London Clubs to close
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Philly Cent
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Shame!! Eventhough agree with the above!!
I heard turnmills building had been sold!! Their rent might be doubling, but its only a matter of time before its redeveloped!!
I heard turnmills building had been sold!! Their rent might be doubling, but its only a matter of time before its redeveloped!!
Isn't every club which was or is half decent turning into a bit of a local disco, pulling in people who don't care about the music and getting as pissed,pilled or coked up as they can?!?!?!?
Even in one of the most cosmopolitan and respected clubs on the planet (Space that is) you've got chavvy reprobates everywhere pretending they are something they are not getting on real clubbers tits!!!
Sorry touched a nerve.......rant over!
Apols for hijacking thread...The Cross I liked, The Key was ok for morning parties, Turnmills i've had some good times at (a while back) and canvas i've never been.....to be honest I wouldn't really miss any of them, probably as my clubbing days are nearly over but also highly inflated costs for mediocre line ups does put you off.
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The Cross, etc are the new Ritxy's. Everything happens in cycles. As soon as money becomes heavily involved it all goes wrong.
puppylover
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The clubscene in Newcastle is really starting to get annoying too. At Sanchez a couple of weekends ago it was rammed (as I expected it to be) but not with music loving clubbers per se, but full of suited and booted and frilly dress types - straight from the Race Meeting held that day at the racecourse - drinking bubbly on the dancefloor and just generally being pissed and annoying and bouncing off those of us who really just wanted to get into the music.
They were at the bars, banging their coins to get attention as they were "not being served quick enough"
Its such a pain - bring on the warehouse parties again - I will be more than happy to get down and dirty in a filthy shell of a building...8)
They were at the bars, banging their coins to get attention as they were "not being served quick enough"
Its such a pain - bring on the warehouse parties again - I will be more than happy to get down and dirty in a filthy shell of a building...8)
Agreed ,the only way forward is to go back to it's roots and remind people what it's all about.
I cant remeber the last time I went to a proper London club - some months ago - because last time I went - think it was Fabric for M.A.N.D.Y about 4, 5 months ago I found the crowd to be awful - as in aggressive, guys letching on anything that moved, scowling faces
Whereas going to less "mainstream" venues ive encountered some very friendly crowds and just a general vibe.
All my mates feel the same and kind of general consensus seems to be that we'll only venture to a big name club if its to catch a DJ that we all desperately want to catch
Whereas going to less "mainstream" venues ive encountered some very friendly crowds and just a general vibe.
All my mates feel the same and kind of general consensus seems to be that we'll only venture to a big name club if its to catch a DJ that we all desperately want to catch
WeLuvIbiza
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Here here
Back to Basics at it's new (last year) home is surviving too much of a chav invasion. I think the place is just far too seedy for most
WeLuvIbiza
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Interesting. Just to add something to the other side of the same coin. I have only been to a London club twice in the past 2 / 3 years. Once to Heaven for Danny T, probably my best clubbing night ever. Then March 2006 went to The End - Layo & B and it was a fab night with a decent crowd.
True - I forgot I went to Heaven a couple of months ago for Bedrock to see S.O.S which was a great night.
I guess it might be a bit of being jaded on my part of going to the same venues over the years and it not being as fresh as it once was so Im actively seeking out something different.
I just know people that arent clubbers saying "I want to try something diff this weekend - lets go to Fabric etc" - No issue with that at all - it just means you might go to see an amazing DJ and half the club are there to check the venue out itself and the guy playing is incedental when it should be the other way around
Should be prepared to go to a grimy hole in a broom cupboard to check out someone who plays the music you love
I guess it might be a bit of being jaded on my part of going to the same venues over the years and it not being as fresh as it once was so Im actively seeking out something different.
I just know people that arent clubbers saying "I want to try something diff this weekend - lets go to Fabric etc" - No issue with that at all - it just means you might go to see an amazing DJ and half the club are there to check the venue out itself and the guy playing is incedental when it should be the other way around
Should be prepared to go to a grimy hole in a broom cupboard to check out someone who plays the music you love
Fabric and the End and all those big clubs are just selling a product - just like Space, Pacha and most of the rest in Ibiza. A good product maybe, but still a product - it's not done for the love of it. As soon as clubs get a reputation for being good, the word gets around, people turn up just because they've heard of the club not the music, the promoters get greedy, and it ends up ****. Space will never be the same because of this - when i think back to what made it so amazing, 6 or 8 years ago and compare it with now, i want to cry. Yes it's still there, but the spirit has just about dissappeared. (for me anyway, i'm sure thousands of people go and have an amazing time.)
Clubs that are open at weird hours, sundays, in crap venues, up dirt tracks in the middle of nowhere, in caves, etc, tend to be more alive because these factors put people off that aren't into the music, just into going out on a saturday night dressed up and getting off their faces.
IMO
Yes it's still there, but the spirit has just about dissappeared. (for me anyway, i'm sure thousands of people go and have an amazing time.)Clubs that are open at weird hours, sundays, in crap venues, up dirt tracks in the middle of nowhere, in caves, etc, tend to be more alive because these factors put people off that aren't into the music, just into going out on a saturday night dressed up and getting off their faces.
IMO
What about the MOS surely no-one would care if that closed
As much as I prefer Turnmills to MoS, I have been going to MoS more than most othe clubs recently
However Gallery at Turnmills is still legendary, and if that goes, im not sure what else there is decent on a friday in London on a weekly basis
Dont the Newman's own the Turnmills building then? I thought that was what was left to Danny and Paul when their father passed away?
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because these factors put people off that aren't into the music, just into going out on a saturday night dressed up and getting off their faces.
IMO
you can be in to that and STILL be into your music
What about the MOS surely no-one would care if that closed
I'd be a bit sad for nostalgia reasons but agreed - the bulldozers really should move in on that one too.
The only one I'm upset about is Turnmills because of Trade - which is the best club London has ever witnessed.
