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All to the floor as London clubnight Des Was A Bowie Fan comes to Cardiff for a Christmas special. Indiepop, new wave, post-punk and Northern Soul dancing with the sleigh bell sweep of Christmas Motown. Saturday December 14th. 10.30pm till 4am at The Big Top's discotheque in the sky on Church Street, just off St Mary Street.

The Shangri-Las to The Smiths, Brigitte Bardot to Belle and Sebastian, Roy Orbison to The Raincoats, Dusty Springfield to Depeche Mode, The Beach Boys to Ballboy, Jackie Wilson to Joy Division, Buddy Holly to David Bowie, The Ronettes to the Human League, with a sprinkling of Cardiff indiepop and post-punk legends.

Will be great to be back. Come early for a few drinks around the gypsy wagon as the dancefloor builds. We will hopefully be celebrating at the same time the fall of neoliberalism and the press barons, and the re-birth of the welfare state and the Pop culture of the working class.

See you on the floor.

www.deswasabowiefan.com
"One of London's best indie / soul clubs" - NME
"More pub disco that clubnight, bringing together the dream-soaked sounds of the margins with the spine-tingling Pop of yore" - Oyster Boy

Expect to hear: Dexys Midnight Runners * Pulp * Prince * Belle and Sebastian * Brigitte Bardot * Candi Staton * Blondie * B-52's * Felt * The Smiths * Serge Gainsbourg * Suede * The Ramones * The Ronettes * The Shangri-Las * Aretha Franklin * Talking Heads * The Temptations * Diana Ross & The Supremes * Ladytron * Le Tigre * David Bowie * Little Richard * The Cure * The Fall * The Buzzcocks * Elvis Costello * Elvis Presley * Young Marble Giants * The Field Mice * Camera Obscura * Johnny Cash * Jackie Wilson * White Stripes * Westkust * The Raincoats * Joy Division * The June Brides * The Jam * Veronica Falls * Martha Reeves and the Vandellas * The Magnetic Fields * The Beach Boys * Pet Shop Boys * Pixies * Art Brut * T-Rex * Television Personalities * The Beatles * France Gall * Dusty Springfield * Depeche Mode * Broder Daniel * Bronski Beat * Belinda Carlisle * France Gall * New Order * Jens Lekman * Jonathan Richman * The Jesus and Mary Chain * Chemtrails * The Loves * Carter USM * Curtis Mayfield * Comet Gain * Omar Souleyman * Orange Juice * James Brown * The Indelicates * The Rolling Stones * Mary Wells * Kim Weston * The Wolfhounds * Sonic Youth * Slowdive * Arcade Fire * The Four Tops * Flowers * The Flirtations * Frank Wilson * The Undertones * Ritchie Valens * Meilyr Jones * Vic Godard & the Subway Sect * The Velvet Underground ♥

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Des Was a Bowie Fan is a London clubnight founded in 2013 at the Tutu's nightclub on the Strand. It has since played out residencies at East End venues Jamboree, The George Tavern and Paper Dress Vintage, creating feral and ageless Pop dancing havens for lovers and dreamers. Guest DJs at the club in its London carnation have included Eddie Argos of Art Brut, Darren Hayman of John Peel favourites Hefner, and feminist author and post-punk musician Helen McCookerybook. It is Wales' 600th most successful export across the bridge, coming in just before Gindrinker's ode to darts in popular culture and just after Shakin' Stevens' autobiography.

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11A Church Street,

Cardiff,

Wales,

CF10 1BG.