Spare a thought for the poor sod who’s been in charge of 51st State Festival’s social media pages today. Over the past 24 hours, they’ve been fielding enquiries, complaints and tedious rants from people....
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Question of the day: Will Boris Johnson’s vaccine passports policy help keep nightclubs safe – or just push people into the hands of plague raves? A closer look at this issue…
I believe this blog has a duty to be upfront with everyone who reads it. When I like something, I’ll tell you. When I don’t like something, I’ll tell you. And exactly the same...
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Could Danny Rampling’s stance on Covid and vaccines be costing him money? Almost all the gigs in his diary are for outdoor festivals – and summer finishes in a few weeks!
This blog believes that people should be held to account for their actions and opinions. In the case of Danny Rampling, I have gone after him quite aggressively, because I happen to believe some...
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As nightclubs count up their takings for their first weekend open since March 2020, a question – how worried are they about the future? One insider reveals what they think
As everyone resumes business on this Monday morning, nightclubs across England will be counting how much their tills took over the weekend. This follows the scrapping of rules there banning nightclubs from opening. They...
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A Guy Called Gerald reaches his £20k target and instructs solicitors to get him his songs back – but could he now celebrate by having his Covid jab?
Congratulations are a due to Gerald Simpson, otherwise known as A Guy Called Gerald. Back on June 21st, I wrote about a fundraiser for a legal action that the man himself launched – having...
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He’ll get into bed with pretty much anyone these days, won’t he? How Danny Rampling befriended disgraced nurse Kate Shemirani – who believes Covid-19 doesn’t exist and that 300 Jewish men control the world
On goes my mission to point out the many ways which okay-ish DJ and full-on conspiracy theory basket case Danny Rampling is making a monumental fool of himself. Over the past week, one person...
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All that sun must be going to his head! So, what did Danny Rampling do on the day England’s lockdown lifted? Er, he went to an anti-lockdown protest to demand lockdown was lifted…
Say what you like about Danny Rampling, but when it comes to keeping up with the news, there’s truly no beginning to his talents. On Monday, he attended yet another anti-lockdown protest in central...
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Could vaccine passports face defeat at the hands of Labour and lockdown weary Tories? The short answer – probably no!
Now here’s something I hadn’t quite bargained for. I saw this front page of today’s i newspaper, and it looks very much like Labour is going to oppose vaccine passports. This came to me...
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Your name’s not down, you’re not coming in! Proof of two Covid jabs will be required in English nightclubs in future – but is the government using this as a dangerous power grab?
Last night, the Government saw the clubbing world and effectively decided to throw the equivalent of an angry bee hive at it. And right now, there are plenty within the scene that are getting...
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As clubs reopen across England, were the people dancing last night away sensible or just stupid? The answer is somewhere in the middle…
It was a hard sight to avoid if you were browsing on social media last night. Images of lengthy queues to get into nightclubs, which are now open in England again for the first...
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Are festival goers more sensible than they’re given credit for? London’s Gala Festival demands negative test or vaccine proof to get in – and the reaction is surprisingly positive!
Anti-vaxxers would have you believe that they’re great in number and even greater in power. Which largely shows you in itself how utterly incapable they are of handling facts – if their numbers are...
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Paul Johnson posts distressing video from his hospital bed after he’s admitted to hospital with a serious case of Covid-19
I’m sorry to have to report the news that Paul Johnson – he of “She Got Me On”, “Get Get Down, “I’m Alone Until You Show Me” and heaps of others fame – has...
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Normal okay-ish duties resume for Danny Rampling as gigs are in the diary once more – but is he ditching his Covid posts from next Monday too?
This blog never features anything particularly serious on a Saturday night – save it for Sundays. So let’s go back to a question that I asked all the way back on Monday. What will...
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Has anyone checked in on Carl Cox’s tour manager lately? A reminder of Tour Managers Not Touring, the movement Cox, Dubfire, Joseph Capriati et al would rather forget…
This blog is always happy to remind rich DJs and the like of things they’d rather forget. It’s with this in mind that I mention the defunct, short-lived Tour Managers Not Touring movement. Born...
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Ocio de Ibiza suggest that DJs who play illegal parties should be banned from licenced ones – but why can’t the industry do the same against plague rave DJs?
Illegal parties appear to be quite the problem this year in Ibiza. I suspect a lot of this is down to restrictions currently in place on the island – face masks must be worn...
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And there I was about to say something nice! Yousef makes a plea to “support those who’ve been left without support” – whilst he’s happy to support plague rave favourite Sven Väth…
Yousef – now there’s a name that has this blog divided. On the one hand, he comes across as a pretty reasonable guy. I first came across him in the early 2000s and thought...
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