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An evening of acid house story telling from the UKs leading rave era racantour, Kirk Field.

Kirks recently published book 'Rave New World: Confessions Of A Raving Reporter' tells the story first hand of 80's UK rave culture. The book has received rave reviews (no pun intended!) as have Kirks Rave New World live shows which have taken place at Camp Bestival and Wilderness And Love Summer festivals this summer.

Now Kirk brings his live show based on the book to Things Happen Here with an hour plus of story telling and visuals, a Q&A and book signing and a DJ set of rave classics before and after from Matt Vinyl.

About the book: As a humble barman at the M25 Orbital raves, Kirk witnessed the moment acid house exploded. Inspired by media lies to start writing the truth about what he saw unfolding, Kirk became a 'raving' reporter for the clubbers' bible Mixmag, covering the historic parties from the inside and sending sweat-soaked dispatches from distant dancefloors as the scene expanded across Europe and beyond.

With a cast of characters including Diego Maradona, Timothy Leary, the KLF, Michael Eavis, Genesis P-Orridge, Brigitte Nielsen, Boris Yeltsin, Boy George, Saddam Hussein's wife, the president of Tunisia, the CIA, the KGB, Dave Courtney, Norman Lamont's dominatrix and even Her Majesty the Queen, Kirk's whirlwind account of the golden age of clubbing tells the story of what really happened in the 'naughty '90s', exposing the seedy underbelly of rave culture while also capturing the nostalgic spirit of the era.

Told through a mixture of vivid first-person narrative, surreal insider anecdotes and incisive social commentary, this honest, hilarious and uncensored postcard of hedonism will appeal to anyone who's ever put their hands in the air like they just don't care.

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Units 3-4 Shinners Bridge, Webbers Way,

Darlington,

Devon,

England,

TQ9 6JY.