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QN AND ORANGE GIVE ONE TO TATCHELL

Queer Nation and Orange are going to donate £1 for every punter at the two forthcoming events at Area. Well done guys!

PEACE BREAKS OUT

Click the headline to see the official press release from Oliver M. He, Evolved Events and Craig Elder's group are to get together to "create top quality nights for the London Scene." We have had no official word from Orange yet ...

PARTIES AT FIRE

Queer Nation have another party coming up at Fire. So that's one on 19 June and one on 10 July. Click the headline for more details and Lovechild, Oranges and Look Better Naked. Tickets available  here.

DISCODAMAGED SENT TO COVENTRY

We're no longer able to list Orange events folks (for example the back to back beyond and Rudeboiz move). We know many of you think we're in Orange's pay but we're not and now they've blacklisted us from their listings as they get so annoyed with us. We'll try to keep the calendar up to date on the Orange front.  We won't compromise our principles about impartiality, letting folks have their say so long as there's no personal abuse.  Scene politics are vicious, we can never know what's true and we also know that we can't get mired in it. We really try to keep everybody happy but some folks be they clubbers, venue owners, DJs or whatever, will never be. We're possibly the most hated site on the net for that ;) We get sad when we can't make you all happy tho but Damaged is a work of love, aint making us rich and we need to keep true to ourselves and the Damaged mission.

LONDON GLOBAL DANCE FESTIVAL

Here's the London Global Dance Festival 28-31 May: Onyx, A:M, Queer Nation, Beyond, Main Event, Closing party and Best of Brits free. You can get a £75-100 VIP pass to the whole lot and Best of Brits. Click the headline for details and tickets. There are some great line ups. No sour comments please. Over 2,000 people love it.

FIRE IN MAY

Fire in May: Thursdays Gravity, Fridays Rudeboiz, A:M, something else on Saturdays, Sundays Later and Orange. Specials: Queer Nation on Sat 1st and Hustlaball after party May 3rd 6am. Click the headline for full details. Where parties are unconfirmed we marked them so. Club Fire is at Parry St, Vauxhall. It's all in your gay London Calendar.

LOVE WEEKEND AND GLOBAL DANCE FESTIVAL

Love weekend is put on by Orange / Fire / Area Friday 14th-Sunday 16th. Onyx, A:M, Lovechild, Beyond and Later and you can get one £20 ticket to get entry to the whole lot. It doesn't include entry to Chariots for the occasional rest ;-) Click the headline for details. And then on the bank holiday there's the London Global Dance Festival, already being slated by rodp, so it should be excellent. Advance tickets only £15-20.

AFTER HUSTLABALL

Orange Hustlaball after party in Fire. 13 DJs four rooms. Monday morning 3rd May 6am. Steve Redant (La Demence)  and Jack Chang (Rapido – Amsterdam) more. £15 advance.

FIRE IN APRIL

Fire in April: Normally Thursdays Gravity, Fridays A:M, Saturdays something special, Sundays Later and Orange. Specials: Rudeboyz 16th and 30th, Lovechild Wet Party 17th, The Event with Trade on 24th. Click the headline for details. Fire is at Parry St, Vauxhall. It's all in your gay London Calendar.

GAY AREA IN APRIL

It's business as usual at Area in April with Onyx on Fridays and Beyond on Sunday mornings, Booster on Sunday evenings and The Event - Beyond with Trade on Sunday 25th morning. Click the headline for details.

AS ONE AT FIRE APRIL 5TH

As one is having a party at Fire at 3am on Easter Monday 5th April with 20 DJs in five rooms from Orange/ Logan presents, Lo-Profile, Megawoof, Lovechild and Trannyshack. £15 tickets available now more on the door. Click the headline for details. It's in that gay London calendar.

FIRE IN MARCH

Fire in March: Thursdays Gravity, Fridays A:M, something else on Saturdays, Sundays Later and Orange. Plus Rudeboyz on Friday 5th and 19th with porn star Matt Hughes and Lovechild on the 27th. Not including Pervert London on Saturday 20th, it moved to Area on the 28th. Click the headline for full details. Club Fire is at Parry St, Vauxhall. It's all in your gay London Calendar.

FIRE IN JANUARY

Fire in January: Thursdays Gravity, Fridays A:M, Tabloid / Horizon / Juicy on Saturdays, Sundays Later and Orange including Juicy Bootcamp on the 16th with a camouflage maze and Pervert Gold from Milan on Saturday 23rd. There's a special 2 for 1 entrance offer at Orange...  Fire is at Parry St, Vauxhall. It's all in your gay London Calendar. Click the headline for full details.

TRADE AND TABLOID FREE TICKETS

Here's a nice Christmas competition: DISCODAMAGED has three pairs of tickets to both of the Orange Trade at Fire on Christmas evening from 10pm and Tabloid, also at Fire, on Boxing Day from 11pm. Just answer one question and you can enter either or both competitions:
Why is Christmas day a holiday?
1) To promote consumer spending and boost the economy
2) It's the birthday of a charismatic hippy
3) It's an excuse to get dunk, eat too much and argue with your family
Send answers with TRADE or TABLOID or both in the subject to editor@discodamaged.com. Please give your full name. Competition closes midday Wednesday 23rd January. Usual rules apply.

ORANGE TRADE XMAS

Orange and Trade are getting together again on Christmas day to help you digest that turkey. Yes, it's on Friday 25th form 10pm to very late with DJs Nick Tcherniak, Pagano, Lisa German, The  Sharp Boys, Gonzalo Rivas, Fat Tony & Tonnic on the mic, Dave Cross, The Oli, Lady Bianca and Terry Bryan. Advance £12 tickets now available from: www.clubtickets.com. £15 on the door. It's in your gay London christmas calendar.

FIRE IN NOVEMBER

"Continue reading" for full Fire listings in November. Thursday Gravity, Saturday 3am A:M, Saturday night various, Sunday afternoon Later, Sunday night Orange. Specials: Lovechild with porn stars, darkroom and DJS on Saturday 7th; Saturday 21st Juicy Erotica; Saturday 28th Musiq Concrete with 35 Artists, 5 Rooms, 2k People, £10. Riton, Mowgli, Duke Dumont + many more; and to end the month on Sunday 29th it's the Orangeade World Aids Day fund raiser. Club Fire is at Parry St, Vauxhall. It's in the gay London calendar.

ORANGE CHARITY APPEAL

We've reported quite a few times on the terrible situation of gay Iraqis since the invasion. They are being brutally tortured and murdered. The Orange people read the awful stories and wanted to help. They are now having a fund raiser on Sunday October 18th at Fire. They'll be asking for your donations and donating themselves. Donations mainly fund safe houses in Iraq for the victims. They need it. You can read about it at http://iraqilgbtuk.blogspot.com/ and make direct donations there by cheque or PayPal. Click here for more gay Fire / Area October listings.

FIRE IN OCTOBER

"Continue reading" for full Fire listings in October. Thursday Gravity, Saturday 3am A:M, Sunday afternoon Later, Sunday night Orange. Tabloid gets its second outing on Saturday 17th - Check out the DD competition; Orange are having an Iraqi fund raiser on Sunday 18th; They're closed on Saturday 24th; Gravity is at Area on 29th; they have a Halloween party at Juicy on Sat 31st - poem included; and Orange Psychoville on November 1st. Watch this space for more. Club Fire is at Parry St, Vauxhall. It's in the gay London calendar.

BOY GEORGE AT ORANGE

Orange are having a special Soho Live night on the 13th September. It starts early at 9pm with special guest DJ Boy George and it's free before midnight if you have a flyer, ad or sticker. Read on for details. Full Fire listings here.

FIRE / AREA IN SEPTEMBER

Orange at Fire and Area in September: Thursdays Jasons Jukebox and Gravity; Fridays Onyx; Saturday A:M (3am-11am) and Juicy or Horizon; Sunday Beyond, Later and Orange. They're launching a new night TABLOID at Fire on Saturday 12th. Boy George is at Orange on Sunday 13th. Beyond is opening early on Sept 6th and there are pool parties every Sunday afternoon at Later. Watch this space for more. "Continue reading" for details and offers. It's in the gay London calendar.