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My point exactly! It doesn't matter what style of music, the majority of clubbers up here will only go to what they already know. There are exceptions of course, otherwise there would be no other nights whatsoever, but it is very hard to get a decent crowd at anything other than the norm.

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sugarshack to my disgust seems to hav a fucking class line-up in january i dunno what the fuck they're laying at cos they'r meant to be shit n now they seems to be gettin canny good
in january they've got john kelly then eddie halliwell then fergie then ma baby is on in february n also on in december i'm not best pleased about jules bin on as much as he is cos i hate sugarshack n dunno if im even back allowed in there afta the events of gettin accused of lettin people in the back!!! hope it starts turning shit again i always pride maself on the fact that promise is gettin betta n betta n sugarshacks gettin shitter n shitter 4 sum reason!! but now sugarshack seems to be gettin a bit good!! dont no-one start goinn there thoguh its full of stuck-ups n posers n has a crap atmosphere!!! well im my opinion anyway!! it neva used to be like that it used to be class but not anymore!!! xxxx

your dead rite there actually im the same as ppl ur on about i'll only go to clubs n nights that im familiar with n where i know exactly what the musics gonna be liek cos i totally hate change and convinced maself that i aint gonna go anywhere on a weekend that doesnt play trance or hard house but am reeli gonna start trying to give funky house another go i used to be into it loads back when i usd to go 2 sugarshack all the time n i've kinda convinced maself that i dont like it anymore but im deffo gonna give it another try cos when jules plays his funky house sets they're class so im sure that house nites arent gonna hav music 2 different to that....??!! if that makes any sense...??!! xxxx

Why don't you try the back room at Promise - it means you can try out a bit of the funky stuff, but if you don't enjoy it just go back downstairs! Best of both worlds.

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yeah but if you notice, it includes 2 promise residents and one regular, it seems that the shack's way of getting people back there is to put the same line ups as promise and hope the local people will go there instead of promise....


back to the original point of the thread, Newcastle isnt a big clubbing city its only over the last 3 years that there has been a big rise in the amount of people in the club scene IMO, i dont see enough people in newcastle to keep HH/trance nights going unfortunatly, the only way i see nights like these working is by starting really small and working up....

I am not going to dwell on the state of Newcastle's club land too much, but I truely think that Newcastle is just too small a city, and people are stuck in there ways!!

I have been there and done it, and no amount of publicity, flyers etc. will get people to go to your night if you dont have that "mass market appeal."

Maybe I am just getting cynical in my old age but for all everyone talks about a thriving underground scene in Newcastle, there isn't really, which is why I find myself promoting nights in a different city.....

On the flip side of the coin it can't be all that bad cause I am still here in sunny Newcastle.

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There are no small venues in Newcastle anymore apart from world hq!

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yeah i know and unfortuantly that is a problem, world hq is quality venue for local nights, but i heard awhile back that thats closing aswell, opening up in a new venue, But that could be someone getting it mixed up with satelite...

World HQ is shutting and they are moving to a new venue somewhere down by swan house. I think it is happening at the end of the year but like everything the date keeps getting put back. I heard the venue is going to be bigger which could kill the whole world hq vibe.....

yeah thats my feeling aswell, its definatly going to lose the feel that it had....
the only plus point that i heard is that one floor will have a sort of stage area which will be able to put on live acts aswell

i think its moving to where the old bus depot and taxi rank is round from the fire station..

If only I had the money,

a small intimate club with interesting and diverse line ups


Dream on!!

Tell me bout it We musta been the bestest dressed, coolest dancin, most sexy peeps in Brixton academy. Heheh dont take much though

never truer words spoken - to run a decent night u need to be prepared to lose money for the first 6- 12 months or something.. thats a lot of cash
ppl do get spoiled.... all the regs incl me used to wet their pants over guy ornadel... i bet there's no one there for him next week (which is a shame cos i personally think hes a legend)

don't worry i'll be there, problem is most of the students go back home that weekend for xmas, me the stupid twat booked the wrong week, but what a treat , all me mates are back home while i'm up against the speakers with the guy ornadel

Theres still quite a strong movement as far as breaks, DnB etc go!!! theres loads of DnB nites on!!!

Electronica is very strong aswell!! Re ( the promoting people) are going from strength to strength theyve already had autechere and boards of canada playing!

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ack!! wat dya mean....??!! xxxx

MORE DIVERSE MUSICAL TASTES????

AHA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HA,HAAAAA

FOOKIN' 'LARIOUS!

WTF are you laughing at?

What I was trying to say was that if you're not a fan of trance, you're very limited as to where you can go clubbing. Up here, you've got Promise and Shindig, that's about it. We had the debate about the Playrooms closing and what a loss to the city it was.

Do you know of any decent HH or Techno nights etc in a major club up in Newcastle? There are none I'm aware of. I can just about bare going clubbing and having to listen to trance more for the reason that there's fook all variety up here than anything else. You've got trance or that cheesy Baja stuff, that's about it. HH, techno and stuff like that IMO is diverse music for a large number of narrow minded clubbers up here.

Places like Trading play different, more diverse styles of music, other than the average run of the mill trance stuff that seems to be played at most venues up here, Promise included, though, admittedly, to a lesser extent.

People are far too set in their ways, that's why new club nights do not get the support they deserve. I think you would find people would enjoy the different styles if they actually gave them a chance without dismissing them as rubbish without even trying them. I was guilty of this a while back. I hated the thought of HH until I was forced to go to a HH night. Grudgingly, I went and fooking LOVED every minute!

Musical taste is subjective, each to their own, I'd never knock anyone elses tastes in the same way I'd not want them to knock mine.