We Love Ibiza Chief Gets Ready To Rock, Live-Music @ Space Einstellungen

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We Love Ibiza Chief Gets Ready To Rock

We Love Space On Sundays promoter Darren Hughes has revealed he'll be
introducing live music to Ibiza's Space this summer, marking a radical
change for the world famous uber-club.

"The new, re-designed terrace at Space is a natural place for me to
present live music and I'm currently discussing with the club owners the
different options for doing that there, whether that means having live
bands on Sundays, as well as maybe also on a dedicated night," Darren
told Skrufff.

"I can confirm that I'm definitely incorporating an element of live
music into the programme for Sunday's this year, it's just a question of
deciding the who and when, according to the factors governing the
presentation of a broad spectrum of great live music, be it dance, rock,
indie; whoever is 'hot'," he promised.

Initially making his name with Liverpool superclub organisation Cream
then later Homelands, Darren went on to turn We Love Space into Space's
busiest, most successful party, principally through his policy of
picking a select bunch of cutting edge and big name DJs and his decision to
start booking live acts could have a dramatic impact on Ibiza's overall
club scene. Admitting that in recent seasons he felt the club had
started to feel like 'it was resting on its laurels', Darren also gave
credit to rival promoters Manumission who last year hosted a series of live
gigs on the island under the banner Manumission Rocks.

"I think Manumission were brave, they put their necks on the line with
Manumission Rocks, they presented their version of what they thought
people in Ibiza would want in terms of live music and they succeeded,"
said Darren.

"It worked for them and it definitely got the UK media and all the
agent's et al a lot more interested in sending bands to Ibiza," he said.

Darren also revealed that he's no longer involved with Homelands, the
massively successful UK dance festival he created with Mean Fiddler in
1998, though is collaborating even closer with leading Irish club owner
and promoter John Reynolds, his original Homelands business partner of
the last ten years.