Creamfields: The Best One Yet

Creamfields innovative 10th anniversary festival brought an incredible 2 days of entertainment to the North-West countryside at the weekend generating fantastic feedback as the world’s best dance festival promoters paved the way for the next decade of dance music festivals.

Introducing camping for the first time, 85% of revellers snapped up the chance to stay over and the brand new boutique campsites proved a success as they completely sold out with the festival attracting 35,000 to the show on Saturday and 30,000 on Sunday.

Kasabian’s highly anticipated headline set on Sunday night saw the band fuse rock and dance like never before, kicking off with a cover of dance anthem ‘Your Love’ and leading a field of 15,000 revellers in a singalong to their hit ‘Cutt Off’ for an unforgettable Creamfields…

Monday, September 8th, 2008 at 10:15 am

Pacha Beyond Almost Ready For Launch

After a year in the planning and with the final touches made to Pacha London’s £1 million refurbishment, we are very proud to announce a brand new concept and a brand new Pacha welcome to the otherside, welcome to the BEYOND.

The venue is now a world-class destination in nocturnal sound & light entertainment,
bringing it in line with the other superb Pacha venues around the world – and there’s more improvements to come which include a very exciting open air roof terrace launching imminently.

BEYOND is all about looking further than the venue’s traditional musical boundaries, and working alongside the world’s coolest club brands and record labels to bring you a diverse, cutting-edge selection of electronic music every Friday night. It’s out with old, in with the new…

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 at 4:14 pm

Pohoda Festival 2008 - Review

The Festival trail is a pretty well trodden path these days, however there’s a whole wealth (and world) of celebrations of summer and music out there and searching them out is part of the magic. An event that has been building over the last 12 years in Slovakia and now making waves in the UK and across Europe – The Pohoda festival takes place over 2 days every July. So, like any self respecting festival goer - off we go in search of some new festival highs…

Flying into Bratislava, the Slovakian capital then heading south for an hour by road, we cut through beautiful scenery including the biggest field of sun flowers known to man, before arriving arrive in Trencin, where Pohoda (pronounced PO-Hoda) is held. Trencin is in the…

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 at 11:51 am

Bar Rumba’s 15th Anniversary 26/09/2008

Shaftsbury Avenue’s Bar Rumba has always been at the cutting edge of club culture but on Sept 26 the iconic venue celebrates its 15th birthday with a relaunch that will see the East London techno scene find a new home, and once again make the West End a place where clubbing can rival anywhere else in the city.

Look out for Nodisko/Codex, Leftroom, Latenightaudio, LT Editions, Tomoki Tamura and a white hot new dubstep night in coming weeks, whilst the launch sees Shane Watcha’s ‘Zombies Ate My Brain’ descend.

New musical director James Manero says: “It’s about returning to the pioneering spirit of the original Bar Rumba. This city used to be king for music, but right now Brazil, Ibiza and Berlin are all doing it better. It’s time for a much…

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 at 11:26 am

Bacardi B-Live La Fiesta @ SeOne, London

Set to be one of the most exciting London events of the year, Bacardi B-Live presents “La Fiesta con Bacardi”. Combining the UK’s finest dance acts with delicious cocktails and fantastic production, Bacardi is taking over seOne London and transforming it into a street festival on Thursday 4th September.

Hosting parties for as long as the brand has existed, Bacardi invites London’s spirited clubbers to mix it up with the best music.

“La Fiesta” is an intimate celebration paying homage to Bacardi family summer house parties which spilled out into the town squares of Santiago de Cuba.

Guests include:

DJ Yoda
Beardyman LIVE
Evil Nine
Filthy Dukes
Krafty Kuts
DJ Food
Jazz Bomb LIVE
DJ Harry Ross
Guilty Pleasures

For the opportunity to gain free access and…

Monday, August 11th, 2008 at 10:35 pm

I Love Leeds Open Air Festival, Ibiza

On Wednesday August 13th, Filth presents a one off party in celebration of all things Leeds combining together some of the biggest club nights in Yorkshire for I Love Leeds Open Air Festival in Ibiza - a mammoth 8 hour dance festival under the golden sunshine of the white isle.

An Open Air festival and a club all in one, I LOVE LEEDS FESTIVAL kicks off with a bang this summer featuring a DJ-led roll call of the hottest talent from Yorkshire’s best promotions including FILTH, THE ZOO PROJECT, BACK2MINE, HABIT, FIDGIT, BLACKOUT and 4CLUBBERS.NET including DJ’s Micky Slim, Escobar & Vito, D & G, Heavyfeet, Danny Savage, Little Bastard, Eddie Zanetti, Dale Castell plus many more an surprise special guests all with a hedonistic, fired up, Yorkshire atmosphere to…

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 at 2:20 pm

Spektrum in September - Manchester, UK

Rumours have been filtering through the nocturnal clubscape of Manchester for some weeks now that something nuclear is about to detonate on Radium Street. We are in a position to confirm those rumours, by detailing that a new club will indeed open its doors on the first weekend of September 2008. That club is Spektrum.

The team behind Sankeys know how to put on a party. And that’s putting it mildly. The club was recently voted 17th best on the planet in DJ magazine, and what made that special was the fact it was voted for by DJs and music industry professionals. The esteemed Canada-based website The Fresh Page went one better by putting Sankeys firmly in the top 10, as its impact resonates across the…

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 at 1:21 pm