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King of Pop Dies

Pop legend Michael Jackson dies aged 50

Pop star and legend Michael Jackson has died aged 50 in L.A.

The star was rushed to UCLA medical centre after being discovered not breathing at 12:30pm (7pm GMT) in his Bel Air home. The star suffered a suspected cardiac arrest, and paramedics performed CPR as the ambulance took him to hospital, officials said.

The Los Angeles Times newspaper and TMZ.com, an entertainment website, announced the news early. But then after 26 minutes of rumours of Michael being in a deep comma, BBC News confirmed he had died.
At approximately 00:40am (GMT on 26/06/09) L.A coroner Fred Coral confirmed the singer was pronounced dead on arrival at the L.A medical centre at 12:46pm California time.

BBC News led with a web feed of their live news channel coverage, including a brief live interview by phone with close friend Uri Geller, who sounded deeply saddened and shocked by the news.

The star was due to begin a series of 50 farewell concerts with an appearance at London's O2 arena on 13 July. A history of health problems had coursed Michael not complete a concert tour in 12 years.

Regardless of Michael Jackson's personal life, he remains a deeply loved, respected and admired pop legend. He will be missed.

My thoughts and wished are with his family, friends and fans. Rest in peace.

Matt

Mixmag Buys DontStayIn.com

DontStayIn.com, one of the most popular social networking sites for clubbers has been bought by Development Hell, the publisher behind UK based music magazines The Word and Mixmag, one of the longest running dance music magazines in the UK.

The deal by the London-based publisher, understood to have been in the works since October 2008, is said to be worth just less than £1 million. It will see all seven of the current DSI staff brought in house, to continue developing and running the site at Development Hells Islington offices in London.

Launched in 2003 by Southampton based trio Tim Aylott and brothers David and John Brophy, DSI (dontstayin.com) quickly established itself as the premiere site for club listings, allowing clubbers to post pictures and discus their weekend clubbing antics.

Winning numerous Hit Wise awards and being featured on Channel 4's Trouble Online series, DSI boasts 1 million unique visitors per month and 20 million monthly page impressions, plus a user base of over 400,000 with over 11 million photos currently online. In recent years the traffic to the site has dropped off, no-doubt affected by the popularity of sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Bebo.

The takeover by Development Hell also sees the departure of Tim Aylott, founder and director in charge of business development, and we wish him all the best for the future.

Development Hell was started in 2001 by David Hepworth and Jerry Perkins, with Guardian Media Group owning a minority stake in the company. In 2003 it launched The Word which has been named Music Magazine of the Year by Record of the Day for the last two years. In 2006 the company bought Mixmag from EMAP and has since invested in restoring the magazine's production values and extending its activities into the web, podcasting and outside events.

"We are REALLY excited about this deal," says John Brophy, "and are really looking forward to the synergy that is created by having DSI, The Word and Mixmag all in the same offices."

The deal will also see DSI relaunched in the coming weeks, with a fresh new look and what was described as "sensitive cross-promotion" with Mixmag capitalizing on the popularity of DSI, which generates 65% of its revenue from small and medium-scale club promoters.

Matt

Bank Holiday in Space

In the true tradition of bank holidays I'm heading for an evening of quality music in the company of top DJs at one of London's finest venues.

This Easter bank holiday Sunday, Egg (no pun intended) plays host to Space and Two AM for an evening of quality dance music in the capital. With 4 areas of dance floor madness and some of the finest DJs in the business, such as Jay Cox, Normski, Frisky DJ's, Andy Burby, Colin John, Ty Holden, Blake Baker and many more, it is sure to be an excellent event.

Doors open at 10pm until 12pm (Monday) and tickets are £20 on the door.

For more information please visit the Facebook event page at www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=75968111162

See you there!

Matt

The Prodigy Album Out Now!!!

Well if you don't already know the long awaited "Invaders Must Die" has hit the stores.

The killer new album sees The Prodigy return to form as the much loved and respected cult dance act.

When the title track was described as "drums of doom" by Radio 1's Zane Lowe, I knew deep down this was going to be an amazing album, and they haven't failed to deliver.

With echo's of the classic "Everybody in the Place / No Good Shut up and Dance" 90's rave sound, but just a little bit more like a maniac on steroids, it almost seems to tear its way out of the speakers.

With out a doubt you will hear allot more from this album over the coming months, and it has already become a permanent fixture in my car.

If you love the music, you will love the videos. Check Prodigy's MUZU TV channel at www.muzu.tv/theprodigy for videos from the current and past albums all the way back to "Out of Space". The video for "Omen" features footage from there energy filled live shows.

Invaders Must Die is available on iTunes and all good music stores. Check out www.invadersmustdie.com for more details.

Matt

Slinky FM Launches

Legendary UK hard dance and trance clubbing brand Slinky took to he internet air waves on 31st January 2009 as they launched Slinky FM.

The 24 hours a day internet radio station broadcasts the very best in Hard Dance, and Trance globally from there Bournemouth home at The Opera House. The beta launch of Slinky FM transmitted over 2,000 hours of CD quality music to listeners in 52 countries.

Dan Apps of U4IC DJ'S & CORDEROY one of many top names to grace the airwaves at Slinky FM said "We are honoured to be apart of Slinky FM, and bring our unique brand of Trance to listeners world wide."

With a roster of DJs including Graham Gold, John OO Fleming, K90, Darren Tate, Solarstone, Ben Gold, Less Haslam, Dav Gomrass and many more, Slinky FM will be a true representation of global hard dance music.

You can listen to the SOUND PROJ-X show with U4IC DJ'S & CORDEROY starting Thursday 12th February from 6-8pm on Slinky FM. For more info, and to listen online check out www.slinky.fm

HaPpY NeW YeAr!!!

2009 is a big year for The DJ Book as we push forward with development. Features for 2009 include the launch of our iPhone interface so you can read the latest news from The DJ Book whilst on the move.

When The DJ Book formally launches we will also bring you a mobile login so you can manage your profile anywhere in the world from your favorite mobile device.

Once again, I would like to wish you a very Happy New Year from The DJ Book.

Matt

Noise Limiters - Stop the Legislation

It has come to our attention that the U.K government is planning to make an amendment to the Entertainment Licensing regulations, making it a legal requirement that all venues applying, or re-applying for an entertainment license in the UK must have a Sound Control Device, or noise limiter fitted to the venue.

This will affect all nightclubs, bars, and live music venues, forcing them to bring the sound levels down and there for affecting the atmosphere of the night.

A petition has been setup against this amendment to the law at Number 10s official government website. If you feel strongly against this amendment to the Entertainment Licensing that will affect the whole late night entertainment industry, then please sign the petition here: http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/NoNoiseControl.

You only have until 23rd January 2009 to do so. Special thanks go to Pablo of the London based trance promotion Knowwhere for bring this to our attention.

HaPpY NeW YeAr!!!

Free Prodigy Download

If you caught Radio 1's Zane Lowe worldwide exclusive play of Invaders Must Die, you'll know what Zane was thinking when he described it as the "Drums of Doom". Without a doubt the Prodigy are back.

Check out the track for yourself as a free download at www.theprodigy.com available until December 3rd. And whilst you're there you can watch the brand new video in full, featuring screenwriter and star of Kidulthood & Adulthood (as well as star of the BBC's Dr Who), Noel Clarke. A High Definition download of the video is also available until December 5th on the Xtival channel on Xbox Live. To find out more go to www.xbox.com/en-GB/xtival08
Source: The Prodigy

The Prodigy - New Album!

The news that Prodigy fans have been waiting for is here. The new long awaited album "Invaders Must Die" will be hitting stores on 2nd March 2009.

Released on The Prodigy's imprint, Take Me To The Hospital, through Cooking Vinyl, it features Liam Howlett, Keith Flint and Maxim for the first time since the release of Fat Of The Land back in 1997. "Invaders Must Die" sees a return to their bone shaking best, a collision of old skool rave noise with the stratospheric limits of new technology.

From a personal point of view, as a passionate fan and old skool raver, I can't wait to get my teeth into this.

More details at www.theprodigy.com. Also check out there new wap site on your favourite mobile device at http://theprodigy.com/mobile it features news, gigs, photos and forum messages, plus blog posts from the boys.

Plasa 2008

Plasa comes but once a year, or something like that. Yes it's Plasa 2008 where all the hot new gadgets for the entertainment and live event industries are on show for us to get our grubby little mitts on.

DJs and Producers alike will be heading to Plasa at Earls Court, London between Sunday 7th and Wednesday 10th of September. Whether you're a budding dj or nightclub owner Plasa is the place to be.

Of course the big day is DJ Sunday when all the big exhibitors such as Pioneer, Dennon, Technics, Numark, Allen & Heath, and Stanton will be showing off there latest offerings with demos from leading djs plus seminars and after show events.

Visitor pre-registration figures topped 12,700 on 2nd September smashing previous year's records. And we will be heading there to catch the action on Wednesday and reporting back with what rocked later this week.

More info at www.plasashow.com.

Deep In Development

Coffee and iTunes is a web developers best friend, that and some wicked dj mixes and podcasts. We are currently in the midsts of constructing just some of the cool features you will see on the dj book.

If you have any suggestions for features you would like to see, then please drop us an email using the Contact Us link above. Crazy ideas welcome.

More updates soon...

New Look Home Page

Out with the old and in with the new, as we replace the old holding page with something a little more informative. This web site will be the home of all the latest development news about The DJ Book as it happens. You can still register for the mailing list, giving you the latest news straight in your inbox and mailing list only beta testing opportunities.