Queen Elizabeth II has now been the ruling monstch since 1952 in the United Kingdom and numerous other countries around the world – yet over 70 years, we have learnt almost nothing about her...
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Plague rave favourite Sven Väth is appearing at Hyte in New York tomorrow – but at a time scientists suspect Omicron is a vaccine dodger, is the one jab requirement REALLY the most sensible choice?
We’re currently in the middle of that weird period between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. It only lasts a week, but during this time, nothing seems to be quite as it should be...
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€87 for Judge Jules, €237 for deadmau5 and €66 for Paul Oakenfold to wish your best friend a happy birthday – inside the latest money-spinner for DJs who despite Covid still have big bills to pay…
Time was that celebrities made the vast majority of their money in their main line of work. For instance, most of the movie stars in Hollywood years ago got their money out of starring...
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Boris Johnson become the Fairy Godmother as he leaves English nightclubs open for New Year’s Eve – but how did Anastasia and Drizella come to such a different verdict?
Are we seeing a real life version of Cinderella being played out in Britain at the moment? If my suspicion is correct, the British public is playing the title role whilst wicked stepsisters Anastasia...
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I’m just surprised it didn’t happen earlier! Danny Rampling blocks this blog’s Instagram page, but was it a post about putting down the knife and fork which caused him to press the button?
This blog prides itself on saying things the way they are, rather than regurgitating the press release fodder you find elsewhere. And whilst PR stuff is written by people who go out of their...
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Takeaway and a few drinks at home: the limited options facing increasing numbers of people in Europe on New Year’s Eve as nightclubs shut up shop – but won’t this just lead to more house parties?
As bellies around the world struggle on in that thankless task of processing all that food on the dining table yesterday, we enter the bizarre period between Christmas and New Year. And in case...
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Staying home and complaining about rubbish TV it is, then! Danny Tenaglia cancels his Christmas Day gig at New York’s Hard & Soul – and more will depressingly join in the coming days too…
A number of people contacted me three weeks ago today after this blog published an article about Danny Tenaglia staging a night out at Hard & Soul on Christmas Day. Some of you appeared...
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Hyperbole or the grim reality? The insider returns to comment on the Night Time Industries Association’s claim one third of nightclubs could close forever in just four weeks time…
Back on Monday morning, I started this unexpectedly busy week by covering an email sent out by the Night Time Industries Association on a Sunday night requesting replies to a snap survey by noon...
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I’m just surprised it’s taken this long before it happened! Berlin’s ban on dancing in clubs is being challenged in court – and Paul Van Dyk is spearheading the case…
When the pandemic started, Germany was seen as something of a role model in Europe as to how to handle it. Whilst Britain was in a strict lockdown and seeing around 1000 deaths per...
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Sending emails out at 11pm on a Sunday night demanding a response by noon on the Monday: it’s only the latest farce by the Night Time Industries Association…
I never fail to be annoyed in life at the number of people who seem to think they can send a message to your phone at any hour of the day – or night,...
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This blog has been asking the same thing for months! Hifi Sean castigates Danny Rampling for attending a protest against Covid restrictions, saying “it’s not really acid house” – so where DID it all go so wrong?
Some of you might have found the dance music world’s silence on Danny Rampling – in particular, the refusal of his self-important old friend Terry Farley of Faith Fanzine – quite baffling. I don’t....
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So which anti-vaxxer has custody of the brain cell this week? Fabric remind clubbers of their Covid entry rules after government changes – which they’ve done for months off their own bat already…
Things are going a bit wrong at the moment. Just like last Christmas, there’s a feeling Covid cases are getting out of control and that restrictions on our lives are just days away. Only...
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Is this another thing we’re just going to blame Covid for? Up to four in ten ticket holders aren’t turning up for some events, and no one wants to ask why…
The music press this week has been wailing in despair over the news that the number of people not bothering to attend gigs that they’ve bought tickets for is rocketing. In some cases, up...
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Nightclubs in Wales are ordered to shut on December 27th amidst rocketing Covid cases – so how long until the rest of the UK follows, and who’s paying the tab this time?
You could just see this coming, couldn’t you? During much of the pandemic, there was a joke that the easiest way to find out what British Prime Minister Boris Johnson would do next was...
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So that’s what Dennis Waterman is doing these days! News that a project created songs out of Covid-19’s DNA code just reminds me of old comedy Little Britain…
Those of you living in the UK might remember a show which was on the BBC during the 2000s – it was called Little Britain. The comedy show was created by Matt Lucas and...
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No criticism here over this one! Scots First Minister Nicola Sturgeon orders a rave for this weekend is cancelled – because they need the venue to get people jabbed against Covid…
The rave scene of the 1980s was linked at least in part to rebellion against Margaret Thatcher’s Tory government. That much is obvious. And during the early years of house music in the UK,...
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