resurrecting an old thread buuut..
http://www.dummymag.com/features/the-hydra-broken-and-uneven-profile
hydra/broken and uneven promoters talking about problems promoting in london recently
"The only thing is, this year in particular, we've noticed a – not that it's been spelt out like this – a clampdown on the way temporary licenses are being handled in certain boroughs in London. You can probably notice that there are less TBA-type events going on because it's increasingly difficult to secure a temporary license in London at the moment.
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At the risk of sounding all doom or gloom, there's an element of what we're involved with being on its arse at the moment, to be honest. There is this difficulty in securing anything on a temporary basis which makes it difficult for promoters to do what they do and, obviously, when certain areas are under the scrutiny of the authorities in this way the potential for things to come to a standstill exists.
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I just kind of feel that when The End closed, when Turnmills closed and the venues in the Kings Cross area closed down – I don't feel the needs of the people who went to those venues were adequately responded to in London as a whole. I find it strange and it's shame that when the club polls come out – not that they are to be taken as gospel but they are an indication of what's out there – there's probably only about six or seven clubs from London in top 100 worldwide."
six or seven is more than i can think of
http://www.dummymag.com/features/the-hydra-broken-and-uneven-profile
hydra/broken and uneven promoters talking about problems promoting in london recently
"The only thing is, this year in particular, we've noticed a – not that it's been spelt out like this – a clampdown on the way temporary licenses are being handled in certain boroughs in London. You can probably notice that there are less TBA-type events going on because it's increasingly difficult to secure a temporary license in London at the moment.
...
At the risk of sounding all doom or gloom, there's an element of what we're involved with being on its arse at the moment, to be honest. There is this difficulty in securing anything on a temporary basis which makes it difficult for promoters to do what they do and, obviously, when certain areas are under the scrutiny of the authorities in this way the potential for things to come to a standstill exists.
...
I just kind of feel that when The End closed, when Turnmills closed and the venues in the Kings Cross area closed down – I don't feel the needs of the people who went to those venues were adequately responded to in London as a whole. I find it strange and it's shame that when the club polls come out – not that they are to be taken as gospel but they are an indication of what's out there – there's probably only about six or seven clubs from London in top 100 worldwide."
six or seven is more than i can think of