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The Irish Sun
24-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Best-selling author Kirk Field reveals exclusive summer holiday playlist that all the stars are loving
BEST-SELLING author Kirk Field's new book starts where his last, the acclaimed Rave New World left off, as the sun set on the last millennium, and he set about pioneering a new kind of holiday. In 1999 Kirk set up Radical Escapes, the world's first holiday company catering exclusively for clubbers. Advertisement 3 Kirk Field has released the perfect holiday read Credit: Supplied Planes, Trains & Amphetamines is the story of what happened as this Rave New World threw everything it could at him from 9/11, volcanic ash clouds, suspicious customs officers and avalanches, to North Sea storms, pandemics, fraudulent accountants and the ghost of Michael Jackson. It's the perfect holiday read with an intoxicating mix of history, hedonism and humour, becoming the UK's most popular dance music book this summer with the likes of Dua Lipa, Fatboy Slim, Judge Jules and John Digweed all enjoying reading about Kirk's hilarious tall true tales which make Club 18-30 holidays look like Sunday school outings! Planes, Trains & Amphetamines looks set to match Kirk's Rave New World success which saw him win an ARIA award for Audiobook of the year in 2024 and the creation of his ground-breaking one-man spoken word Acid House Cabaret show which appeared at Glastonbury Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe together with a UK wide theatre tour last year. We caught up with Kirk this week and he's compiled an exclusive summer holiday playlist for us featuring music from Layo & Bushwacka, Cliff Richard, Norman Cook and The Art Of Noise among others. Advertisement 3 The author is a huge music fan Credit: Supplied 3 Kirk Field's Planes, Trains & Amphetamines Credit: Supplied Listen below and read what he had to say about the music. Advertisement 'A true late 90s banger!' Most read in Music Latest Breaking 'The sound of a Sunday morning on the Space Ibiza terrace.' Advertisement 'Norman Cooks up a balearic BBQ!' 'Europop earworm which sneaks back in your suitcase!' Advertisement 'Everyone's holiday mantra!' 'Intense and relentless. Like a lad's holiday should be!' Advertisement 'Melancholic holiday heartbreak.' 'The sublime sound of a mediterranean sunset' Advertisement 'What really happens in Ibiza!' Read more on the Irish Sun 'Check out my '25 version with skinny jabs, fake tans and socks and sliders.'
Scottish Sun
24-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Best-selling author Kirk Field reveals exclusive summer holiday playlist that all the stars are loving
RAVE NEW WORLD Best-selling author Kirk Field reveals exclusive summer holiday playlist that all the stars are loving Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) BEST-SELLING author Kirk Field's new book starts where his last, the acclaimed Rave New World left off, as the sun set on the last millennium, and he set about pioneering a new kind of holiday. In 1999 Kirk set up Radical Escapes, the world's first holiday company catering exclusively for clubbers. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 3 Kirk Field has released the perfect holiday read Credit: Supplied Planes, Trains & Amphetamines is the story of what happened as this Rave New World threw everything it could at him from 9/11, volcanic ash clouds, suspicious customs officers and avalanches, to North Sea storms, pandemics, fraudulent accountants and the ghost of Michael Jackson. It's the perfect holiday read with an intoxicating mix of history, hedonism and humour, becoming the UK's most popular dance music book this summer with the likes of Dua Lipa, Fatboy Slim, Judge Jules and John Digweed all enjoying reading about Kirk's hilarious tall true tales which make Club 18-30 holidays look like Sunday school outings! Planes, Trains & Amphetamines looks set to match Kirk's Rave New World success which saw him win an ARIA award for Audiobook of the year in 2024 and the creation of his ground-breaking one-man spoken word Acid House Cabaret show which appeared at Glastonbury Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe together with a UK wide theatre tour last year. We caught up with Kirk this week and he's compiled an exclusive summer holiday playlist for us featuring music from Layo & Bushwacka, Cliff Richard, Norman Cook and The Art Of Noise among others. 3 The author is a huge music fan Credit: Supplied 3 Kirk Field's Planes, Trains & Amphetamines Credit: Supplied Listen below and read what he had to say about the music. Rave New World 2: Planes, Trains & Amphetamines is out now. The Heartists - Belo Horizonte 'A true late 90s banger!' Layo & Bushwacka - Love Story (Original Mix) 'The sound of a Sunday morning on the Space Ibiza terrace.' Pizzaman - Trippin' on Sunshine 'Norman Cooks up a balearic BBQ!' Gigi D'Agostino - La Passion 'Europop earworm which sneaks back in your suitcase!' PLANET FUNK - Chase the Sun 'Everyone's holiday mantra!' Andy Farley – Out Of Control 'Intense and relentless. Like a lad's holiday should be!' The Motors – Airport 'Melancholic holiday heartbreak.' The Art of Noise. - Moments in Love 'The sublime sound of a mediterranean sunset' StAn AnTOniO - Sardines in Pacha 'What really happens in Ibiza!' Cliff Richard - Summer Holiday 'Check out my '25 version with skinny jabs, fake tans and socks and sliders.'
BBC News
17-03-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Play tells true story of Luton ravers who blocked Marsh Farm riot
A new play hopes to make more people aware of the time a rave was organised to stop a 1995 there were two nights of rioting on Luton's Marsh Farm estate, when about 500 people attacked police with petrol bombs, bottles and a third night of rioting was expected to take place, a local collective called Exodus Collective organised a rave for the same area near where the riot took place will now be a venue for an outdoor play called Rave New World, which explores that event and Luton's rave music heritage. Arts company Tangled Feet, Revoluton Arts and Marsh Farm Outreach have come together to stage the performance at Marsh Farm House on 21 and 22 Jenkins, co-founder of Marsh Farm Outreach and the Exodus Collective, said the raves "drew away all the angry energy and turned it into beautifulness". Later that night, Mr Jenkins received a call from BBC Three Counties Radio reporters who were in Marsh Farm but, despite a heavy police presence, there was no riot in sight."The week after, the Luton News headline was 'Rave stops riot' - that was one of the many significant things in that group that I'm really honoured to be part of," he said. Kat Joyce, co-artistic director of Tangled Feet and director of Rave New World, described the story as "inspiring".She said she was working with an ensemble of young performers from Luton to create "something that tells a banging story, has a banging soundtrack and delivers the audience into a place where they all have a party together at the end". The outdoor show uses music, breakdancing and moving cars, including a London taxi that unfolds to reveal an aerial theatre hoped the play's message, of "partying as a means of resistance", can inspire a new Joyce said: "Our job is not to lean into nostalgia but to join that spirit up to meet young people where they are and bridge the gap between generations. "It feels like we need to party now like we never have before." Follow Beds, Herts and Bucks news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
