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The Consell d'Eivissa's PIAT, still in drafting, would stop the island issuing new nightclub licences. It would not close the rooms already open.
Kerri Chandler, Moodymann, Loco Dice and Andy C play Ministry of Sound's 35th birthday weekend, October 2-4. The bill is a programming statement.
6 Music's Rave Forever and V&A East mapped Black British dance history in 2026. Goldie spent the same year building the archive from the floor up.
Nico Stojan died in July. A production diary published weeks later shows what a Berlin resident actually contributes: a record pulled from the crates.
Techno Friday, house Saturday: Factory 93 puts Hawtin, Jamie Jones, 999999999 and more in one Alameda hangar, 30-31 October, 21+.
Bootshaus rebuilt its Mainfloor around an 8.1.7 L-Acoustics rig. The spec, the 19ms, and five questions to ask before "immersive" counts as a booking flex.
Sasha and Digweed's 30th-anniversary Northern Exposure reissue lands 25 September, with a new ambient disc that tests what a long-form mix really trains.
England will cut business rates 20 percent for pubs, clubs and live music venues from April 2027. What it means for small rooms, and why it is contested.
Reason Studios made the Reason Rack free as a VST3, AU and AAX plugin. The 15 devices, the 16-track cap, and the limits worth checking first.
Storms killed Friday at Ullevi. By Saturday night Swedish House Mafia had played a free Götaplatsen set and the moved stadium show.
Patrick Gleeson died July 19 at 91. The Different Fur founder played on Hancock's Crossings and Sextant, and was Apocalypse Now's Master Synthesist.
Tomorrowland scaled Weekend 2 back to limited controlled pyrotechnics under Code Orange wildfire risk. What the Mainstage did instead.