A
share of a Facebook post by Sankeys Warehouse landed a group of us VIP entry to the
first major party of 2016. Sankeys Warehouse, the outfit currently
taking over Victoria Warehouse on an
intermittent basis, picked us out of the people who shared and gave
us fast track entry and access to the upper balcony. This allowed
decent views of the acts and shorter queues at the bar.
The New Year's Day
lineup: Todd Terry, Basement Jaxx, Fatboy Slim and many others.
This video wouldn't upload to Youtube: here it is on Facebook.
No
idea why this video is in portrait and sideways: that is not how I
filmed it.
I
have other videos that refuse to upload for some reason. At one point
Fatboy Slim played the pan pipe solo from Once Upon a Time in America
over some huge LCD images
of jellyfish. Stunning.
A
few minor issues on the night: even with wristbands we still had to
queue to get in, 2 of the cash machines were out of service, the
wristbands we won got us access to the upper level but not the tables
where VIP were, so we got the second best views. I suspect Sankeys
Warehouse hadn't sold as many tickets as they'd hoped, as the upper
level was quite spacious.
What
occurred to me was that it was actually more expensive to drink in
there than it was in celeb hangout LIV.
I still had tokens from the last time I was at Sankeys Warehouse (the
bar doesn't take cash, so you buy bulk tokens on entry) so I brought
them.
Anyway:
fantastic music with great people, mostly whom I've met through the
Party People
group. Great start to the year.
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