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GHB Barred From Trade's Tony De Vit Tribute @ Turnmills

Author: Jonty Skrufff
Sunday, August 29, 2004
Hard house institution Trade are warning GHB users to stay away from their upcoming Tony De Vit tribute party at Turnmills next month, declaring 'if you are thinking about it, then stay at home."

"We cannot ignore what happened at Easter in Trade," the club declared in a press release posted on their website this week, "and we will be operating a strict searching policy and a zero tolerance to the use and supply of GHB at Trade."

The legendary hard house club was forced to pull out of Turnmills by the venue owners in April after a number of revellers overdosed on GHB at Trade's annual Easter event.

Explaining the move at the time Turnmills chief Danny Newman said they were cancelling Trade events 'to prevent a serious incident occurring in the future.'

"We feel that the current trend of GHB in clubs is spiralling out of control, this problem is not just confined to Turnmills but is a becoming a major problem in many gay and straight clubs up and down the country," he added.

"Turnmills has continually supported Trade and the gay community for over a decade and we will continue to do so, but only in a safe and controlled manner," he said.

Trade's return to their original home on September 12 is certain to be road-blocked, particularly since Tony De Vi protege Fergie spinning a special tribute set selected from records pulled from the hard house pioneer's record box. The Radio 1 star was brought to London by Tony as a teenager and made his name spinning at Trade during its mid to late 90s heyday.

"When I first started going to Trade I hated it, I'd never met any gay people before then all of a sudden I'm walking through Muscle Alley with Tony and there's all these big fucking prettys trying to catch my eye," Fergie told Skrufff earlier this year.

"They must have thought I was right fucking prey, a fresh faced 16 year old wandering about. But after that I started loving Trade, there was nowhere like it," he recalled.

Fergie's latest mix Cd Mixmag Live is out on September 6.

(Malcolm Duffy, Gonzalo, Fergie (Tribute Set), Pete Wardman; Saturday 12th September 2004; 5:30am)
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