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June 26th – National: The Sun

Using their sensationalist and brash editing style that they have become accustomed to, reporters from the Sun dig through the after-party rubbish to run with the front page headline "Spaced Out!" alongside a very flattering picture from Saturday's midsummer party dubbed:

 

 

Following on with their scathing attack on Sunrise's midsummer party, the Sun firmly sticks the boot in with their double-page "Ecstasy Airport" article on page five. It seems that their top reporters are out of their depth as they come to their own conclusions and state that:

 

 

Unsurprisingly, both statements from the ecstasy airport article are untrue.

  		• The empty "ecstasy wrappers" were actually pieces of "silver foil" that fell from the ceiling during the pyrotechnic display during the party.

  		• The dead "pigeons" and their severed heads - nowhere to be seen.

     

     

     

     

    July

    July 1st - Membury: Energy

    Now just a pairing, Jeremy Taylor and Quintin Chambers of Karma Promotions attempt to sprint futher ahead of their opposition by hosting their second Energy party in a warehouse near Membury Services, Berkshire.

     

    This time around Taylor and Chambers won't have all their way as matters start take a turn for the worst when a group of around a thousand officers from Thames Valley Police seal off a twenty-mile stretch of the nearby M4 motorway which prevents Karma's guests from entering their rave.

     

    With the guests reaching the same dilemma as the Sunrise party in Beckton late last year, ravers took matters into their own hands by parking their cars on the opposite hard shoulder and bravely running across the busy motorway!. With the sudden rush of guests making this party reach past the magic "two thousand" limit, local police have no option but to fall-out and let the party reach it's conclusion.

     

     

     

    July 1st - Abingdon: Weekend World

    Tarquin de Meza - An organiser with a proven track record on the pay party scene with Biology, moves in a new direction to create "Weekend World". Due to be held on the same night as his rivals [ Karma's "Energy II" ], Weekend World announce their arrival with "A Rave To Rock The Grave", which was due to be held on desolate farmland at Drayton Mill near Abingdon, Oxfordshire.

     

    In the hours leading up to their party, Tarquin and his production crew also faced the same stubborn opppostion as their counterparts at Membury as officers from Oxfordshire Police proceeded to errect road blocks to prevent ravers from getting into Weekend World's party.

     

    Within a era of first's, Weekend World hire the services of top current UK chart acts [ D-Mob, Adamski and Double Trouble and the Rebel MC ] to perform totally "live" [ plugged in keyboards, amps, singing, etc ] at their party, the first time this had been attempted.

     

     

     

     
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