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Hampshire Constabulary have at long last given their response to the Freedom of Information request originally made by Ravetalk editor Paul Gardner on 17 May about the policing discussions and costing decisions that ultimately led to Glade Festival 2010 being cancelled.
The response consists of two pdf documents that are referenced in the Ravetalk forum discussion.
The police response fails to answer the key question, which asked for a breakdown of estimated police costs for the 2010 event on the grounds that “the event was cancelled so there was no policing bill”.
Ravetalk considers that the response is far from satisfactory. However, the documents supplied still give a valuable insight into some of the discussions that took place over policing of the event and readers are welcome to join the forum discussion.
Weekender moves to please Jesus’s friends
0 Comments Published by Ravetalk July 28th, 2010 in Bang Face.The dates for the fourth Bang Face Weekender have shifted to slightly later in the year – 13 to 15 May, 2011.
Apparently the move from the more usual third weekend of April is because some people in Camber want to celebrate someone being nailed to a wooden cross that weekend – which is a pretty strange way to spend Easter if you ask us, but there you go.
Anyway, with Saint Acid being a saint and all that, he has agreed to the move, even though this means it starts on a Friday the 13th. Good job the Hard Crew aren’t superstitious (touches wood).
As this is the week that Glade 2010 would have been starting, Ravetalk asked the organisers how they were getting on behind the scenes.
They have confirmed again that they are definitely returning in 2011 – and that they are scouting out a few new venues “centrally located in England”.
Nick Ladd told Ravetalk: “We are working hard at the moment to find a new venue, something with lots of trees and natural beauty… and a more reasonable local police force.
“We have got a couple of good ‘uns we have already seen, centrally located in England. The Glade family is strong and hopefully we are gonna all be seeing each other at Glade next year. Big love from Nick and Ans! :O)”
BANG FACE has changed its London venue for the second time in the space of a year.
The popular mash-up club night stays south of the river and once again is in a railway arches venue, this time residing at what Bang Face organiser St Acid calls the “rave labyrinth” Hidden at 100 Tinworth Street, Vauxhall.
More discussion in the forum thread.
Ravetalk member Dave Skywalker, whose Antiques Roadshow remixes have been underground classics for over a year, has just
made an even unlikelier mash-up – a 216bpm breakcore/gabber version of George Formby’s When I’m Cleaning Windows.
Apparently this was no easy feat because, according to Dave, George may have been a popular cheeky chappie but his timing on the original was terrible! But with the modern miracle of Ableton, Dave is now proud to present a sneak peek of When I’m Raving Windows, which is likely to get a public airing in his debut set at Glastonbury (Thursday night in the Glade lounge as part of Bang face Night).
It started out as a bit of banter in the Ravetalk forum when Dave declared that he was a “Windows man” and it all went downhill from there. George was of course a master of the double entendre and this little number was banned by the BBC at the time. Some things never change, eh?
Police respond to Glade FoI request
0 Comments Published by Ravetalk June 14th, 2010 in Glade Festival.There has been a response (of sorts) to our Freedom of Information request to Hampshire Police for full disclosure of the reasons behind the huge policing bill that the Glade organisers blamed for the cancellation of this year’s festival.
Bang Face at Glastonbury starts at 9pm in the Glade Lounge on the Thursday night.
Set times are as follows:
Gino Ginelli 9pm-10pm
Dave Skywalker 10.00-10.50pm
Killa Kela 10.50-11.30pm
Remarc 11.30pm to 00.20am
Mark II (Altern8 Reincarn8) 00.20-1am
The DJ Producer 1-2am
Saint Acid The Bang Face Hard Crew 2-3am
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