The music world has many people who make it there on the coat tails of someone else. Far more than we’ll ever know. One of those is Francesco Tristano. Some years ago, he met...
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What’s with your attraction to rule breakers, Sacha? Mr Lord is on Twitter complaining about Dua Lipa’s tour being postponed – who spent most of lockdown ignoring it
The mind of Sacha Lord is a truly strange and contradictory place. It’s a place which condemns plague raves in his native Manchester, yet sees no issue booking plague rave DJs for his Parklife...
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Listen to Judge Jules speaking to the Save Our Scene UK temper tantrum yesterday – if you can hear any of it over the protesters, that is…
The Save Our Scene UK event on Sunday had many problems, and it wasn’t just the fact the invites given to plague rave DJs. The simple truth is the event had no sense of...
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That hot Greek sun is going to your head, Sofia! Derrick May’s “passport” posts an utterly tone deaf message about men “thinking like rapists” – so who COULD she have in mind?
“There are none so blind as those who will not see. The most deluded people are those who choose to ignore what they already know” – so reads an old proverb that dates back...
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Is apathy why the Government won’t lift a finger to help musicians? UK Music poll reveals support for plight – but reveals indifference too
Being a musician isn’t easy. Your parents will secretly spend most of their lives wondering when you’ll get a “proper job”. And lots of people who say they’ll come to your shows or buy...
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Critiquing Carl Cox gets you burnt – but Theta Burn’s response to the whole saga is pretty humbling…
As a blogger, I consider myself mischievous. That’s one of the reasons why I do it. But I also consider myself fair. I try to get back to stories wherever possible – so remember...
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Well done for letting the side down, Liverpool! Only a pathetic 7% of attendees at Yousef’s Circus event returned PCR tests before and after – and the Saturday crowd were even worse
It could have been so much better than this. This was the route out of Covid that clubbers desperately needed. A way of establishing that club culture and night life could resume once more,...
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Did a reported £2million deal with Fischerspooner nearly bring down Ministry of Sound? The story of how the label snatched victory from the jaws of defeat…
Last Thursday, I published an article about CamelPhat’s past life within a record label that Ministry of Sound worked with at a time when the Ministry was desperate to trim costs. Turns out there’s...
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Thinking of going to Ibiza this summer? The good news is you won’t need to quarantine on return – but the bad news is you’ll be in bed early…
So, I’ll start with the good news. Anyone travelling from the UK to the Balaeric Islands as of June 30th, will not need to do a 10 day period of quarantine after coming home....
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Save Our Scene UK’s temper tantrum takes place today in London – and here’s this blog’s guide as to what’s going on (this might be tongue in cheek again…)
This blog exists partly as a public service and also partly for my own personal enjoyment. Hence why I like to help people out, just not in the way they’d always like. Yesterday, I...
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Defected moves its London event from July to September – but if you can’t make the new dates, how much of your ticket money will you REALLY get back? The answer may surprise you…
One business particularly keen to get the events side going again is Defected. The highly lucrative Croatia festival was cancelled last year and currently looks set to go ahead – Covid rates in the...
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The Six On Saturday (That Aren’t From Me!) – 26th June 2021
On the week that a factory created the longest string cheese in the world, I Caerphilly seperate the Gouda records from the ones you’d be cheddar off without in your life. Could you do...
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Amidst a weekend of protests in London over lockdown restrictions, this blog takes a look at the highlights today – with more than a little tongue in cheek…
Two days of protests are coming up in London this weekend. The supposedly big one is taking place today and is getting underway roughly now. This will be followed by the Save Our Scene...
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The Saturday Recap – 26th June 2021
Welcome to the weekend! Your Six On Saturday column is coming up later, but let’s start with a recap of what’s been on this site during the week. There’s something to read every single...
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As Mixmag’s new deputy digital editor gets to know her desk better, the big question – will the website be any less boring as a result?
Congratulations is due to Megan Townsend, who has now started work as Mixmag’s new Deputy Digital Editor. She’s previously worked for The Independent, the Evening Standard newspaper and even did a stint as an...
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Have you been reading my blog, Mr Johnson? First report from the Events Research Programme finally appears – late on a Friday when journalists are looking elsewhere…
Whenever anyone decides to release a much-delayed report late on a Friday afternoon, you know there’s probably something in there they’d rather you didn’t see. Journos are busy on Fridays trying to get things...
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