2021 was a year which started out with so much promise. After months and months of lockdown during 2020 - and more of the same as the new year dawned - there was much talk of a great reset within the dance music scene. There was an acceptance that things…
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 and Drizella are being played by Scotland's Nicola Sturgeon and Wales's Mark Drakeford. Oh, and Northern…
Cast your mind back to the summer months. You might remember a campaign targeted at Prime Minister Boris Johnson to #LetUsDance. It was a campaign launched by the Night Time Industries Association and utilised elsewhere - in particular by Save Our Scene UK. Since July 19th - the date nightclubs…
Right, the big day is finally here. The bearded plus size man with the red coat has probably been by now and hopefully given you some very nice presents. And chances are you'll soon either be cooking a Christmas dinner for yourself and loved ones, or maybe you're one of…
I know this blog gives him a bit of stick occasionally, but there's few people in house music whose staying power impresses me more than Louie Vega. People often forget he's been around since the late 1980s - but the reason he's still around is because he keeps making new…
You might remember that yesterday, I told you about Judge Jules and his then forthcoming appearance on popular ITV game show The Chase. That went out tonight at 5.30pm and before you ask, yes, I watched it. The fact it's my favourite game show helps. The beauty of these celebrity…
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 to misunderstand what I was saying - that the concept of going out on Christmas night…
So it's Christmas Eve. If your tree isn't standing tall by now, it almost certainly isn't going up this year. By now, you've probably got all the stuff you need for a table-groaning dinner tomorrow, and this blog hopes you've got all the presents you're going to need for your…
At the risk of looking terribly old, I remember looking at the Christmas TV guide in early December as a child. Like a lot of people, I was also curious to see what was going to be on the box on Christmas Day - not least because it was one…
There's just a few days now until the big boned bearded man in red comes down the chimney and drops off his presents. Yes, it'll be officially time to find out whether you're on Santa's nice list or naughty list after the year we've just had. But Christmas means lots…