Dave Clarke Hits Out At DJs Playing Parties During The Pandemic
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Shots fired by 'The Baron of Techno'.
...venues and DJs opting for money before safety.
Dave Clarke is a staple name in the electronic dance music industry with an association with techno and even being branded 'The Baron of Techno' by the late John Peel. Clarke has been watching the current situation where he sees DJs playing sets to crowds during the pandemic and at a time when disruptive social distancing measures are still very much in place for the nightlife industry. He has expressed disappointment with venues and DJs opting for money before safety.
In Belgium there was a party very near Antwerp which sent out an email containing: "Het goede is dat we geen rekening moeten houden met social distancing en mondmaskers zijn niet verplicht." (Basically Social distance measures and facemarks are not obligatory), then a few weeks later Antwerp enters into Curfew.
In a relatively long social media post Clarke refers to those operating unsafe events as 'f****** idiots' and makes the link between events advertising that no face masks are required entering lockdown weeks later.
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Posted by Dave Clarke on Monday, 17 August 2020
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