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Police Scotland accused of invasive checks on clubbers.

Scottish police officers forced clubergoers to submit to drug tests before allowing them to enter a venue.

Last weekend, officers reportedly tested 100 customers queueing...

The gathering flouted France’s 5,000-person cap on live events 

An illegal rave in the French region of Lozère attracted nearly 10,000 people last weekend, before being shut down, and temporarily locked down, by authorities. ...

Over 100 cars were parked on country lanes in Margaretting

Police shut down a 400-person rave in an Essex village this weekend.

As illegal raves continue to take place across the UK, police were called...

Police arrived at the event shortly after midnight on Sunday (9th)

An illegal rave in London was shut down by police last weekend.

Following a string of noise complaints, officers were called to an unlicensed music...

Desert Storm Soundsystem member fought injustice with music...

Keith Robinson of Glasgow rave pioneers Desert Storm Soundsystem, has died.

According to a post from the Desert Storm Facebook page, the 48-year-old is thought...

Premiere: Black Rave Culture ‘Deep Breathing’

Washington D.C.’s Black Rave Culture return with 12-tracks of genre-jumping dance music

Black Rave Culture will release a new album, ‘BRC Vol 2’, in June. Listen to the track ‘Deep Breathing’ below. The Washington D.C. trio of...

Exploring the rich raving history of East Anglia

The dance music history of East Anglia is rich, multi-layered and messy  — and little documented. Matt Anniss chats to some of the scene’s longstanding figureheads about the region’s airfield parties, seaside throwdowns and forgotten clubs, discovering a vital but rarely discussed stage in the UK’s rave evolution

It’s just gone midnight and the dancefloor at Mossy’s, a two-floor nightclub above the Harbour Inn in Lowestoft, is heaving with life. Andrew ‘Richie’ Riches...

Five people, including two police officers, are in a critical condition

25 people have been hospitalised with carbon monoxide poisoning following a "cave rave" in Oslo.

The illegal rave in a bunker in the St Hanshaugen area...

When rave meets politics

A new documentary exploring rave and acid’s impact on ‘80s Britain is coming to BBC Four next Friday, August 2nd.  

Everybody in The Place: An...

During the early '90s the word 'rave' conjured up images of the era's legendary acid house parties. 30 years on — hijacked by the tabloid...

During the ‘90s, the term ‘rave’ became a buzzword in the tabloid press. And it’s happened again in 2020. So much so that they write...

Three arrests were made after West Yorkshire Police shut down the party

West Yorkshire Police shut down an illegal rave of roughly 200 people at the Kirkstall Valley Nature Reserve in Leeds on Monday night. 

Visitors reportedly...

Back to the 90s...

Whilst dance music is becoming more and more colourful thanks to elrow and the like, there’s something about the early days of rave in the...

Kelela

Yo Van Lenz and Florian T M Zeisig (also known as the ambient duo OCA) and LSDXOXO are the LP's two main producers

Kelela has announced a new album, ‘Raven’, and shared a new single. 'Raven' is due for release on 10th February via Warp with Yo Van...

People of colour were more likely to be fined for lockdown raves, data reveals

Of nearly 450 fines issued over "amplified music" events in England and Wales over 16 months, more than one-third of tickets went to Black, Asian or mixed race people

People of colour were disproportionately fined for illegal raves and other "amplified music" events during England's and Wales' Covid-19 lockdowns, the Guardian reports. In reviewing...

Richie Hawtin is among the players confirmed for the Elrow-run event... 

Spain's 20-hour desert rave, Monegros Desert Festival, has announced its first names ahead of the event's return after a five year hiatus. Richie Hawtin, whose...