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London Pleasure Gardens unveiled
June's jubilee celebrations set new party precedents across the board. While the bunting and union jacks may have come down (much like the sore heads...
London Pleasure Gardens in liquidation
London Pleasure Gardens ltd has gone into administration, a source close to the company has informed DJ Mag
The company operating the LPG...
With Bloc in administration, we ask what next for London Pleasure Gardens?
The recent news that Baselogic, the holding company for Bloc, has gone into administration may have confirmed what we already expected, but the...
Hypercolour to take over Great Suffolk St
Flagship house label Hypercolour will invade Great Suffolk Street Warehouse on Saturday 11th August for a takeover featuring Groove Armada, Todd Edwards,...
Teaser sign emerges of round two for disastrous London version of festival
An image on Bloc's Facebook, directing users to a new URL – bloclondon.com – has hinted that the festival, which fell from grace at the now liquidated London Pleasure Gardens site after moving from Butlins Minehead last summer, is cooking up a return.
Rebuilding the Bloc brand
The chaotic evacuation of Bloc 2012 last summer touched many. However, many remain in the dark about the factors causing the festival's premature closure. In light of Bloc's recent return to London to a specially licensed East London venue last month, we sat down with Bloc's George Hull to hear the full story and more about the new series...
Bloc Weekend eyes up new Central London location
Bloc is the quintessence of the British underground dance scene. Exploring household greats and emerging starlets subverting the electronic waves at its yearly home, Butlin's...
The full story ahead of Bloc London series launch
While the Bloc 2012 catastrophe has been widely documented, speculated to high heaven by bloggers, journalists and hordes of self-appointed pundits on Twitter, the actual reasons for the event's failure remain a little unclear to most. We sat down with Bloc's George Hull for the full story...
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After the tragic events of Astroworld Festival last year, Will Pritchard examines the science, politics and history of crowd crushes at mass gatherings, and asks experts how organisers can make future large music events safer