1989 

NINETEENEIGHTYNINE

 THE NEWS

• 150 people attend the inaugural Love Parade in West Berlin - founded as a political demonstration.

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• Influential rave events Labrynth, Trip City and Biology are born from illegal warehouse parties in London.

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• It's a huge year for outdoor parties as the illegal warehouse raves become increasingly more dangerous. Biology, Sunrise, Energy, World Dance and many more all compete across the farmlands around the m25 and nothern towns like Blackburn. Locations are spread through secret phone numbers with recorded messages, and pirate radio stations like Centre Force and Fantasy.

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• The term "acid house" is slowly being replaced with "rave".

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• 16 year old Clair Leighton dies after taking ecstacy in the Hacienda.

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• Helter Skelter held their first eeven in Oxfordshire, including an early live set from the KLF - who demand to be paid in Scottish pound notes and throw them out into the crowd.

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• Conservative MP Graham Bright presents his “Entertainments (Increased Penalties) Act” to parliment and the Police’s ‘Pay Party Unit’ begin to hunt down rave organisers.

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• DJs Andy Carroll and Mike Knowler open Quadrant Park in Liverpool.

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 THE MUSIC 

 THE PICTURES