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January
January 3rd - Manchester: The Haçienda
The wait is over and the champagne is out as the Haçienda in Manchester, greater Manchester is free to hold parties again as local magistrates unanimously agree to renew their entertaiments license.
January 18th - Coventry: Energy
It's a brand new year and a bright start for Jeremy Taylor and Quintin Chambers at Karma Promotions, they begin their year on the M1 motorway to host a series of monthly parties at the Eclipse in Coventry, west Midlands. A few weeks later, Energy will be in Oxfordshire to launch the "Alien Space Syndrome" at the Coven II club in Oxford.
January 30th - Manchester: The Haçienda
The Haçienda in Manchester, greater Manchester is in serious turmoil as the management calls time on the notorious venue for the foreseeable future. After a bout of unsavoury incidents involving local gangs vying for the lucrative drugs trade in and around the venue, the management team have to take matters into their own hands by voluntary shutting down the club.
During it's six-month probation period, the management at the club had re-introduced their membership scheme in a attempt to make their club a safer party environment for it's guests and to help keep out the undesirables.
However, the final straw for the management came when a clubber was refused entry to the club due to not having a membership card. Some time later, the clubber came back to the club brandishing a handgun and threatened the door staff with it, the club closed soon afterwards.
January 31st - Swansea: Tick-Tock
Two long-time friends and raving buddies [ Stephen Lomas and Jez ] take their first steps when they hire an infamous [ fights-a-plenty-sticky-carpet ] venue in the basement of the Exchange Buildings in Swansea city centre.
With a capacity to hold upto "nine-hundred" guests, Marina nightspot [ a.k.a "Doras" ] in Swansea, west Glamorgan, will play host to Tick-Tock's first night of "Infinity". Prominent local DJ John-Paul Kennedy is drafted in to play alongside co-promoter DJ Lomas.
January 31st - Leicester: Head
Midlands promoters "Head" start the year with another round of monthly parties at Streetlife in Leicester, Leicestershire.