Bounced out of the Waterfront
Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2005 10:21 am
do we know about this story from yesterday's Evening News? It's a longish c&p but Bounce reckon that the Waterfront have cancelled their monthly DnB night due to it being too popular... What is it with Naarch venues??
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A team of young music entrepreneurs has had the plug pulled on their monthly club night because the bosses at the Waterfront claim it is too popular.
Bounce Records, set up by three friends two years ago, now face having to stage it outside their home city.
The event, also called Bounce, has won an enthusiastic following among fans of drum-and-bass music, and now attracts crowds of more than 700.
The organisers had a contract to stage it every month until the end of the year, but have now been told they are no longer welcome at the Waterfront in King Street.
Kerry Negus, who runs the Bounce record shop in Bridewell Alley, said: "It's a real shame. We have put up a fight to try to get them to change their minds but it's not happening.
"It seems like they just don't want to be bothered with dealing with the bigger crowds we are now getting.
"They also seem to be worried about trouble, despite the fact we have never had any. They have had some problems with other events and seem to think because ours is a big crowd it is going to get aggressive.
"We get a very diverse crowd, including a lot of people older than their normal events."
Mr Negus said the Waterfront was the only suitable independent venue and they had little chance of persuade the large commercial nightclubs to let them in.
"We are working on plans to take it to Brighton and possibly London, but it's a shame that we are being forced out of our home city," he added.
Bounce was set up by Mr Negus and his two friends Jemma Bursnett and Steven Amiss to provide a platform of young people with talent.
As well a music promotion and the record shop, they offer a platform of young local artists to sell their work and are in the process of setting up a record label.
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A team of young music entrepreneurs has had the plug pulled on their monthly club night because the bosses at the Waterfront claim it is too popular.
Bounce Records, set up by three friends two years ago, now face having to stage it outside their home city.
The event, also called Bounce, has won an enthusiastic following among fans of drum-and-bass music, and now attracts crowds of more than 700.
The organisers had a contract to stage it every month until the end of the year, but have now been told they are no longer welcome at the Waterfront in King Street.
Kerry Negus, who runs the Bounce record shop in Bridewell Alley, said: "It's a real shame. We have put up a fight to try to get them to change their minds but it's not happening.
"It seems like they just don't want to be bothered with dealing with the bigger crowds we are now getting.
"They also seem to be worried about trouble, despite the fact we have never had any. They have had some problems with other events and seem to think because ours is a big crowd it is going to get aggressive.
"We get a very diverse crowd, including a lot of people older than their normal events."
Mr Negus said the Waterfront was the only suitable independent venue and they had little chance of persuade the large commercial nightclubs to let them in.
"We are working on plans to take it to Brighton and possibly London, but it's a shame that we are being forced out of our home city," he added.
Bounce was set up by Mr Negus and his two friends Jemma Bursnett and Steven Amiss to provide a platform of young people with talent.
As well a music promotion and the record shop, they offer a platform of young local artists to sell their work and are in the process of setting up a record label.