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Channel 4 to host all-night rave | Channel 4 to host all-night rave |
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Channel 4 is to broadcast a live, advert-free, six-hour house party to celebrate clubbing and rave culture. | Channel 4 is to broadcast a live, advert-free, six-hour house party to celebrate clubbing and rave culture. |
The show will feature six hour-long sets from DJs including hip-hop pioneer Grandmaster Flash and Radio 1's Annie Mac. | The show will feature six hour-long sets from DJs including hip-hop pioneer Grandmaster Flash and Radio 1's Annie Mac. |
Channel 4 said the event would turn the TV "into the ultimate DJ booth" with viewers able to request songs via social media sites. | Channel 4 said the event would turn the TV "into the ultimate DJ booth" with viewers able to request songs via social media sites. |
House Party will be broadcast from 00:00 BST to 06:00 on Friday 24 August. | House Party will be broadcast from 00:00 BST to 06:00 on Friday 24 August. |
As part of the href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/2012/festival" >London 2012 Festival, the show will also feature "visual sets" from computer animators and graphic artists who will provide continuous video and graphics. | |
Channel 4 said the event would be a "genuine one-off" and would not be repeated or available on its on demand services. | Channel 4 said the event would be a "genuine one-off" and would not be repeated or available on its on demand services. |
"Like all the best club nights and parties if you want to be there you do have to actually turn up," Channel 4's arts commissioner Tabitha Jackson said. | "Like all the best club nights and parties if you want to be there you do have to actually turn up," Channel 4's arts commissioner Tabitha Jackson said. |
"If we can pull it off, we will have created a pretty unique experience. Great DJing is about much more than just hitting play and standing there with your hands in the air. | "If we can pull it off, we will have created a pretty unique experience. Great DJing is about much more than just hitting play and standing there with your hands in the air. |
"We are about to get up-close and personal with some of the world best exponents of the real art of turntablism." | "We are about to get up-close and personal with some of the world best exponents of the real art of turntablism." |
Before the live show, Idris Elba will also front How Clubbing Changed the World - a two-hour programme exploring how clubbing went from an underground movement to a multi-billion pound business. | Before the live show, Idris Elba will also front How Clubbing Changed the World - a two-hour programme exploring how clubbing went from an underground movement to a multi-billion pound business. |
It coincides with the 20th anniversary of the free rave at Castlemorton near Malvern in Worcestershire, which was attended by 40,000 revellers and lasted a week. | It coincides with the 20th anniversary of the free rave at Castlemorton near Malvern in Worcestershire, which was attended by 40,000 revellers and lasted a week. |
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