Drinking while the band burns

Discovered at the weekend that I narrowly missed seeing The Libertines live in London sometime in 2001. It seems that while my friends and I were drinking in the Fox Tavern, West Kensington, waiting for a mate's band to come on stage, Pete Doherty and (erstwhile) chums were belting out a cracking set upstairs at the Club West Onefour. While missing seeing what is probably a legendary gig is understandable (who would go out of their way to see the bottom of the bill at a sketchy indie night?), it remains galling!