Ministry of Sound Tickets ON SALE NOW for NEW YEARS EVE @ The Milleneum
Dome 31st December 2002
49999 people and you
Review of the Dome NYE 2001
December 31st 2001, Trainloads & Boatloads of New Year revellers arrived
North Greenwich to a chorus of cheers and horn-blowing.
Once inside the Dome,They were hit with a sprawling festival scene - complete
with full-sized fair rides and massive big tops – and the realisation that
this was not going to be your average night out.
First stop was the Rulin arena, where the atmosphere was pure party. Rulin
faves Gareth Cooke and Spencer Broughton kept the happy house vibe stoked
long into the morning,before Jazzy M whipped the lads and ladies into a
further state of ecstasy.
US house grooves gave way to the darker, more progressive sounds of new
MoS resident Marc Hughes,who lived right up to his Twisted & Tribal
reputation.
The place to be as the clock struck midnight, however, was the main arena,
where a sea of arms were held aloft in worship to Dave Pearce, standing
godlike on a silver tower of speakers and screens.
An awesome pyrotechnics show marked the countdown leaving smoke clouds
that turned from blue to green as giant lasers slid down them to meet the
waiting handsof the crowd.
From Anne Savage’s relentlessly tough set right through to the closing
finale from Judge Jules,the main arena rocked solidly for 15 hours. For
those who could bare to drag themselves away, the nearby Barcardi Bar was
a colourful Bedouin of delight packed with the glam and the thirsty.
For the UK garage faithful, the main attraction was the heaving Smoove
arena,where high-energy sets from the likes of Matt 'Jam' Lamont, Masterstepz
and Pied Piper, meant a dance floor roadblock at all times. While the World
Dance arena boasteda line-up and light show that inspired the beat freaks
to new heights of excitement.
Grooverider’s eclectic set of classic tunes alongside the fresher sounds
of d’n’b had them climaxing in their thousands. As anyone who was there,
or listening live on Radio 1 will tell you, the deafening shouts and horns
from the overwhelmed crowd were of truly eardrum-piercing proportions.
At 9.00am a sea of shattered but fulfilled partygoers donned coats,
scarves and, in many cases, hypothermia blankets to face the fresh morning
air of January 1st 2002, secure in the knowledge they had been a part of
clubbing history.
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