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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EXIT Festival took place last weekend with a reported 180k turnout – but was it an event to be “united as one”, or simply a risk too far?
So last weekend, a huge festival went ahead. Some 180,000 people, it’s been reported, were at the EXIT Festival in Serbia. The dance music press are reporting on the event in much the same...
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Complaining things were better in the past, playing bingo, watching a Judge Jules set at the Hardlife Festival – just another day in sleepy Eastbourne…
Eastbourne is a seaside town in south east England. It’s got a population of just over 100,000 and has had a reputation for many years as being a popular destination for people who wished...
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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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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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The posters may have been made by an 8 year old with Paint, but at least you could read them! As a 1998 festival promo is unearthed, a reminder of a simpler time…
These days, festivals are bigger than ever in more ways than one. Not only are there more of them than ever before, but almost all of them feel the need to put on as...
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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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Is someone in parliament reading this blog? Barely 24 hours after I ask what’s holding up the Events Research Programme, the question pops up in the House of Commons!
When I’m on my laptop later, I must check if any IP addresses who visited this blog in the past 24 hours originate from the British Houses of Parliament. Either someone in Westminster visits...
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“They haven’t got a clue… frankly, they’ve f***ed it big time”: the utterly withering assessment of one acid house veteran on how British clubs have handled the pandemic
Doing what I do, I’m used to seeing emails in the inbox – but some of them still catch me by surprise. One such instance occurred over the weekend, when a acid house veteran...
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As Kendal Calling cancel their festival for the second year in a row, just WHAT is it that’s holding up reports for the Events Research Programme?
Even by the hopelessly low standards of the Johnson administration, this is one mystery that has me scratching my head. And judging by recent developments – such as the Kendall Calling festival cancelling this...
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That’s another $10k you’re not getting! Derrick May says he’s not at Awakenings this year due to founder Rocco Veenboer being “a racist MF” – but the truth is very, very different…
The lineup for the two day long Awakenings Festival in September was announced this week. It’s a celebration of all things techno and is normally a who’s who of that world. But sure enough,...
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It was off, then it was on, then it was off, (probably) and what happens next is anyone’s guess – so what IS going on with Tomorrowland?
A while ago, they said Tomorrowland wasn’t going to happen this year. Then rumours started popping up and were later confirmed that it would be going ahead. And now? No sod knows is an...
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Yes, even I can say nice things sometimes! Mutya Buena is all about freedom… but this time, it’s freedom from prejudice as she performs at the Proud Freedom Festival
Mutya Buena wasn’t much of a fan when I wrote about her a few weeks ago. Much to her credit, however – and in stark contrast to others who refuse to engage when criticised...
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Going to Defected Croatia? Prepare for a laboratory test 48 hours before leaving the UK and ten days at home afterwards!
It’s been a difficult 15 months or so for the events industry. Things came to a halt very quickly last March as everyone started to finally realise the severity of the situation – even...
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Ever wondered why the Belleville Three don’t perform out much? The story of how Juan Atkins flipped out over his laptop and Derrick May “earned” his money by pretending to play – again!
The Belleville Three was meant to be an inspiring story about how three men from Detroit defied the odds to become the legends of techno. A traditional rags to riches sort of tale beloved...
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