Time to start this Tuesday morning with a quick check-up on Danny Rampling. Believe it or not, but he used to make a good living out of being an okay-ish DJ years ago. Nowadays,...
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Quite different to his heyday! Danny Rampling revealed he’d “just been booked” to DJ on the Wednesday – and the date of the gig? Thursday…
I can’t take any personal credit for this one – that goes to an anonymous source who emailed me this morning. Danny Rampling actually has a gig on tonight. Heavens to Betsy, I hear...
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Sorry you spat out your cornflakes and milk all over the kitchen table, Mr Rampling! 70% going to gigs are now double jabbed and two-thirds are happy with wearing masks at shows – so when can we expect the anti-vaxxers to concede defeat?
The anti-vaxxers and Covid-denying dingbats would have you believe that right is on their side. They say this because they believe it – and they believe it because they say it very loudly and...
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Vaccine passes became law in Wales this week – but controversy over the farcical vote in the Welsh Parliament (where they passed by a single vote) continues to cause an almighty stink
Vaccine passes (as they insist on calling them) came into use in Wales yesterday. If you want to enter a nightclub or a few other specific settings in the country now, you must either...
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Singer Kenny Thomas, known for songs such as “Trippin’ On Your Love” and “When I Think Of You”, is admitted to hospital with a nasty case of Covid-19
I’m saddened to report this morning that soul singer – and occasional name in the world of house music too – Kenny Thomas is in hospital, suffering from a nasty case of Covid-19. His...
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Is that what all those plague rave DJs were doing? Belfast Telegraph publishes article which bizarrely promises to tell readers “how to avoid an accidental rave”…
Sometimes, I wake up in the morning and start looking through the news – and I get even more convinced that during the night, the world went just that little bit further into the...
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Something new for him to get upset about! As World Health Organisation approve a malaria vaccine for use in Africa, why isn’t anti-vaxxer Danny Rampling foaming at the mouth with indignant anger yet?
Believe it or not, but there was a time in history when the arrival of a vaccine against a terrible virus or illness was viewed as a positive development. Let’s take smallpox, for example....
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Did someone tell them the furlough scheme has ended? Northern Ireland’s nightclubs can FINALLY reopen from Halloween – over three months after England unlocked the doors…
England reopened their nightclubs on July 19th. Wales reopened theirs on August 7th and Scotland followed on August 9th. Clubs have also opened up in much of Europe, the USA and other countries. High...
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The stable door is closed but the horse has long bolted! Ibiza’s nightclubs are given clearance to reopen by the courts – but with no staff and the season ending this month, will there be any parties worth going to?
Ibiza this year has been a strange place. My sources, who know the island far better than I likely ever will, say it’s been one where illicit, small raves have been dominant more than...
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Is this a sign of things to come? Terminal V in Edinburgh decide to postpone two-day Halloween festival due to worries Covid cases are going to spike over the winter…
So it’s been postponed. Again. The 40,000 capacity Terminal V festival in Edinburgh was originally due to take place in March 2020. Then this thing called Covid-19 – you might have heard of it...
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The British government’s furlough scheme has now ended – so can anyone explain how Northern Ireland nightclubs, which must legally remain closed, are meant to pay their bills? Because Stormont can’t explain it to this blog…
This week, I decided to send out a bunch of emails to government departments and ministers in Northern Ireland. Admittedly, this isn’t something I would normally choose to do – but I’m struggling to...
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That’s another £361 in the collection bucket! Rare Shoom flyer sale proceeds go to Dance For Stevie – and the GoFundMe page is looking pretty promising too…
Back on Monday of last week, you might remember this blog published an article about a flyer from 1988 from the notorious Shoom nightclub which was on sale at eBay. Proceeds for the item...
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As Scotland announces a 17-day delay in enforcing vaccine passports, is this possibly anything to do with an impending NTIA legal challenge to the policy?
So, back we go to the divisive topic of vaccine passports once more. Scotland was due to introduce them on October 1st – tomorrow. But like everything else with this policy, it’s been rushed...
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I told you this would happen, didn’t I? Scotland’s government is being taken to court over vaccine passports by the Night Time Industries Association…
I don’t really like people who say “I told you so”, but I’m honestly struggling to think of another way to start this post on this Monday morning. You see, a few weeks ago,...
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Another day, another paid puff piece from Mixmag – and yet again no mention this is essentially a reunion of the plague rave DJs… again!
Puff pastry is nice. It’s a nightmare to make – so much so that many restaurants actually buy it rather than let their chefs attempt the lengthy process themselves. It’s also messy as anything,...
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From spending 20 days on a ventilator with Covid-19 to being in line for a £110million bonus – what a curious pandemic it’s been for Universal boss Lucian Grainge…
I wrote earlier this week about Lucian Grainge, the boss in charge at Universal Music Group. He’s pictured on the far right of the above image. But it’s not just me who’s been scribbling...
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