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COOL PIX Proving itself to be once again at the forefront of technology, Nikon have just produced the Coolpix P6000 – the fi rst compact digital camera with built-in GPS. Handy when traveling, pictures can be uploaded to the internet with a Geotags that identifi es exactly where on earth they were shot. The model packs a COLD STYLE 13.5 megapixel camera and the To tie in with its major new exhibition – Cold War Modern – the shop at very latest technology to reduce the V&A has introduced a whole host of items inspired by cold war designs camera shake. The Coolpix in the 40s, 50 and 60s. The collection includes everything from limited edition P6000 retails for £429.99, chairs – such as this classic Globe Chair by Finnish designer Eero Aarnio for while also in the latest Nikon £6,000 – through to sunglasses, Eastern Bloc badges, books, mugs, posters range are the Coolpix S610, and other home accessories. S710 and S560, with the latter www.vam.ac.uk retailing at just £179.99. www.nikon.co.uk KEEP ON RUNNING WATCH MEN Whoever said that the 80s were the decade that style forgot? Call us retro hags, but we do Besides G-Shock re-issuing its 1983 debut (see right), Gola have like a bit of old-skool styling. also just announced a new range of footwear based on its 1982 Therefore, we were taken by designs. The Rialto model features a suede and patent upper, this new range of G-Shock and is available in a mixture of neon colours for £50 from the Gola timepieces. To celebrate its 25th Store, 40 Carnaby Street, W1. anniversary, the folk at Casio www.golaclassics.com have created some limited edition watches and re-issued the very fi rst G-Shock to be made by the company – the DW 0C. The watches will only be on sale for a limited period, priced £99. For stockist details check www.casioatcarnaby.co.uk & =C baV]^ >@=2C1BA ' =C :743ABG:3 bT`]\b =C bT`]\b 27/@G CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS// SEPTEMBER 2008 THUR 11 SEPT: Madonna takes over Wembley Stadium for the London date of her Sticky & Sweet tour, promoting recent number one album Hard Candy. 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Now in its sixth year, expect seminars, exhibitions, showcases, screenings and parties, plus public installations at such sites as Trafalgar Square. 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Tokyo (1987) and London (2008). The exhibition will feature acPZW[S:/POaSR 6O^^gPW`bVROgb] Devised by Robert Lepage, the piece is a 70-year exploration a full range of objects from textiles and fashion to industrial aW\US`a]\Ue`WbS` bVS71/ BVS7\abWbcbS of the human voice as a metaphor for human expression pieces, furniture and prints. It will include design classics 2]`WO\E]]RP`W\Ua =T1]\bS[^]`O`g and interaction, and follows nine lives at various points such as chairs by Charles and Ray Eames, as well as work by VWaVg^\]bWQP`O\R /`baQSZSP`ObSaWba in history and across the globe. Lipsynch is performed in a spectrum of designers (such as William Morris, Christopher ]TSZSQb`]T]ZY`]QY PW`bVROgeWbVOa^SQWOZ French, German, Spanish and English, with English subtitles, Dresser, Le Corbusier and Issey Miyake) that together will b]bVSaSaV]`SaeWbV O\\WdS`aO`gSfVWPWbW]\ and is produced by Ex Machina and Théâtre sans Frontières, aim to evoke an impacting impression of their era. www. be]W\bW[ObSaV]ea TSObc`W\UR]\ObSR and is presented as part of the barbicanbite08 series of designmuseum.org Ob0O`E]bSdS` e]`YaT`][bVSZWYSa performances. Tickets £20-£60. www.barbican.org.uk 1S\b`OZAbObW]\! ]TAW`>SbS`0ZOYSbVS =C bT`]\b 27/@G ! =C 27/@G bT`]\b HIGHLIGHT EVENTS//SEPTEMBER 2008 16 SEPT-4 OCT: The world famous male ballet troupe Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo will be returning to London with their latest show this month, taking a three-week residency at the Sadlers Wells Peacock Theatre. Aff ectionately known as ‘The Trocks’, the company’s 16 professional male dancers faithfully bring to life some of the greatest moments of classical ballet. Treading a fi ne line between high art and high camp, the dancers – including Ida Nevasayneva, Sveltlana Lofatkina and Lariska Dumbchenko – perform en pointe in glittering tutus combining a loving knowledge of dance with a wicked sense of fun. This new show will be a collection of their greatest works, including Paquita, Pas de Quatre and the company’s signature piece, Swan Lake, Act II. Tickets www. 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Despite making (Parlophone) hip-hop for over a decade, this pop project – named after an old Lisa Lisa track – might be the one that catapults Coppola overground. Pallin is on Mark Ronson duties, concocting a potent mix of sunshiny beats and lilting 1960s Stax soul over which the Stateside Allen can wrap her sassy, honey-dipped vocals. Swapping LDN for NYC, The Stoop is focused on the antics and mores of her beloved Big Apple. There’s lyrical feist behind the musical froth. While empowerment anthems such as ‘TheWorld Should Revolve Around Me’ and ‘LOL’ (‘LOL, I text your cell, gotta spell out ‘go to hell’ / Toss you in the trash bin, reduce you to an acronym”) concern themselves with failed relationships, she’s at her best when she turns her eye on celebrity culture. On the infectious doo-wop of ‘Black Barbie’, she attacks the ‘Who Bares Wins’ attitudes of the likes of Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie (‘I live the simple life/I am a socialite/Ain’t got no appetite/And got no cellulite/I’m part Ethiopian/That’s why I stay so thin’). Best of all, is the smack to Amy Winehouse she gleefully dishes out in ‘Crying For The Queen’ – a critique of such brilliantly vicious brio, it would take Wino’s breath away. Well, if the emphysema hadn’t got there first…GR +++++ BRETT ANDERSON YO! MAJESTY BWO Wilderness Futuristically Pandemonium (BA Songs) Speaking... Never (Shell) For those brilliant, early Be Afraid (Domino) Amazingly, across Europe, Suede albums, many music Rap music is traditionally only Robbie Williams has fans will forever have time for Brett Anderson, but even die- a macho industry where sexism and anti-gay lyrics are clocked up more hit singles in the 21st century than BWO. hard fans will find their loyalty tested by his latest offering. rife, and the phrase ‘shooting your mouth off’ isn’t just The Scandinavian group are a veritable non-stop hit factory, With no record label, the self-released Wilderness was a metaphor. Even Elton John duetting with Eminem (a masterminded by pop genius Alexander Bard (Alcazar, recorded in seven days and features just Brett’s vocals, piano camp bloke with stupid hair teaming up with... Elton Army Of Lovers) – the odd-looking one on the cover and maudlin strings. Cathartic songwriting is nothing new, John) couldn’t assuage the distaste of his ‘fag’-baiting. sporting the beard and ruff! but here, Brett utilises every track to document a failed love Vitiating this formula are Shunda K and Jwl B, the duo that Despite this success, somehow, they have yet to have affair, and the result is a little like reading someone’s diary. comprise Yo! Majesty. Both out-and-proud lesbians (and cracked the UK charts, so as an introduction to the band, A rather repetitive, somewhat cringey and self-indulgent Jesus-lovers), the Floridian duo are the anointed Queens of they’re releasing this – a singles collection with no less diary at that. Anderson’s well known for dropping the odd ‘Hipster-Hop’, and mix visceral, booty-bass with a riot grrl than 18 hit songs that have already proved themselves in lyrical clanger, and Wilderness shamelessly flaunts several ethos. In a Venn Diagram with ‘Outkast’ at one side and ‘Le territories across mainland Europe. Suffice to say, if you lines that would make even James Blunt blush. ‘I gave her a Tigre’ on the other, they would represent the intersection. have any fondness for Europop, and if you don’t already rose from my garden, and the petals blow away, they look After a taster EP, colourfully titled ‘Kryptonite Pussy’, and own some of this stuff, you’ll find BWO to your liking. ‘Lay like confetti on her beautiful face,’ he sighs on ‘A Different a surreal appearance on Neon Neon’s album (where they Your Love On Me’, ‘Sunshine InThe Rain’, and ‘Conquering Place’, while later on ‘Knife Edge’ he trumps himself with managed to make the plight of sweatshop workers in a America’ are disco stompers that conjure of memories of ‘think I’ll miss her and her pets, perfect strangers on a knife DeLorean factory sound like the most lubriciously sexy dusk-till-dawn sessions in discos from Ibiza to Oslo. They’re edge.’ Anderson’s vocals have matured and are richer than thing since Nine 1/2 Weeks), Futuristically Speaking... is the best offerings in a consistent collection, which does before, but we still get treated to his best Bowie impression their assured full-length debut, which sees them hooking become a little bit repetitive over it’s 65-minute duration. on ‘Clowns’; ‘Clowns, tumbling into town now, love is on up with the likes of dancefloor act Basement Jaxx as well Why haven’t they had a hit single in the UK? Maybe its way down now, such a lonely sound’. The same simple, as their original mentors, Hard Feelings UK. The former take mainstream radio finds it all a bit too ‘Eurotrash’ for comfort. melancholy but plodding piano motif runs through most of the production wheel for the high-charged club moment Maybe, at its best, it’s merely good rather than truly brilliant. the tracks, while we’re actually treated to a bit of wailing on – and standout track – ‘Booty Klap’, while the likes of There’s no ‘Crying At The Discotheque’ or ‘Crucified’, while the dire ‘Funeral Mantra (‘we kneel before the open grave, ‘Leather Jacket’ straddle more brutal beats than you’d find in the Europop stakes, there’s nothing quite as good as light the candles with our pain’). God, could someone give on a date with Max Mosley. Lyrically, there’s just as much – say – Infernal’s ‘From Paris To Berlin’. That said, given the this boy a good shake? genital-centric braggiacho as the boys, but with none of the quantity and quality of pop gems on offer,Pandemonium Wilderness may be embraced by anyone suffering the pains misogyny that sometimes makes you assume rap is a word remains an essential addition for any pop lover’s collection. of heartache, but to anyone else, this was one week in the with a silent ‘c’. GR DH studio that should probably have stayed in the vaults. 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An absolute must for any Eurovision fans, the show has already played to great acclaim on a UK tour before its ten-week run in the West End. The Metro summed it up as ‘As camp as Graham Norton listening to Bucks Fizz in a camper van.’… which sounds like a decent night out to us. Box offi ce 0844-482 5170 – for more details check www. LITTLE SPARROW EurobeatTheMusical.com 32E/@25/;:7<@3D73EA>7/4 ROCK ON Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoff man( Capote, EVWZS3RWbV>WOT\SdS``SOQVSRbVSaO[SZSdSZa >WOT¸aRO`YS`aWRSSWbVS`(VS`R`cUORRWQbW]\Wa The Savages) returns to the ]TRWdOV]]RW\bVSUOgQ][[c\WbgOa3bVSZ dWdWRZg^]`b`OgSROaWabVSOPcaSaVSVSO^a]\ West End in a directorial role ;S`[O\;O`ZS\S2WSb`WQV]`8cRg5O`ZO\R bV]aSO`]c\RVS` BVS]\Zg^S]^ZSaVSaV]ea this September. 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He a^SZZPW\RW\U 4`][bVS[][S\b3ZS\O@]US`a @3 !$ =Cb\]e !% =C 4==2 bbVS`S CLUB COOL IWAN WATSON REVIEWS KYASHII AT THE KINGLY CLUB 4a St Martins Lane, WC2. 020 7836 5211. www.kinglyclub.co.uk Upon entering the glass entrance to the newly-opened Kingly Club St Martins Lane (formerly Denim), we were immediately greeted by a sleek, bright white lounge bar. Tunnels of black mirrors take you to the venue’s Japanese restaurant, Kyashii, a white cubic space with a panoramic aquarium running around its walls. The white leather seating, moulded high-gloss plastics and beach chill-out tunes lend the space the feel of a luxury yacht. Given the prices on the menu, it’s certainly somewhere that the jet set would feel at home. Deciding what to eat proves tricky – the menu is extensive and my eyes keep drifting to the fi sh swimming around us. At the suggestion of our waitress, I eventually opt for the Gyoza (£18.50), fi lled with Wagyu beef and foie gras and like that, the presentation was unsurprisingly impressive. served with temari sushi, white truffl e cream and teriyaki Like the venue itself, appearances are important here, as jelly. The dish is suitably amazing, with the jelly possessing best exemplifi ed by the show-stopping desserts. My Zuke a surprisingly bbq-style tang. My partner opted for Tai Pineapple (£8) consisted of a two-by-four formation of (£12.50), a small and tender fi llet of bream poached in a raspberries, supporting a raspberry glass sheet, on which delightful pink champagne & yuzu sauce. perched two scoops of shiso sorbet. To the side of this were For my main I chose for the Miso Kohitsuji - Soya Bean pineapple rolls containing mango, chilli pepper, white rum, Lamb Cutlets (£29.50), that arrived piled in a tower and ginger, saff ron & vanilla. It tasted as good as it looked! served with a blue cheese dumpling (which was a little Eating at Kyashii proved a fantastic a dining experience, and strong for my taste), but the lamb cutlets were perfect, as the attention to detail is obvious. Although some may fi nd was the Mitsuba Gyu (Herb Buttered Beef £28.50) served the atmosphere a little on the pretentious side, the staff on with wasabi leaves, my dining partner’s choice. At prices our visit couldn’t have been more friendly or helpful. Immaculate presentation ‘Kyashii style’ !& =C bbVS`S 4==2 !' =C 4==2 bbVS`S Cheaper at lunchtime than the with Clerkenwell-istas and vegan and raw food restaurant gay-friendly cinema restaurant, evening. www.gilgameshbar.com the food is top notch. www. – popular with London’s health- off ering well-priced gastropub EATING OUT theeaston.co.uk conscious and conscientious staples on the food menu, and OUR FAVOURITE RESTAURANTS AND La Porchetta, 141-142 Upper diners. Approx. £24 per head. free fi lm screenings – everything GAY-FRIENDLY DINING OPTIONS Street, N1. 020-7288 2488. Hanoi Café, 98 Kingsland Road, www.safrestaurant.co.uk from recent blockbusters to Great value pizza and pasta E2. 020-7729 5610. Authentic arthouse documentaries. www. restaurant, with possibly some Vietnamese food for any budget Tinseltown, 44-46 St John roxybarandscreen.com of the biggest pizzas in London! – sometimes a bit crammed Street, Farringdon, EC1. Want a CENTRAL Contemporary Arts has recently double cheeseburger and Mars Royal Teas, 76 Royal Hill, been taken over by acclaimed Bar Milkshake at 5am? Then Greenwich, SE10. 020-8691 Amato, 14 Old Compton Street, restraunteur Oliver Peyton. It’s a 24-hour, subterranean American 7240. Delightfully charming café Soho, W1. 020-7734 5733. Busy great place to pop in, take in an diner Tinseltown is the place off ering tea, scones, cakes and café and patisserie, off ering exhibition or browse the book to head. Round the clock diner other delights for an eclectic pasta dishes and a huge array shop. www.ica.org.uk (24/7) popular with late-night crowd. Brit camp fabulousness. of cakes. Very popular with gay clubbers – very near Fabric. www.royalteascafe.co.uk Soho. www.amato.co.uk L’Autre Pied, 5-7 Blandford Cool when quiet but avoid if Street, Marylebone Village, W1. there’s a queue for entry. www. The Stonhouse, 165 Balans, 60 Old Compton Street, 020 7486 9696. Chic, stylish, tinseltown.co.uk Stonhouse Street, SW4. Lovely W1. 020-7439 2183. The nearest upmarket restaurant from the Clapham gastropub with great Soho has to a gay restaurant, same team that created the SOUTH steaks, burgers, salads and busy throughout the week and Michelin-starred Pied-à-Terre sandwiches. Approx. £22 a head. open throughout the day and on Charlotte Street. Winner of Bonnington Café, 11 Vauxhall www.renaissancepubs.co.uk/SH night. Traditional British dishes the BMW Square Meal Award Grove, SW8. Cheap, cheerful with Meditteranean and Asian for Best New Restaurant Spring and very gay-friendly co- Upstairs Bar and Restaurant, fl ourishes. Approx. £28 per head. 2008. Approx. £40 per head (or operatively run vegetarian café 89b Acre Lane, SW2. Hidden See also the nearby Balans Café take advantage of the lunch and in Bonnington Square. Pig out gem and local secret. Critically at 34 Old Compton Street. www. pre-theatre fi xed-price deals). on three courses for £10! http:// acclaimed, eclectic European balans.co.uk www.lautrepied.co.uk s208303316.websitehome.co.uk menu, with emphasis on French Bodeans in Soho cuisine. Limited choice but menu Bodeans, 10 Poland Street, Ristorante Biagio, 189 El Panzon @ The Dogstar, changes daily. Open Tue-Sat. W1. 020-7287 0506. Cheap and Piccadilly, W1. 020-7434-1921. Sister branches in Finsbury Park with Dalston’s club kids but you 389 Coldharbour Lane, SW9. www.upstairslondon.com cheerful barbecue restaurant, Great, authentic Italian food and Bloomsbury. Approx. £17 won’t fi nd better traditional Authentic Mexican and Tex-mex with counter service upstairs and in contemporary and smart per head. Vietnamese soup based dishes. restaurant and fantastic prices WEST restaurant down below. Popular surroundings, spread over four www.hanoicafe.co.uk in the trendy Dogstar bar. Don’t with visiting Americans, plus the fl oors. Approx. £32 per head. Little Bay, 228 Belsize Road, miss the burritos or the taco Balans Knightsbridge, 239 odd bear from the nearby Kings www.ristorantebiagio.co.uk NW6. Wonderfully down-to- Kenza, 10a Devonshire Square, plate to share. Approx. £14 per Old Brompton Road, SW5. 020- Arms! Branches also in Clapham, earth and charming restaurant EC2. 020-7929 5533. Delightful head. www.elpanzon.co.uk 7244 8838. Very gay-friendly Fulham and Westbourne Grove. Stef’s, 3 Berners Street, W1 020- serving Modern European and sumptuous subterranean restaurant, off ering British and www.bodeansbbq.com 3073 1041. Huge, gay-friendly cuisine at very reasonable prices Middle Eastern restaurant a The Loft, 67 Clapham High Mediterranean dishes. Approx. Italian – formerly Linda’s Pasta (particularly at lunchtime). stone’s throw from Liverpool Street, SW4. 020-7627 0792. £28 per head. www.balans.co.uk Coff ee, Cake & Kink, 61 Bar on Poland Street – moved to Excellent value for money. Street station. Arabic interior and Upmarket and stylish restaurant, Endell Street, Covent Garden, the other side of Oxford Street in mezza menu – approx. £35 per bar and late-night haunt. The Fat Badger, 310 WC2. 020-7149 2996. ‘The only 2007. Pizza and pasta heaven. Pick More Daisies, 12 Crouch head. www.kenza-restaurant.co.uk Classic British dishes and lots of Portobello Road, W10. Upmarket kinky café gallery in the UK’, End Hill, N8. Californian café bar cocktails. Approx. £40 per head. and classy gastropub, serving this small little café features Steph’s, 39 Dean Street, Soho, - great for a weekend brunch Les Trois Garcons, 1 Club Row, www.theloft-clapham.co.uk fi ne British cuisine. Good Sunday erotic art exhibitions, books, W1. 02-07734 5976. Long- or Sunday lunch – attracting Whitechapel, E1. 020-7613 roast. www.thefatbadger.com prints, Fairtrade coff ee, pastries running, gay-friendly restaurant trendy-ish North London crowd. and cakes. Naughty, but nice. in Soho, presided over by hostess www.pickmoredaisies.com Open 11am-8am Sun-Thur and Steph and off ering classic British 11am-11pm Fri-Sat. www. comfort dishes. A favourite with World Café, 130 Crouch Hill, coff eecakeandkink.com the theatre crowd. Haringey, N8. 020-8340 5635. Trendy, chic, gay-friendly café First Out, 52 St Giles High Wagamama, 10a Lexington for Crouch Hill crowd, serving Street, WC2. 020-7240 8042. Street, Soho, W1. 020-7292 snacks, main meals and fab Long-running, gay-run café 0990. Our favourite branch cappuccinos. and bar, serving homemade of the noodle chain, off ering vegetarian dishes, coff ee and cheap, healthy Japanese delights EAST cakes. Lots of gay magazines, – great gyoza and… well, community info and fl yers. noodles! £16 per head. Check Bistrotheque, 23-27 Wadeson www.fi rstoutcafebar.com website for other branches Street, Bethnal Green, E2. - www.wagamama.com Modern, contemporary classy Floridita Floridita, 100 Wardour Street, restaurant with basement bar W1. 020-7314 4000. Large, NORTH and cabaret room, and fi ne 1924. A former Victorian boozer, The Riverside, 5 Hamilton S&M Café Portobello, 268 glamorous Cuban-themed dining upstairs – modern British stuff ed with baroque decor House, 5 St George Wharf, Portobello Road, W10. 020-8968 restaurant and bar, with regular Gilgamesh, Camden View, cuisine and French bistro dishes and antiques, creating a camp, Vauxhall, SW8. Great pub food 8898. The sausage and mash music acts and even occasional Camden Stables Market, Chalk – approx. £35 per head. www. culinary haven near Old Street. in upmarket, riverside gastropub café (hence S&M!). Great British drag. Approx. £36 per head. Farm Road, NW1. Huge, ornate bistrotheque.com British/French menu. www. that boasts terrifi c views of the grub in kitsch café surroundings. www.fl oridita.co.uk and lavish pan-Asian restaurant loungelover.co.uk Thames. There are also branches in with one of London’s most The Easton, 22 Easton Street, Islington (N1) and Spitalfi elds ICA CAFÉ BAR, The Mall, stunning interiors. 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for the annual Soho Pride festival that took place in August PAGE 62 G-A-Y G-A-Y waved goodbye to the Astoria with a collection of tip-top pop acts, including the lovely Dannii Minogue PHOTOGRAPHY © CHRIS JEPSON/LONDONCLUBLAND.COM PAGE 70 POPSTARZ BUDDHA BOYS... Swedish popster Robyn spun a special guest E31/C56BB63A3BE=3<:756B3<326C<9A/B DJ set at Popstarz's =@/<53AB3 The infamous Sunday night/Monday morning club at Fire in Vauxhall celebrated its fi rst decade of debauchery with a typically lavish party. Our heads are still spinning! Check our review of the event on page 64... # @3D73E =CbbVS`S 23A>7B3A=;3@/7<B67AG3/@¸A 0@756B=<>@723E/A8C2532 BRIGHTON PRIDE /<=B63@6C53AC113AA¬ Brighton Pride is often described electric blue satin. There were Canadian as ‘Britain’s favourite Pride’, and rightly Mounties, an Austrian mountain ‘girl’, so. From the high-profi le parade that some leopard print Zimbarbweans and a passes along the Regency seafront and Swedish galleon full of the Brighton Gay right through the centre of this modern Men’s Chorus singing seas shanties. city, to the festival in Preston Park that When the parade arrived at Preston Park, welcomes gay, straight, young and old the sky cleared and the sun actually with free music, cabaret, line dancing, shone for most of the afternoon as the funfair rides and more, Brighton’s long beer fl owed, the cabaret tent rocked history of inclusiveness and diversity is with the cream of the scene’s talent, all on display in this fabulous annual riot and the dominating Wild Fruit Big Top of colour. pumped out superb dance music to Starting at 11am on the dot, this year’s 5,000 revellers, with the club’s own ‘Pride around the World’-themed parade brand of hot go-go’s peacocking on was led, as always, by a huge contingent stage. With numbers impossible to of gay Police. The rain was annoying guess, the park was at capacity until but not torrential and didn’t dampen sundown with indie boys in the Popstarz anyone’s spirits, although a few feathers tent, hirsute hunks in the Bearea tent, did go soggy! Brazilian drumming families and shopping queens in the bands provided a beat to march to market area and thrill seekers on the while a troupe of dancing Dollies fairground rides. from Dollywood sashayed the route in www.brightonpride.org # =C bbVS`S @3D73E PHOTOS AND WORDS © CHRIS JEPSON/LONDONCLUBLAND.COM #! =C @3D73E bbVS`S BRIGHTON PRIDE WORDS AND PHOTOGRAPHS BY CHRIS JEPSON/LONDONCLUBLAND.COM CHRIS BY PHOTOGRAPHS AND WORDS #" ## @3D73E =CbbVS`S #$ =C bbVS`S @3D73E B67AG3/@¸AA=6=>@723/5/7</BB@/1B32 SOHO PRIDE B6=CA/<2AB=B63AB@33BA=4E ¬ Although the weather was more to singer Katherine Ellis and DJs Wayne G like late September than mid- and Gary H. August, this year’s Soho Pride thankfully One big street party, most of those stayed dry throughout and was judged attending spent the afternoon wandering another big success. The organisers again from one Soho bar to another, checking closed off Soho Square, Old Compton out the various stages and Dean Street Street, Dean Street and Frith Street to market stalls. traffi c, erecting three stages at strategic Unfortunately, the last fi ve Soho Pride points which, throughout the afternoon events have received funding from and early evening, boasted a clutch the mayor’s offi ce - £10,000 in 2007. of the scene’s fi nest DJs and live acts. However, this year’s event lost its funding QX Magazine programmed the dance from the Mayor’s Offi ce just a few weeks stage in Rupert Street, which hosted before taking place, placing the future the likes of singer Therese and drag duo of the festival in doubt. At the time of the Powder Puff Girlz, plus top jocks going to press, there was no word from Gonzalo, Per QX, and D’Johnny. Sandra the organisers about what might happen hosted the Old Compton Street ‘Pop’ next year, but here’s hoping that one of stage (sponsored by Village and Ku the most colourful and camp days in the Bar), located down at the Ed’s Diner end London gay calendar can secure further of the street, while the Candy Girls and funding and is back again next summer. G3 stage was located on Dean Street. The QSoft posse took over Soho Square with www.sohopride.net their Camp Gaydar, which played host JEPSON/LONDONCLUBLAND.COM CHRIS © PHOTOS #% =C @3D73E bbVS`S SOHO PRIDE WORDS BY LOREM DELOREM | PHOTOGRAPH BY MAET IPSUM #& =C @3D73E bbVS`S WORDS AND PHOTOS © CHRIS JEPSON/LONDONCLUBLAND.COM $ =C bbVS`S @3D73E 23A>7B3AB7441=;>3B7B7=<=<B63<756B =4A=6=>@723:=>@=47:3>@=D7232=<3 LO PROFILE =4B6303AB>/@B73A7<B=E<¬ As the credit crunch continues corridor that never seems to to tighten its grip on our lose its appeal, we stumbled nether regions, competition across the superbly housey for the so-called Pink Pound soundtrack laid down by DJs was frantic on the night of Soho Alessandro, Brent Nicholls Pride last month. With no less and Kris Di Angelis while the than half a dozen large central super-hot dancers from Fierce London parties being thrown at International provided the eye the same time, when we rocked candy for us to gorge upon. up at Lo Profi le relatively early, And believe us, we well and we were pleasantly surprised to truly gorged ourselves! fi nd it already steaming ahead. Going on well in to the small There was a sizeable crowd of gay hours (and on a school night boys and their friends who had too – how naughty !), Lo probably been out all day and Profi le is fast becoming Soho’s were not keen to prematurely premiere clubbing destination curtail the festivities! and is defi nitely a jewel in the Glamazon hostess Vanity was Gaydar crown. both welcoming and intimidating in equal measure as she towered Lo-Profi le, 84-85 Wardour over the entrance in gravity- Street, W1. www. defying boots and mile-high hair, gaydarprofi le.com but once down the illuminated $ =C @3D73E bbVS`S B6347¬ Carol McGiffi n and McFly Dannii Minogue Alacazar The Feeling with Sophie Ellis Bextor When host Jeremy Joseph followed by Sophie Ellis Bextor. The Sam Sparro announced that he was ending his Feeling brought some more rock to G-A-Y club’s 15-year residency at the the proceedings, before duetting with Astoria on Charing Cross Road it shocked Sophie Ellis Bextor for a roof-raising many on the scene. At the time of going version of ‘Video Killed The Radio to press, Jeremy had yet to announce Star’. Euro dance stars Alcazar were where exactly he plans to take the followed by the debut G-A-Y appearance night, but he certainly made sure that from Sam Sparro, while ending the his fi nal party at the Astoria was one show was perennial favourite Dannii that will live long in the memory. The Minogue with ‘All I Wanna Do’ and stage show kicked off at 1.15am, with a suitably camp version of ‘Xanadu’. Jeremy announcing that no less than At 4.15am, the night really was over, nine diff erent acts would take the stage, and Jeremy took to the stage with his with McFly being their fi rst surprise of extended staff to thank both them and the night. The boys properly rocked out, the loyal G-A-Y fans, before announcing belting out three of their hits singles, that he and his crew were personally before Jeremy dared Dougie McFly to going to lead everyone up the road snog his co-host, Loose Women’s Carol to the G-A-Y Late bar to continue the McGiffi n! They were followed by new partying… which is exactly what they girl band The Saturdays, and then did. G-A-Y at the Astoria was offi cially former Texas frontswoman Sharleen fi nished… and the 2,000-capacity Spiteri. Next up were Bucks Fizz, crowd departed as one. JEPSON/LONDONCLUBLAND.COM CHRIS © PHOTOS $ =C bbVS`S A13<3 $! =C @3D73E bbVS`S 0==5/:==ABC¸A@35C:/@A3AA7=<=4 SHINKY SHONKY >=>BC<3A/<2A7::G5/;3A6/27BA A3D3 Do you remember Vic Reeves’ (sometimes within the space of one Big Night Out, with its mixture 12”!). There’s always weekly cabaret of silly characters, audience and gameshows, when Stu will drag participation and slapstick willing audience members up on comedy? Imagine a gay version to the stage to answer questions or with added alcohol, classic pop pay the forfeits. Regular performers tunes and smutty pin badges, all include the likes of Le Gateau housed in a groovy little cellar Chocolat and Dolly Rocket, while disco off Chinatown. That begins to for the birthday celebrations in describe the weekly wonderment August we were treated to Princess that is Shinky Shonky. The night Twinkle Knickers and dance troupe is presided over by promoter, DJ, The Sparklemotion Showponies. would-be popstar and occasional One big, sparkling, party that always TV host Boogaloo Stu, who has now has a stupid grin plastered across been running the night in London its face, catch Shinky Shonky every for the past seven years. Providing Wednesday night from 10pm till late a perfect oasis of unpretentious – admission is free all night. escapism every Wednesday night in the Ku Klub on Lisle Street, Stu Shinky Shonky, the Ku Klub, and DJ Albert Twatlock spin the beneath the Ku Bar, 29-30 Lisle classic pop, indie and dance… Street, WC2. www.myspace. from cheese to cool and back again com/shinkyshonky JEPSON/LONDONCLUBLAND.COM CHRIS © PHOTOS $" $# =C @3D73E bbVS`S B63A13<3¸A07553AB:/C<164=@;/ Boogaloo Stu Katherine Ellis As most people will be aware by Stu and sidekick Miss Dolly Rocket doing now, the long-running G-A-Y club her best Amy Winehouse impression. night has now left the Astoria on The show kicked off with some energetic Charing Cross Road. With vacant slots Brazilian drumming, followed by some at the venue, promoters Paul Richardson, muscley breakdancers and drag duo the Matt Joshua, Gary Henshaw and Mark Powder Puff Girlz. The star turn came from Williams have united to create OMO – a singer Katherine Ellis, who belted out spanking new club promotion and a major smashes, including her recent hit with new player on the weekend scene. OMO the Freemasons, ‘When You Touch Me’. Generations is now running every Friday The variety aspect of the show made for a night, with DJs Tasty Tim, Dusty O and Lady refreshing change, with a certain ‘Soho’s Lloyd spinning the classic pop and dance. Got Talent’ style charm! Here’s hoping they The fl agship Saturday night OMO event manage to maintain its mixture of the launched properly on the 9 August, and quirky and mainstream. we got along to catch the action. The promoters have put huge eff ort into In terms of branding, no-one was off ering something a little diff erent to in any doubt as to the identity of what’s gone before, and there’s every the night, thanks to a 20-foot high, potential for OMO to carve its own fl ashing OMO logo on the stage. DJ following and enviable reputation. Stevie B and guests sat in the DJ box behind this logo, spinning camp OMO, every Friday and Saturday house and pop for the assembled night at the Astoria, 157 Charing crowd. 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The fl agship aeSObW\UOZZbVSeOgb]bVSSWUVbV event is sandwiched with BVSaSQ]\RbW[SeOaeVS\7Pc[^SRW\b]O Torture Garden at Mass on Friday 5 September KEEPING COUNT and Club Rub on Sunday 7 September, ensuring all fetishes are catered for... @716/@2B=<9AE=<23@A6=E;/ $& =C @3D73E bbVS`S POPSTARZ >=>AB/@H13:30@/B32B63AC;;3@E7B6 /A>317/:03/16>/@BG/<2/5C3AB />>3/@/<130367<2B632319A4@=; @=0G<¬ The Scala could almost have been a and once she got the hang of the mixing desk purpose built venue for the Popstarz she had the packed room rocking to her own style of mosh-pit indie clubbing, so when special beats. The outdoor smoking garden the team upped sticks and moved in to the was transformed into a tropical paradise with a West End, they almost had to start again from large pool, infl atables, palm trees and assorted scratch. However, thanks to a loyal crowd, a beach paraphernalia … there was even crowd strong brand and a wicked new venue (Sin participation with several speedo-clad hotties on Charing Cross Road) they have gone from in armbands mooching around as well as strength to strength and now pack every room short-wearing blokes, bikini babes and lads with varied and stylish clubbers. Last month we wearing leis. With four rooms of music, fi ve rocked up for their Summer Beach Party and bars, beach games, CD giveaways and open almost didn’t recognise it as the same venue! auditions for TV’s Shipwrecked 2009, there was The main room was hung with giant murals and so much going on we should have booked for reverberated to the classic Popstarz indie sound, a week! while the Pop Boutique played a trashy mix of old and new pop and disco, the Rave Room was Popstarz, every Friday from 10pm till a haven for the followers of neon, and the all 4am at Sin, Charing Cross Road, WC2. new fourth room was transformed into a ‘Love www.popstarz.org Lounge’. Swedish pop sensation Robyn dropped in to play a special DJ set in the Pop Boutique % =C bbVS`S @3D73E Guest DJ Robyn PHOTOS AND WORDS © CHRIS JEPSON/LONDONCLUBLAND.COM % =C @3D73E bbVS`S B63=@/<531@3E>C::32=CB/::B63AB=>A ORANGE 4=@B631:C0¸AB3 In the summer of ‘98, a few friends (who had been partying at Trade and didn’t want to stop) threw an impromptu afterhours at the Prince Of Orange pub in Rotherhithe with the legendary Fat Tony on the decks. It became so popular that a more permanent home was sought, and after a couple of false starts, Fire in Vauxhall was born. Fast forward to summer of ‘08, and Orange has just celebrated ten years of cutting edge clubbing. Without doubt, the night has changed the face of the London’s scene … where once clubbing was a 10pm-3am/Thursday- Sunday aff air, it is now possible to party 24/7 without seeing daylight, and the Orange tenth birthday celebration was an amalgamation of all those experiences rolled in to one 12-hour marathon session. Top notch DJs including The Oli, Sharp Boys, Paul Heron and David Jimenez were joined by the man who was there at the beginning – Fat Tony – who played a classic, uplifting, six-hour set. Super-hot, Clockwork Orange styled go-go boys provided some eye candy and dressed-up stiltwalkers some comedy – how often do you see a shirtless muscle boy trying to snog a giant Emu? Partying until the sun was high in the sky on Monday morning, the packed club of revellers showed their appreciation for all things Orange in the traditional way (drinking and frolicking!), and even owner Craig was spied dancing on the bar in the melée. Sensational! Orange, every Sunday night from 11pm-11am at Fire, South Lambeth Road, SW8. www.fi reclub.co.uk CHRISJEPSON/LONDONCLUBLAND.COM © PHOTOGRAPHY % =C bbVS`S A13<3 %! =C @3D73E bbVS`S @353 Held the day before Soho Pride, UK Black Pride is now in it’s third year and is coming on in leaps and bounds. Located in the gorgeous grounds of the Regent’s College in the middle of Regent’s Park, the fi rst thing that hit us as we entered through York Gate was the pumping music from the Caribana World Tent where more than a dozen DJs, MCs and performers thrilled the crowd with their global off ering of aural entertainment – we particularly liked the bubbly Boston Yellow Babe and DJ Clington's mixed drum & bass/house set. Next to the Caribana tent was a great community market place with retail and information stalls representing unions, sports groups, gay publications and even Buddhists, so defi nitely something for everyone, but the main stage was the focus of most peoples day and it was here we saw great performances by comedian Curtis Walker, Hollyoaks and Brookside actor Leon Lopez, rapper Mz Fontaine and a plethora of big scene name DJs. Hosts Miss Kimberly and LB kept the show rolling while organisers Phyll and Bisi turned chaos into calm backstage. Roll on UK Black Pride 2009! www.ukblackpride.org.uk PHOTOS AND WORDS © CHRIS JEPSON/LONDONCLUBLAND.COM %" =CbbVS`S %# =C <756BA bbVS`S HIGHLIGHTS KELLY FOR OMO SKIN TWO PHOTOGRAPHY © CHRIS JEPSON/LONDONCLUBLAND.COM Destiny’s Child star Kelly Rowland will be the very special guest The world famous Skin Two Rubber Ball weekend returns 5-7 September 2008. This huge celebration of at OMO on Saturday 30 August. Rowland scored huge hits as part fetishism and alternative sexuality attracts thousands of devotees from all over the UK, Europe and further afi eld, of Destiny’s Child, before solo success with such songs as ‘Work’, and this year’s event promises to be bigger and better than ever. The big Rubber Ball party itself will take place ‘Stole’ and ‘Like This’. This is OMO’s fi rst big name PA since its launch on Saturday 6 September at the SeOne club, Weston Street, London Bridge, SE1. It will feature seven diff erent at the beginning of August, and the team are very excited about themed arenas, a fully equipped dungeon, DJs, art and installations. Doors will be open from 10pm till 4am, with this very special appearance. If you’ve yet to have tried this big new a strict dress code of ‘Erotic Fancy Dress, Rubber, Leather, Kinky Drag, PVC or Uniforms.’ The event is predominantly venture at the Astoria, then do get along to check out what all the straight/bi, but always attracts a several hundred gay boys and girls too. Tickets will cost £35 in advance or £40 on fuss is about. the door. For further information, check www.omoevents.co.uk. For full details and further ticket information, check www.skintwo.co.uk Advance tickets will be available from Ku Bar (£8 from the Ku or £9 with a fl yer on the door). Doors will be open 11pm till late. www.omoevents.co.uk ROME RETURNS After a break of several months, Rome is set to storm back on to the scene this month. Fabio White’s acclaimed and cutting-edge dance club will be returning to a new home, when it hosts a party at Lo Profi le on Sunday 7 September. ‘Rome returns to re-conquer London with its original display of class and beauty, quality souse sound and distinctive elegance,’ says Fabio, who will be joined at the decks by the fabulous Pier Morrocco. Expect glamorous go-go’s and models to be mingling with the crowd, who will be sipping cocktails in one of Soho’s PHOTOGRAPHY © CHRIS JEPSON/LONDONCLUBLAND.COM most glamorous haunts. Doors will HEAVEN SATURDAYS be open from 6pm, with admission £6 Saturday nights at Heaven in September promise to be a lot of fun, with the club expecting to be particularly with a fl yer before busy with many of London’s returning students. On the main fl oor, Heaven will play host to residents Pagano 7.30pm, and then and Nick Tcherniak, plus special guests Severino and Faye Lanson. They’ll be playing the best in international, £8 afterwards. progressive and credible sounds to be heard on any London dance fl oor. There will also be the club’s resident You’ll fi ndLo Cabana boys in their fi erce designer outfi ts to provide visual stimulation. There’s a new addition in thePop Profi leat 84 Room, with Tasty Tim now joining Dusty O at the decks. Johnny Red will be guesting on selected Saturdays, Wardour Street, W1, and there are some surprise PAs also booked. The Departure Lounge is undergoing something of a facelift, and for more details and now boasts a video wall near its entrance – with the Heaven team determined to turn it into the best VIP check www. room in town. romeinlondon. Summer may be coming to a close but Heaven Saturdays remain hot, hot, hot! com Check out the action on Villiers Street, Under The Arches, Charing Cross, WC2. Doors are open from 11pm till 6am, with admission £12 or £8 for NUS students. www.heaven-london.com %$ =CbbVS`S %% =C :7AB7<5A bbVS`S Houghton Street (off Kingsway), Street, WC2. Charing Cross Road team at Aldwych, WC2. Saturday night gay tube. Huge, world-famous gay Gaydar.co.uk Latin and salsa night. club. www.heaven-london.com – spread over three GOING floors, with internet access =Cb FIRST OUT CAFÉ, 52 St Giles THE KINGS ARMS, 23 Poland and Gaydar radio. BLASPHEMOUS High Street, WC2. 020 7240 8042. Street, W1. 020 7734 5907. One of Leeds’ most well-known gay nights Tottenham Court Road tube. Oxford Circus tube. Mon-Thur THE QUEBEC, 12 Old Quebec – Blasphemous – is set to make its London 10am-11pm. Sun 10.30pm. Over 12pm–11pm, Fri-Sat 12pm-12am, Street, WC1. 020-7629 6159. debut this month, when it hosts a one-off party 20 years old and still going strong. Sun 12pm-11.30pm. London’s bar Marble Arch tube. Huge pub, on at Enclave in Brewer Street on Saturday 6 Long-running community café bar. for bears and blokes. Traditional two floors, attracting an older September. Organisers hope that the party atmosphere, pool table upstairs crowd. Open till 3am at weekends. will bring a new and northern flavour to the FREEDOM, 66 Wardour Street, and BearHug each Friday. www.thequebec.co.uk metropolis’ gay scene, as well as showcasing W1. 020 7734 0071. Piccadilly v what a cutting-edge city like Leeds has to offer. Circus tube. Opulent style bar, with KUDOS, 10 Adelaide Street, WC2. RETRO BAR, 2 George Court, Scene star Lady Lloyd (pictured) will be on the late-night club promotions for a 020 7379 4573. Charing Cross WC2. 020 7321 2811. Charing decks, alongside some of the north’s hottest metorsexual crowd. tube. 3pm-11pm, Sat noon-11pm, Cross tube. Mon-Fri noon-11. Sat DJ’ing talent. Together they will be churning www.freedombarsoho.com Sun noon-10.30pm. Beautiful and 5pm-11pm, Sun 5pm-11pm. out a beat-grinding mix of hard electro, stylish café bar (great food!), with A traditional boozer for the gay commercial house and ultra-modern pop. FRIENDLY SOCIETY, 79 Wardour clubbier vibe and video screens scene’s indie, alternative and “Blasphemy has been a huge success in Street, WC1. Trendy and unique, in the basement. Popular with student-types – Tuesday’s pop quiz its home town,” the organizers told Out. intimate basement bar, which Asian crowd. is an institution. “We want to expand the night by bringing attracts a mixed crowd. it to different venues across the country, KU BAR, 30 Lisle Street, Leicester RUPERT STREET, 50 Rupert starting with the Capital.” G-A-Y BAR, 30 Old Compton Square, WC2. 020 7437 4303. Street, W1. 020 7292 7141. Blasphemy takes place on 6 September at Street, W1. 020 7494 2756. Leicester Square tube. Large, Piccadilly Circus tube. 12-11pm, Sun The Enclave, 25-27 Brewer Street, Soho, from Leicester Square tube. 12pm- award-winning, upmarket gay bar 10.30pm. Large, designer style bar, 10pm (£5) - www.blasphemyleeds. 12am. Huge, poptastic gay bar, spread over three floors, open till popular with professional gay boyz co.uk with a multitude of video screens, 3am daily. www.ku-bar.co.uk and post-work crowd. pop tunes and drinks promotions. muscle queens. www.g-a-y.co.uk LO-PROFILE, The Basement, SHADOW LOUNGE, 5 Brewer VENUES: 84-85 Wardour Street, W1. Swanky, Street, W1. 020-7287 7988. CENTRAL LONDON CANDY BAR, 4 Carlisle Street, W1. G-A-Y LATE, 5 Goslett Yard, sophisticated, 400-capacity Piccadilly tube. Exclusive, gorgeous, 020 7494 4041. Tottenham Court off Charing Cross Road, WC2. late-night basement bar and club late-night bar and club for A-list 79 CXR, 79 Charing Cross Road, Road tube. Mon-Thu 5-11.30pm. Tottenham Court Road tube. space – from the people that gays and celeb-spotters. WC2. 020 7734 0769. Leicester Fri & Sat 5pm-2am. Sun 5-11pm. 11pm-3am. Late-night sister bring you gaydar.co.uk. Open till www.theshadowlounge.com Square tube. Mon-Sat 1pm-3am, Long-running and famed lesbian venue to G-A-Y Bar – more video 2am midweek, 4am weekends, Sun 1pm-10.30pm. Cover charge bar. screens, camp pop fun and cheap and 10.30pm Sundays. www. SOHO REVUE BAR, 11 Walkers after 11pm. Large, cruisy, late-night drinks. gaydarprofile.com Court (off Brewer Street), W1. bar - always busy after 10.30pm. COMPTONS, 52 Old Compton 020-7734 0377. Legendary Soho Street, W1. 020 7479 7961. GEISHA, 75 Charing Cross Road, LONG YANG CLUB, long-running cabaret club, attracting very gay ADMIRAL DUNCAN, 54 Old Leicester Square tube. Noon-11pm. WC2. 020-7734 6887. Recently- social group for East Asian gay crowd with nightly cabaret, gigs Compton Street, W1. 020 7437 A Soho institution. Large, traditional launched, designer gay bar – a guys and friends. Regular parties and burlesque. 5300. Leicester Square tube. gay boozer on two floors. riot of pink and oriental chic! Open and social events. Check website at Friendly, traditional gay pub. noon-midnight seven days a week, www.lyclondon.com TRASH PALACE, 11 Wardour THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, with DJs nightly. www.geisha-bar. Street, W1. 020 7734 0522. ASTORIA, 157 Charing Cross 77 Wardour Street, W1. 020 7439 co.uk PROFILE, 56 Frith Street, Soho, Piccadilly Circus tube. Sun-Thu Road, WC2. 020-7734 6963. 1274. Piccadilly Circus tube. W1. Tottenham Court Road tube. 5pm-midnight. Fri & Sat 5pm-3am. Tottenham Courtg Road tube. Mon-Thu noon-11pm, Fri & Sat GHETTO, 5-6 Falconberg Stylish, big gay bar, owned by the Indie, rock and trash fun on two Huge, former theatre, with 2,000 noon-midnight, ‘til 10.30pm on Mews, W1. 020-7287 3726. capacity. Now home to OMO club Sun. Traditional and fun gay pub Subterranean, trend-setting gay nights. www.omoevents.co.uk over two floors. club venue, with nightly alternative promotions, such as The Cock (Fri) BARCODE, 3-4 Archer Street, THE EDGE, 11 Soho Square, W1. and Wig Out (Sat). www.ghetto- W1. 020 7734 3342. www. 020 7439 1313. Tottenham Court london.co.uk bar-code.co.uk. Piccadilly Circus Road tube. Noon-1am, Sun 2pm- tube. Mon-Sat 4pm-1.30am. Sun 11.30pm. Stylish, hip gay bar THE GREEN CARNATION, until 10.30pm. Dance bar on two spread over four intimate floors, 4-5 Greek Street, Soho, floors, with club-style basement. with regular nights from top DJs. W1. 020-7434 3323. New, Comedy Camp stand-up night three-floored late night gay each Tuesday. THE ENCLAVE, 25-27 Brewer venue, with bar, dancefloor PICCADILLY POLARI Street, W1. Intimate, lounge bar and nightly promotions. www. Following its most successful outing yet, when it hosted THE BOX, 32-34 Monmouth and basement club, offering greencarnationsoho.co.uk special guest author Will Self, queer literary salon Polari Street, Seven Dials, WC2. 020 members-bar atmosphere but is on the move. The night has now finished its run at the 7240 5828. Leicester Square tube. open to all. www.enclavesoho.com HALFWAY TO HEAVEN, Green Carnation, and following a break for August, will 11am-11pm. Stylish and 7 Duncannon Street, WC2. 020 be taking up a new residency in September. You will find award-winning gay ESCAPE, 10a Brewer Street, W1. 7321 2791. Charing Cross tube. it running every second Wednesday of the month in the café bar popular 020 7734 2626. Piccadilly Circus Mon-Thu noon-11pm, Fri & Sat plush upstairs lounge of Trash Palace, 11 Wardour with scene tube. 5pm-3am. Cover charge after 12pm-12am. Old-style gay pub Street, W1. The theme for the relaunch party will be ‘Dandy and 11pm. Every night’s a party at this spread over two floors. Night’, and will feature special guest author Sebastian late-night video dance bar. Horsley. Doors will be open 7 till 11pm, with HEAVEN, The Arches, Villiers admission free. EXILIO, LSE Underground, %& =CbbVS`S %' =C A13<3 bbVS`S fl oors – very popular with students THE BLACK CAP, 171 Camden and alternative club freaks. High Street, NW1. 020 7428 2721. Camden Town tube. Shuffl ewick VAULT 139, 139 Whitfi eld Street, Bar: Mon-Thu Noon-1am, Fri-Sat W1. Newly-opened, central, 12noon-2am, Sun Noon-10.30pm. daytime intimate cruise club, for a Club: Mon-Thu 10pm-2am, Fri-Sat men-only crowd. Open 1pm-1am 10pm-3am, Sun 10pm-1am. seven days a week. www.vault139. Long-running, famed gay pub com – probably the most famous cabaret pub in London, with nightly VILLAGE, 81 Wardour Street, W1. DJs and entertainment. www. 020 7434 2124. Piccadilly Circus theblackcap.com ELECTROQUEERS tube. 12-1am, Sun 11.30pm. Late Pop and electro music blog, Electroqueer (www.electroqueer.com) will be continuing night door charge. Soho’s original CENTRAL STATION, its club night in London’s Soho with a session at Barcode on 4 September 2008. The club gay café bar, spread over four fl oors, 37 Wharfdale Road, N1. Tel: 020 night – simply called Electroqueer@Barcode, will be in the venue’s downstairs club and now with basement dancefl oor 7278 3294. Kings Cross tube. Mon- and will be opening its doors from 7pm especially for Electroqueer readers, their guests and discos. Wed 5pm-2am, Thur 5pm-3am, and Soho’s Thursday night crowd. Fri 5pm-4am, Sat 1pm-4am, Sun Electroqueer (aka EQ) was created two years ago with just one thing in mind THE YARD, 57 Rupert Street, W1. 1pm-12am. Big gay bar on three – showcasing quality pop and electronic music from emerging and established artists. 020 7437 2652. Piccadilly Circus fl oors, with ground fl oor cabaret After its successful launch in June, the Electroqueer night is returning following great tube. Mon-Thur 4pm-11pm, Fri and infamously cruisy cruise nights interest from blog-readers and club-goers. Expect hot pop, electro and house in the & Sat 1pm-11pm, Sun 1pm- in basement. www.centralstation. downstairs club from DJ Adamis, along with personal appearances from Electrovamp, 1.10.30pm. Busy gay bar with co.uk State City Disco (pictured above), Charli XCX, The Good Natured and Cassette Electrik. hugely popular courtyard area, Doors will be open from 7pm till 1am, with admission £5. www.electroqueer.com outdoor balcony and loft bar. CLUB KALI, The Dome, 1 Dartmouth Park Hill, Tufnell Park, NORTH LONDON N19. World’s biggest lesbian and NW3. 020-7435 5747. Large, cost, days a week. Mon-Thu 4pm-1am, 7pm-4am. Door charge on gay Asian music night, running traditional old gay pub, with regular Fri-Sun 4pm-4am. Recently opened weekend. Large, popular bar every third Friday of the month. entertainment, beer garden and and very popular club bar, with and club, attracting big crowds www.clubkali.com food. www.kw4.co.uk dancefl oor and mezzanine chill-out at weekends. www.ego- space. southernpride.co.uk COSMO LOUNGE, 43 Essex Road, THE LOAD OF HAY, 207 Pinner N1. Tel: 020 7688 0051. Angel tube. Road, Watford, 01923-441113. CLUB COLOSSEUM, 1 Nine FACTORY, 65 Goding Street, SE11. Sun-Wed 2pm-Midnight, Thu-Sat Watford‚s only gay pub, with Elms Lane, Vauxhall, SW8. Huge, Stylish, railway arch Vauxhall venue, 2pm-1am. Long, narrow, intimate big beer garden and regular late-night venue for after-hours hosting occasional dance and gay bar popular with locals girls entertainment! www.loadofhay. crowd – hosting various monthly cruise nights. and boys. co.uk promotions such as Bootylicious and Megawoof. THE FORT, 131 Grange Road, EGG, 200 York Way, Kings Cross, THE OAK BAR, 79 Green Lanes, SE1. 020-7237 7742. Small cruise N7. Tel: 020 7609 8364. Kings Cross N16. 020-7354 2791. Manor THE EAGLE, 349 Kennington club, open till 11pm throughout tube. Bespoke club space on three House tube. Friendly, divere gay bar Lane, SE11. 020 7793 0903. Mon, week, with regular boots-only and fl oors, hosting occasional gay club with late-night club promotions, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat 9pm-late, Tue underwear parties. nights and after-hours sessions open ‘til 3am at weekends. www. 7.30-10.30pm, Sun 4pm-2am. www.thefortlondon.com PHOTOGRAPHY © CHRIS JEPSON/LONDONCLUBLAND.COM (mixed afterhours every Saturday oakbar.com Vauxhall tube. Large, club-bar XXL TURNS EIGHT night). with nightly promotions. Tonker FIRE, South Lambeth Road, Always one of its biggest parties of the year, the XXL ON THE ROCKS, 25 Kingsland (Fridays) and Horse Meat Disco Vauxhall, SW8. Vauxhall tube. team are now gearing up for their annual birthday bash. THE GOLDEN LION, 2 Britannia Road, E2. Underground Shoreditch (Sundays) are particularly popular. Infamous, late-night gay venue The club will be celebrating its eighth anniversary with Street, WC1. 020 78374734. venue that hosts the weekly Trailer www.eaglelondon.com beneath the Vauxhall railway a big party down at the London Bridge Arches on Friendly, local gay pub with Trash club night each Friday – the arches, host to the likes of Orange, Saturday 20 September. Joining DJs Christian M regular cabaret and late opening at ‘Dirty Eastend Gay Ravebox!’ www. EGO, 82 Norwood High Street, A:M, Horizon and Gravity. Open and Kami on the main fl oor will be very special guest weekends. clubtrailertrash.com SE27. 020 8761 5200. West around the clock at weekends. Moto Blanco – the red hot production duo who have Norwood BR. Sun-Thu 8pm-late, www.allthingsorange.com or recently remixed everyone from Mary J Blige, Booty THE GREEN, 74 Upper Street, PLAYPIT, 76 Caledonian Road, Luv and Leona Lewis to Dave Spoon and Bob Sinclar. N1. 020-7704 0713. Angel tube. N1. Intimate, King’s Cross sleaze THOU SHALT… Taking care of the other arches will be Jon Byrne, Mark London’s fi rst ‘gay gay-stropub!’ club. Open Thur-Sat 9pm-3am, Popstarz at Sin on Ames, Alex Logan and Joe Egg. Promoter Mark Ames Stylish, Islington bar, serving full Sun 3pm-7pm and 8pm-1am. Charing Cross Road always pushes the boat out for the birthday, using it as food menu and wide range of www.londonplaypit.co.uk continues to pack them an excuse to further improve the venue. This year will cocktails. Mixed, chilled crowd in every Friday night. be no exception, so expect a capacity crowd at the ever- - now run by the same team as The SOUTH LONDON Get along on Friday 29 improving Arches. Edge in Soho. August for an exclusive Tickets are now on sale to members and are selling AREA, 67-68 Albert Embankment, PA from Dan Le Sac very fast – check the website at www.xxl-london.com KING EDWARD VI, 25 Bromfi eld SE1. Gorgeously-designed, hard vs Scroobius Pip for details. Tickets for non-members go on sale on 1 Street, N1. Tel: 020 7704 0745. dance club and cabaret rooms, (pictured)– one of the September. Angel tube. Sun-Thu 12noon- with eclectic roster of diff erent gay hippest dance hip hop XXL runs every Saturday and Wednesday night at The 12midnight, Thu 12noon-1am, nights (Juicy on Saturdays), one-off outfi ts on the planet right Arches, 51-53 Southwark Street. Other September dates Fri-Sat 12noon-2am. Very promotions, plus cruise nights like now. It follows a very busy summer for the boys, having for your diary include Saturday 13 September, when the long-running gay pub, with ‘local’ Rude Boyz (every Friday). www. performed at Glastonbury, Coachella, Bestival and various boys will be throwing a special ‘RETROspective’ party. atmosphere and character, plus areaclub.info other festivals, promoting their album Angels. This intimate Also keep an eye out for the return of Big Bois – the popular beer garden. show in the club’s indie ballroom is sure to prove popular, so club’s new Sunday social. BARCODE VAUXHALL, Arch 69, arrive early to guarantee entry. www.xxl-london.com KW4, 77 Hampstead High Street, Albert Embankment, SE11. 0207 www.popstarz.org 734 3342. Vauxhall tube. Open 7 & =CbbVS`S & =C :7AB7<5A bbVS`S ROYAL VAUXHALL SEPTEMBER Wednesdays. Street, E14. Tel: 020 7790 4082. Sun 3pm-1am. Regular discos, cabaret, The Royal Vauxhall Tavern continues to reign Limehouse DLR. Open from 7pm karaoke and one-off events. as South London’s premier gay cabaret venue. A THE TWO BREWERS, Mon & Tue, from 6pm Wed-Sat, www.theculvert.com couple of their resident performers took breaks 114 Clapham High Street, SW4. from 4pm on Sun. Small, local, in September to head up to the Edinburgh Fringe 020 7498 4971. Clapham Common traditional pub, with regular THE HOPE & ANCHOR, 20 Festival, but this month sees their return, with tube. Mon-Thu 5pm-2am, Fri & Sat cabaret. Macbeth Street, Hammersmith, Zoe Lyons back to host the Wednesday night 5pm-4am. South London’s most W6. (contact mobile Comedy Club and The D.E.Experience back famed gay cabaret venue. Large BJ’s WHITE SWAN, - 07858281995). New gay pub to preside over the stage at S.L.A.G.S on Sunday. bar and separate dancefl oor room. 556 Commercial Road, E1. Tel: 020 for Hammersmith and Chiswick. Zoe will be hosting some of her discoveries from www.the2brewers.com 7780 9870. Limehouse DLR. Mon Traditional boozer with nightly Edinburgh at the club each Wednesday, with 9pm-1am Tue-Thu 9pm-2am, entertainment – open noon- highlights including Zoe’s own Edinburgh show on UNION, 66 Albert Embankment, Fri-Sat 9pm-3am, Sun 5.30pm- 11pm throughout week. Wednesday 3 September, Hal Cruttenden on SE1. 020-7793 9262. Cruisy dance midnight. A large, long-running PHOTOGRAPHY © CHRIS JEPSON/LONDONCLUBLAND.COM the 17th and Lucy Port on the 24th.Timberlina club which hosts monthly parties gay pub and club, open throughout THE RICHMOND ARMS, 20 presides over the Bingo each Monday, while you such as Union Jack and afterhours the week and legendary across The Square, off Princes Street, can get along on Thursday-Friday 11-12 September party Love-Union. Plays areas and London! Wednesday’s Amateur Richmond. 020-8940 2118. Long- for another chance to see the RVT’s acclaimed hot go-go’s. www.clubunion.co.uk Strip is an institution. www. running local gay pub, regular production of A Latesummer’s Night’s bjswhiteswan.com cabaret and entertainment. Pantomime, with Bearlesque, Fancy Chance, XXL, The Arches, 51-53 Southwark Gill Manly, Michael Twaits, Nathaniel de Ville, Polly Street, SE1. www.xxl-london.com. WEST LONDON TED’S PLACE, 305a North End Vinyl and DJ Dawn Right Nasty. Following a short London Bridge tube. Huge club for Road, West Brompton, W14. 0207 break, Vauxhallville returns on Thursday 18 bears, big men and admirers, on BROMPTONS, 294 Old Brompton 385 9359. Earls Court or West September with its second birthday party, when Saturday and Wednesday. Road, Earls Court, SW5. 020 7370 Brompton tube. Mon-Fri from all attending are invited to wear their ‘birthday 1344. Earls Court tube. Big, long- 7pm-late, closed Sat & Sun. West suit’. Friday nights at the venue off er alternative EAST LONDON running gay pub and club, open London cruise club. Sleazy… but bears night Ursus (5 September) with its Mr Ursus late throughout week. Regular that’s why the regulars love it! London contest, and NRG and house anthems night THE ANGEL, 21 Church Street, cabaret and club nights. Cozmic on 19th September. www.rvt.org.uk E15. Tel: 020 8555 1148. Stratford WEST 5, Popes Lane, South Panto boy Nathaniel de Ville BR and tube. Big gay pub, always COLEHERNE, 261 Old Brompton Ealing, W5. 020-8579 3266. Large, popular at weekends, with regular Road, Earls Court, SW5. 020 7244 popular gay pub with Piano Room www.fi reclub.co.uk 1am, Sun noon-midnight. Clapham cabaret, DJs and disco nights. 5951. Earls Court tube. Noon- and cabaret bar, open till late at video bar, popular throughout the midnight. Large and legendary weekends with entertainment and THE GEORGE & DRAGON, 2 week, with DJs at weekends. THE BACKSTREET, Wentworth pub. The spit’n’sawdust feel has DJs. www.west5bar.co.uk BlackheathHill, Greenwich, SE10. Mews, off Burdett Road, E3. gone, but still popular with mixed 020 8691 3764. Deptford Bridge LITTLE APPLE, 98 Kennington 020-8980 8557. Over 20 years old crowd of male drinkers. WINDSOR CASTLE, 152 Bath DLR. Mon-Thu 4pm-1am, Fri & Lane, SE11. 020 7735 2039. – small but legendary dress code Road, Hounslow, TW3. 0208577 Sat 4pm-4am, Sun 4pm-2am. Kennnigton tube. Open 7 days a leather club, open Thur-Sun. THE CULVERT, 54 Cowley Mill 6590. Large, local gay pub with Late-night pub with nightly week. Small, traditional gay boozer Road, Uxbridge. 01895 256 690. regular cabaret and entertainment. entertainment and cabaret. www. for local gay boys and girls - open THE BLACK HORSE, 168 Mile Uxbridge tube. Mon-Wed 4pm-1am, www.windsorcastlehounslow.co.uk gandd.org.uk till 1.30am Fri-Sat. End Road, E1. Tel: 020 7790 Thu noon-2am, Fri & Sat noon-3am, 1684. Mile End tube. Mon-Thurs HIDDEN, 100 Timworth Street, ROYAL VAUXHALL TAVERN, 8pm-1am, Fri-Sat 8pm-3am, Sun SE11. Railway arch venue, home 372 Kennington Lane, SE11. 8pm-1am. Late-opening,East End to infamous Hard On night once a 020 7840 0596. Opening times cabaret bar and disco. month (www.hardonclub.co.uk). vary. Vauxhall tube. Door Charge. Huge, traditional and historic gay BISTROTHEQUE, 23-27 Wadeson THE HOIST, Arch 47c, South pub, with long history of hosting St, E2. Tel: 020 8983 7900. Lambeth Road, SW8. 020 7735 cabaret. Packed to rafters on Bethnal Green tube. Very mixed, 9972. 10pm-late. Door charge and Saturday (Duckie) and Sunday gay/straight crowd of trendy strict dress code. One of London’s (Chill-Out). www.rvt.org.uk metrosexuals. Great bar, restaurant, most famous dress-code and cruise plus separate cabaret room. clubs - busy with a men-only THE STAG, 15 Bressenden Place, crowd. Open Friday-Sunday and SW1. 020 7828 7287. Victoria CHARLIE’S BAR, 124 Globe occasional Thursdays (SM Gays). tube. Mon & Tue midday-midnight, Road, E1. Tel: 020 7790 1007. www.thehoist.co.uk Wed-Fri midday-2am, Sat 5pm- Whitechapel tube. Recently 2am, Sun 4pm-midnight. Dark and refurbished, Moroccan style JACKIE’S JUKEBOX, Rivoli atmospheric gay bar in Victoria. – friendly, local gay bar. Ballroom, 350 Brockley Road, CITY SOUNDS SE4. First Saturday of the 286, 286 Lewisham High Street, THE JOINERS ARMS, 116 Following the summer break, Megawoof! Returns on month, 7pm-midnight (£7). SE14. 020-8690 7648. Large, late- Hackney Road, E2. Tel: 020 7739 Saturday 6 September to Super Club Colosseum in Gay ballroom and Latin dancing opening gay pub and club, with 9854. Debauched decadence Vauxhall. With its state of the art sound system lasers night, attracting up to 300 regular entertainment and cabaret. – old-skool boozer popular with and LED light banks, you’re guaranteed a truly trippy and dancers a month to the glam Open till 2am Sun-Thur and till 4am post-club crowd at weekends. unforgettable clubbing experience, at a club packed to the 1950s-style Rivoli Ballroom. Fri-Sat. www.two8six.co.uk gills with hairy hunks, bears, muscle boys and all lovers of Crofton Park BR. www.therivoli. KINGS HEAD, 11 Church quality, cutting-edge dance sounds. The night is spread over co.uk THE TRAFALGAR ARMS, Street, E15. Tel: 020 8534 0197 two rooms, with go-go dancers and live visuals, plus sexy 148 Tooting High Street, SW17. Stratford BR and tube. Intimate sounds from DJs Daz Saund, Diddy and guests. KAZBAR, 50 Clapham High Street, 020-8767 6059. A spacious, lively, and welcoming East End gay pub This September party is billed as the ‘Sound Of The City’ SW4. 020 7622 0070. Clapham attitude-free pub. Excellent food – regular cabaret. edition, and admission will be £10 for members, £14 for North tube. Mon-Thu 4pm- served all day. Weekly DJs on Friday guests (or £13 with a fl yer before midnight). Advance midnight, Fri 4pm-1am, Sat noon- and Saturday nights. 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A friendly group kairosinsoho.org.uk. 9 Archer St, with a range of social activities. London W1D 7AZ. Stonewall: 020 7593 1850. Lesbian Gay Christian Campaign group for LGBT rights. Movement: 020 7739 1249, [email protected]/www.lgcm. HATECRIME org.uk. BLACK LGBT AWARDS Gay Police Association: Following last year’s Lesbian and Gay Action Line 07092 700 000 inaugural event, this year’s Immigration Group: Black LGBT Community 020 (24hrs), [email protected]. Awards are scheduled to take 7922 7811, www.uklgig.org.uk. place on 20 September 2008 meetings once a month. Galop: 020 7704 2040. www. aboard the cruise liner The galop.org.uk. For victims of hate Symphony near Embankment. LGBT Choir: 07980 023578. Call crime. A total of ten awards will Michael for more information. be presented on the night, and tickets (including three- HIV//AIDS course meal and Thames boat London Friend: 020 7837 trip) cost £15 + £1 booking 3337. Groups in Islington. Crusaid: 020 7539 3880, BEARHUG fee. www.blgbt.com www.crusaid.org.uk. Waxers beware! More and more guys are becoming bears every day, but the idea of a Quaker London Lesbian & “cloned bear” exists only in the minds of those people who never venture on to the bear GROUPS//ORGS Gay Fellowship: 020 8675 GMFA: 020 7738 6872. The gay scene - as you’ll soon discover if you encounter London’s longest-running social group for 6740. men’s health charity. hairy fairies, friends, chasers and admirers, which this year celebrate its 15th Anniversary. Albert Kennedy Trust: 020 BearHug members can be hunted down every Friday evening in the bar of The Kings 7831 6562 (London). Housing Metro Centre: 020 8265 3311, National AIDS Trust: 020 7814 Arms in Soho (see listings); plus at many other fur-friendly venues and club-nights. Famed advice for under 21s. www.metrocentreonline.org. 6767, www.nat.org.uk. monthly BearHug Sundays - held on the second Sunday of each month from 3pm onwards Regular groups in Greenwich. in the basement bar of the Quebec in Marble Arch (see listings) - raise funds for the Antidote: 020 7437 3523. Terence Higgins Trust: 020- group’s nominated HIV/AIDS charities via a raffle and prize quiz. As well as regular historic Counselling, support groups, Mosaic: 07931 336668. www. 78121777. Counselling Services. walks and bowling evenings, plus “Yummi Bears” restaurant and sauna jaunts, BearHug also Thurs drop-in, complementary mosaicyouth.org.uk. Youth facilitates a hospitality programme, both within this country and with global bears abroad. therapies around alcohol & drug group, every Wednesday. SPORTS They also maintains close links with other bear groups in the capital and beyond – from issues. Ursus Planet to Tonker Lite. With the emphasis on young, single, gay males so predominant One-Up: LGBT under-18 youth Cruisers basketball: 020 8960 in today’s scene, many couples and older gay men have felt left out - even alienated. BKY - Alternative Jewish group, meets every Monday 0750 (Debbie)/ 020 7582 7009, BearHug encourages a wide membership, diverse in both age and appearance, and there is Community: www.bkylondon. 4-7pm (based in Hendon - North www.cruisers.org.uk (Jordi). no dress code. So, who’s the daddy? org.uk Regular services and West London) - contact Theresa Mixed basketball. www.bearhug.net events. (PACE) 07504226793 (mobile). Frontrunners: 07092 346340, London Guns ‘N’ Roses Broken Rainbow: LGBT and well-being. Tel info/support ELOP: 020 8509 3898. Support PACE: 020 7700 1323. Groups www.londonfrontrunners.org. Hockey Team: Mixed hockey National Domestic Violence on Saturdays, 1-3pm. and community events in promoting lesbian and gay Running group. for all levels. www.pinkhockey. Helpline. 08452 60 44 60 (Mon Walthamstow. Youth, advice, health and well-being. com or email: iainkimmins115@ and Thurs, 2-8pm/Weds, 10am- POSITIVELINE: 0800-1696806. counselling and groups. Goslings Swimming: 07814 hotmail.com 1pm). www.broken-rainbow. HIV info and counselling Quest LGB Catholics: 0808 258 055. Gay social (non org.uk. (weekdays: 11am-10pm and Gay and Lesbian Humanist 808 0234. competitive) swimming group, Out to Swim: 07090 422 weekends: 4pm -10pm). www. Association, (GALHA): 01926 Thur 8.30pm-9.30pm. www. 526, www.outtoswim.org. Gay Dazz-elle: 020 8257 3068. eddiesurmantrust.org.uk 858450, www.galha.org. Regard: Regard, BM REGARD, goslingssportsclub.com swimming group. London drug/alcohol support. Regular London events. London WC1N 3XX, secretary@ Stonewall Housing Advice: regard.org.uk/www.regard.org. Irons: www.ironsgolf.org.uk . Raiders Softball Club: 07931 Lesbian & Gay Immigration 020 7359 5767. Outrage!: 020 8240 0222. uk. Disabled LGBT. Gay golfing, events for all levels. 721 377, www.rainbowraiders. Group: 020 7922 7811. Every Politics group. Regular meetings. com. Mixed baseball in Regents Mon 12-5pm and Wed 6-8pm. Unison: 0845 355 0845/0800 Step Out Tower Hamlets: King’s Cross Steelers Rugby Park / Primrose Hill area. 0967 968 (minicom). Works with Islington LGB Forum: Social & support group for Football Club: 07090 421 367, London Lesbian & Gay LGBT community about work Rachael: 07989 747824. An gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans www.kxsrfc.com. Gay men’s Stonewall Football Club: Switchboard: 020 7837 7324 and employment problems. initiative between local police, & questioning young people. rugby. 07090 422 390. Sunday soccer. the council & victim support. 5-8pm Tues 079 4633 7160 London Friend: 020 7837 London Amateur Wrestling: 3337. Counselling service. WANTTO GET LISTED? Jewish Gay and Lesbian South London Gays: 020 8672 www.law-wrestling.org HELPLINES Please send listings to Group: 020 8952 0137. 5268/020 8674 5191. www. PACE: 020 7700 1323. Health [email protected] READING PRIDE the town’s lush King’s Meadow. The Melissa Cotton, The Boy George Experience, This year’s Reading Pride will be taking festival this year has the theme of ‘Saints Laura Harding, Q Boy, Amber Dextrous, place on Saturday 30 August. The event & Sinners’, and those attending are Fanny Dazzle, Wilma Fingadoo, Mandy Gap, has been steadily growing in size since its encouraged to dress appropriately. The Sandra and Miss Jason, to name just a few. launch four years ago, and as it’s only a parade will begin at 11am at local gay bar This year’s sponsors include The Wynford 30-minute train ride from London, is now The Wynford Arms, and will make its way Arms and The Royal Berkshire Hospital, attracting plenty of the capital’s gay boys to King’s Meadow Park, where festivities along with Out In The City magazine. For and girls. will run from noon till 8pm. The cabaret fuller details, including how to get there Last year’s event attracted around 7,000 stage will feature the likes of Nicolette and accommodation in the area, check: people, with a parade through the town Street, Angie Brown, Diane James, Jamie www.readingpride.co.uk centre being followed by a festival in Watson, Jason Prince, Jo Francis, Rozzala, &$ =Cb`SOQV &% =C <3EA b\Sea NEWS FLASHES UK NEWS LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR GAY DOVER MURDER COUPLE 22-year old Phillipa Hart and her 27-year old boyfriend Christopher Graham have both been found guilty of the murder of 22-year old David Redman, known locally around his hometown of Dover as “Camp David” – and been sentenced to serve a minimum of 15 years and 20 years respectively. Graham assaulted Redman after an argument on the seafront at Dover, and Hart then helped drag his unconscious body into the sea. His body has never been recovered. TORY MP ALAN DUNCAN GETS HITCHED 51-year old Alan Duncan - MP for Rutland and Melton, and Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform – has entered into a civil partnership PHOTO © WILLIAM LITTLEJOHN WILLIAM © PHOTO BUSH LIFTS USA HIV BAN with his 39-year old partner, city press offi cer James Dunseath. US President Bush has signed a new law lifting “The HIV travel and immigration ban performs no public The ceremony – in front of a ban on HIV positive people from entering the health service, is unnecessary and ineff ective. We thank around 300 guests at Merchant Taylors’ Hall in London – made United States. However, the ban will not automatically our allies on the Hill who fought to end this injustice and Duncan the fi rst Tory MP, and the fi rst member of either the be lifted, and it is unclear exactly when procedures will now call on Secretary of Health and Human Services Cabinet or Shadow Cabinet, to get “gay-married”. be changed to comply with the new law. Until now, any Leavitt to remove the remaining regulatory barriers to foreign national who tests positive for HIV is “inadmissible,” HIV-positive visitors and immigrants.” FOR SALE: LESBIAN FLAT! meaning he or she is barred from permanent residence Genevieve Edwards from Terrence Higgins Trust said: A lesbian couple from Bury St Edmunds in Suff olk have won and even short-term travel in the United States. Many “It’s outrageous for anyone to be treated like a second £5,000 in damages after being “outed” by staff at estate agency people who are HIV+ have simply decided not to visit class citizen because of their medical condition, so we’re Jackson Stops & Staff , who – they discovered to their horror the USA because of the ban, or opted to not reveal their delighted that the US entry restrictions for people with – publicly listed their property online under the reference, status – something that can be diffi cult to explain if they HIV have been lifted. While we wouldn’t encourage “lesbians”. When the couple sent an initial letter of complaint, are carrying HIV medication. The ban dates back to 1987, anyone to buy a plane ticket just yet they can certainly they were equally shocked to hear back: “We fail to see how we when fear about the spread of the disease led US offi cials buy the guide book. We hope the US health and have discriminated against you.” The agency staff will undergo to require anyone with HIV to declare their status and apply immigration departments will now move quickly to discrimination and diversity training. for a special visa. The new law has been welcomed by both implement this change and make it easier for people AIDS charities and gay campaigners. with HIV to travel to the States. This is something MI5 RECRUIT “We appreciate the President signing the repeal of this Terrence Higgins Trust has campaigned long and hard GAY SPIES unjust and sweeping policy that deems HIV-positive for along with other organisations in the UK and abroad. The UK’s domestic Security individuals inadmissible to the United States,” said Human We urge other countries with restrictions to follow the Service (MI5) has hired gay Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese. lead of the US and remove them as soon as possible.” rights group Stonewall to help it encourage more gay applicants; and to GAY: BY DEGREE create a more supportive environment for existing Pam St Clement (EastEnders’ Pat Butcher - pictured left) has received an honorary Doctorate of gay staff . Stonewall chief Education from Plymouth university. The 66-year old formerly-married Devon-born actress has executive, Ben Summerskill, told the Financial Times: been a keen conservationist and Stonewall supporter, having come out as bisexual following “Historically, public services were delivered by the man from tabloid intrusion into her private life. Nick Partridge OBE, chief executive of the Terrence the ministry, who was white and heterosexual and got the Higgins Trust, has likewise been awarded a Doctor of Letters by his old university at Keele - in 4.30pm back to Tunbridge Wells every afternoon.” recognition of his “outstanding contribution to the public understanding of HIV and AIDS”. Nick applied for, and got, one of the fi rst two jobs advertised by THT in 1985 – and has spent his 2008 LONDON TRANS FILM FEST LAUNCHED career combating ignorance and prejudice around HIV and AIDS. The 2008 London Transgender Film Festival will take place at the Ritzy Picturehouse in Brixton, 7-9 November – aiming to “increase trans visibility, question gender HOLY HOMO DEMO binary, dispel ignorance and demystify stereotypes.” The Members of OutRage! and the Lesbian and Gay Christian deadline for submissions is 20 September. More at: www. Movement picketed the recent Lambeth Conference of the transgenderfi lmfestival.co.uk worldwide Anglican Communion. On a grassy knoll outside the venue, they unfurled a truly almighty 40-foot by 20-foot banner EARLY HIV SYMPTOMS “MISSED” BY DOCS declaring “Stop Crucifying Queers”. Said veteran campaigner, Doctors are routinely misdiagnosing people presenting the Peter Tatchell: “The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan symptoms of early-stage HIV infection, claims the National Williams, would never appease racists or anti-Semites. Why, AIDS Trust. In one study, they say, almost half of those seeking then, is he seeking to accommodate boastful homophobes medical advice for symptoms that turned out to be HIV were like the Archbishops of Nigeria and Uganda?” The protest was not diagnosed correctly. mounted just as private letters were emerging, written by Dr Williams whilst Archbishop of Wales, apparently supporting same-sex unions; and just as banned openly gay American bishop, Gene Robinson, revealed at a conference fringe meeting that he had a bodyguard and wore a bullet-proof vest. && =C b\Sea <3EA NEWS FLASHES INTERNATION OUTSPOKEN: NEWS KIM LUCAS KNIGHT OF SPAIN: EuroGames claims 35,000 THE FAMED WOMEN’S Organisers of the recent VENUE OWNER FUNDRAISING EuroGames in Barcelona AND PROMOTER claim some 5,000 athletes CLAIMS LONDON’S participated, in front of INDEPENDENT BAR 03D3@:3G9<756B6=ABA4C<2@/7A3@ 30,000 spectators – bringing AND CLUB SCENE IS IN 4=@B6B/<21/<13@@3A3/@16C9 in around £24 million to CRISIS... AND URGENTLY NEEDS YOUR HELP! the local economy. The 28 sporting disciplines included Bars and clubs are about supply and demand - about what aerobics and ballroom punters want and whether venues deliver it. In recent years, dancing – not to mention old elements on both sides of the equation have conspired to gay favourites, swimming upset this delicate balance. Problems started around 2005, and wrestling. when 24-hour licensing came in. In most parts of London, premises made applications - and many were granted BEIJING extensions, of anything up to 24hrs. This has caused the 1 in 10 gay; 1 in 1,000 out atmosphere at many clubs to suff er. Punters now roll in at Only 11 Olympians competed any time of the night, instead of heading to a club straight “out” in Beijing, recently - after the pubs close, while some punters just stay in bars amongst 11,000 competitors! and don’t even bother to go on to clubs any more! They were… Judith Arndt Additionally, (Germany, cycling); Linda in the London Bresonik (Germany, soccer); borough of Imke Duplitzer (Germany, Westminster, fencing); Vicky Galindo (USA, few late night EVERYTHING COULD softball); Gro Hammerseng licenses have END UP VERY DULL :@(/\\WS:S\\]f0SdS`Zg9\WUVbO\R2O[S9SZZg6]Z[Sa^WQbc`SROb & Katja Nyberg (Norway, been granted, so Oa^SQWOZTc\R`OWaW\UQ]\QS`bO\RRW\\S`bVOb9\WUVbV]abSRObbVSTO[SR handball - they are a lesbian a lot of London – AND TAKE YEARS ;O\U]B`SS`SabOc`O\bW\0SZU`OdWOZOab[]\bV 4O\a^OWR ^S`bWQYSb couple); Natasha Kai (USA, punters living TO RECOVER! b]S\X]gOac[^bc]cabV`SSQ]c`aS[SOZO\R;Waa9\WUVb¸aQ][^O\gOa soccer); Lauren Lappin outside W1 don’t eSZZOabVSQVO\QSb][W\UZSeWbVQSZSP`WbWSaacQVOa5OP`WSZZS2O\5WZZSa^WS (USA, softball); Matthew even come into ASZZa6]eO`R2]\OZRO\R8Oa]\=`O\US 0SdS`ZSg^S`T]`[SROTcZZaSb]T Mitcham (Australia, diving); town as they can ^OabVWbaO\RRSRWQObSROb]cQVW\UdS`aW]\]T·5]ZRb]VS`U`O\R[]bVS` Rennae Stubbs (Australia, drink later locally, eV]eOaeObQVW\U0SdS`ZSg^S`T]`[ZWdST]`bVSTW`abbW[S /\SabW[ObSR tennis); and Victoria “Vickan” and avoid the transport hassle… "$ eOa`OWaSR]\bVS\WUVbeWbVOQcab][[ORS^OW`]T8W[[g1V]] Svensson (Sweden, soccer). How can a city the size of London lack 24-hour aV]SaOZ]\SU]W\UT]`#$ W\bVSOcQbW]\ >`]QSSRaT`][bVSSdS\beS\b Gay gold for all! underground travel, even just at weekends? Other cities b]bVSBS``S\QS6WUUW\aB`cabO\R1O\QS`@SaSO`QVC9 manage it. Moreover, black cabs do not have ranks in Soho, so stay away, preferring not to drive around to get fares. Police and the GLA warn punters not to use non-licensed cabs, but, if that’s often the only option - apart from a long ...AND FINALLY journey on an un-staff ed night bus with lots of inebriated people - they may well take the risk, or again stay local. ROCKY RE-MAKE Even local premises have recently been aff ected by another Thirty-three years after its original cinematic release, cult gender-bending musical The factor. It’s been over a year since the smoking ban hit Rocky Horror Picture Show is set to be remade. The new fi lm will be co-fi nanced by Sky England, causing all kinds of problems for venues, plus a Movies in the UK and MTV in the US. “The Rocky Horror phenomenon has a life of its own that dire eff ect on socialising generally. Premises with no has reincarnated itself in numerous ways since its birth,” said Lou Adler, executive producer authorised smoking area have to let smokers use the of both the original fi lm and new production. “Our hope has always been that each new pavement in front of the premises, which bothers local endeavour and rebirth will expose the Rocky Horror experience to new audiences and expand residents and could soon prompt further legislation. the fan base.” Meantime, non-smoking punters often end up outside, with their smoking pals - and no one is buying drinks! PRISON LIFE Add to that the gloom brought on by poor summers in Sir Ian McKellen and American actor Jim Caviezel have signed up to star in an ITV remake of cult 1960s recent years, plus constant talk of recession… and punters show The Prisoner. Sir Ian will play the sinister Number Two, who presides over a compound known are holding onto their pennies. This, in turn, forces lot of as The Village, and said of the project “[it’s] an enthralling commentary on modern culture. It is witty, venues to off er ridiculous discounts, which only serves to intelligent and disturbing. I am very excited to be involved.” The show is expected to make its debut on ITV encourage unwanted binge-drinking. in spring 2009. Many of these factors are prompting more people to simply buy their booze at an off -licence and stay at home instead. ANT‘N’DEC TELL US: WE’RE NOT GAY, JUST GEORDIE! This could, potentially, fi nish off independent venues of Eternally boyish TV presenting duo Ant ‘n Dec have felt compelled to deny they’re a queer couple - in a bid to revive their good standard, as the only ones that will survive will be stalling Stateside career. Ant put his arm around Dec on a US chat show, insisting: “We are not together like that.” He then shook owned by large corporations. Everything could end up very his pal’s hand, adding: “We’re together like this.” One TV exec reportedly quipped that being gay might actually help them. dull - and take years to recover! Why write all this? Because if punters realise things are not MORMON CALENDAR MAYHEM so great right now – chiefl y due to circumstances outside Mormon Chad Hardy has got himself excommunicated for what was deemed an inappropriate representation of his Church promoters’ control – they might make that extra eff ort to - in his sexy all-Mormon man-a-month beefcake bare-chest calendar, Men on a Mission. The 31-year old Las Vegas-residing support the more interesting independent venues. Yes, your sixth-generation Mormon, who says his 20,000-seller merely aimed to “challenge Mormon stereotypes”, is already planning a disco needs you! 2009 off ering.www.mormonsexposed.com &' =C <3EA b\Sea NEWS FLASHES UK NEWS PRIDE ART WINNERS HOMO-HOSTILITY “EXAGGERATED”, SAY PEOPLE OF FAITH Many faith leaders overstate their followers’ religious objections to lesbian and gay sexuality, new research has found. Love Thy Neighbour - published by Stonewall, and based on interviews with Jewish, Muslim, Hindu and Christian participants from the north of England - found that many believers hold significantly more moderate views of homosexuality than is often claimed on their behalf. This supports other findings that 84% of people who identify as “religious” disagree that “homosexuality is morally unacceptable in all circumstances”. TWO LONDON HOMO-EXPOS Don’t miss the Hadrian show, running at the British Museum until 26 October 2008, exploring the life of the great bi-Roman emperor and wall-maker, including his wife-infuriating infatuation with a young Greek man, Antinous - www. britishmuseum.org; nor the first UK retrospective since 1985 of the work of great gay artist, Francis Bacon, running 11 Sept 2008 – 4 Jan 2009 at the Tate Britain, in the run-up to the artist’s birth-centenary in 2009 - www.tate.org.uk 9SS^BVS/a^WRWab`O4ZgW\UPg>SbS`EgZWSOP]dS Hadrian at the British Museum SEX SURVEY PLEA It’s that time of the year! All men who have sex with men are encouraged to spare 15 minutes to take part in the completely anonymous Vital Statistics: Gay Men’s Sex Survey, to help HIV AO`OV4`O\QWaOP]dSO\RVS`W[OUSASZT>]`b`OWbEWbV:SUa campaigners with their all-important prevention work. www. sigmaresearch.org.uk BVSb]^^`WhSW\bVWagSO`¸a>`WRS7\BVS6]caS e]`YT`][SfQS^bW]\OZZgbOZS\bSRUOg ZSaPWO\ O`bQ][^SbWbW]\VOaPSS\a^ZWbPSbeSS\be] O`bWaba ¶ SOHO HOMO HUB: PLANS PROGRESS X]W\beW\\S`a BVSQ][^SbWbW]\\]eW\WbaaWfbV BVS]bVS`eW\\S`eOa0SbV\OZ5`SS\POaSR Bids are now being sought from consultants keen to carry out gSO`WaVSZRO\\cOZZgOa^O`b]TbVSO\\cOZ>`WRS >SbS`EgZWSeV]]`WUW\OZZgabcRWSROb1O\bS`Pc`g an in-depth study into the feasibility of an “LGBT centre” in :]\R]\TSabWdOZ BVWagSO`¸aQ]\bSabeOa\O``]eSR 1]ZZSUS]T/`bO\R1g^`ca1]ZZSUS]T/`b 6Wa London’s gay-dominated Soho. 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After 19 years, If you had to pick one thing to make people healthier 34% of the non-runners had died, against 15% of the as they age, it would be aerobic exercise. The health runners. Although both groups experienced age-related benefi ts of exercise are greater than we thought.” ! =Cb TWb 63/:B6 WORDS BY LOREM DELOREM | PHOTOGRAPH BY MAET IPSUM !