A few weeks ago, Save Our Scene UK held an event in London. It wasn’t exactly a protest, nor was it intended to specifically raise awareness of anything. It was more of a giant...
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Now who’d have thought Boris Johnson would tell a lie? Lockdown IS reversible for England, according to documents issued by his own government
First he told us that herd immunity was the plan – then he told us it wasn’t. Then he told us the virus could be brought under control in 12 weeks – and it...
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Keep on playing, Father Billy O’Dwyer! Father Ted favourite won’t be affected by South Korea’s latest peculiar Covid restriction…
In a classic 1996 episode of Father Ted, Ted discovers a leak in the parochial house roof. He comes up with the idea of holding a raffle, and obtains a car as a prize....
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Nightclubs ARE being lined up to take the blame for future English Covid spikes – what else explains Johnson’s refusal to demand they do checks at the front door?
If there’s one person you can always trust to bring even more confusion to a confused situation, Boris Johnson is your man. Rest assured that if a situation exists which has you scratching your...
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I didn’t have you down as a Stepford wife, Amanda! Judge Jules’s partner is ever so happy he can go DJ again and make lots of money…
Something terribly strange happens to dance music DJs once they leave BBC Radio 1. They’re never quite themselves afterwards. Just look at poor Danny Rampling. He used to be an okay-ish DJ on the...
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Is this what’s in store for England in August? The Netherlands reimpose Covid restrictions just two WEEKS after their own “Freedom Day”
Regular readers of this blog will be well aware of a post that I wrote on July 2nd. In it, I detailed how clubbers were being lined up to take the blame for the...
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Now we know what’s happening in England, when will nightclubs reopen for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland? Let’s take a look at the evidence…
We all know when nightclubs will be reopening in England now. Barring a last minute change of mind from Boris Johnson – and stranger things have happened – they’ll be back on July 19th....
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Hideout Festival has pulled the plug for the second consecutive year – but does this mean troubled waters ahead for the Defected Croatia ship?
For the past few weeks, there’s been a big question mark over whether Defected’s biggest event of the year in Croatia would still be able to happen. Simon Dunmore, label boss, frequently mentions that...
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Nightclubs in England can (probably) reopen on July 19th – let’s hope we don’t end up with a Covid disaster of Dutch proportions, eh?
Things are as clear as they usually get under the truly pathetic Johnson administration now – nightclubs in England will be, barring some last minute change of mind on the PM’s part, able to...
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Things will change, my arse! Now Defected are rewarding plague rave DJs as lineup is announced for London event – and no one will object, naturally…
I always had a suspicion that the outrage over plague rave DJs was going to be short lived. This was because I noticed a number of people within the scene who are perceived as...
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Amidst rumours about nightclubs reopening with no restrictions, is the Government lining young people to take the blame for their mistakes?
You might have noticed a story being pushed by a number of dance music outlets at the moment that I haven’t mentioned yet. It originates from London’s Evening Standard newspaper and claims that clubs...
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And they say I don’t publish good news! Djoon WILL keep dancing after fundraiser target is reached just in the nick of time – but how much Terrence Parker paid in remains a mystery…
Congratulations are due to French nightclub Djoon, who have successfully reached their €50,000 target – on the very last day of the fundraiser. Goodness knows how nervous the club’s owners and staff were on...
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Hannah Wants gets ratty with someone asking if her lockdown stance is motivated by money – but one question: is it true, and does it matter anyway?
The Save Our Scene UK temper tantrum took place on Sunday, with a selection of DJs you might have heard of alongside a selection of DJs you probably haven’t. We also had Judge Jules...
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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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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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