Sad to learn about this. I managed to make it to cream on all but one visit. Always the first ticket I bought after booking my trip.
I have to admit though, it felt in decline when I was there last year. Some say Fatboy Slim should never have been a resident at Cream and while I tend to agree, he was excellent the night I was there. But there was definitely a different vibe/atmosphere from previous visits. All good things come to an end unfortunately and while I dont see trance dying off all of a sudden because of this, I do feel that the days of big venue trance events are over. Maybe trance is destined to die though, but I hope it continues to live on in the smaller venues on the island and beyond.