience was encouraged to dress as vampires as well in order to break the record for largest gathering of vampires in the world. I can't even imagine how glorious all of this must have been to witness in real life, and can only hope that one day they'll try to top themselves with a Night of 2,000 Vampires show here in the U.S.

Although hoping for any concerts right now seems like an exercise in futility, The Damned did recently announce that their original line-up is reuniting in the summer of 2021 for four shows in Great Britain. If they're able to go forward with those plans, they'll have some excellent new material to bring to their audiences. Two years ago they released the already-classic album Evil Spirits, last year brought the definitive anthology Black is the Night, and just this month they released the EP The Rockfield Files. 

Both of those last two albums contain today's song, "Black is the Night." The video is from the "Night of 1,000 Vampires" show, so at least all of us unfortunates who couldn't attend can get an idea of what we missed! Rise from your coffin, Count Vanian, and dispel the darkness of the tomb with your timeless baritone.