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Lovedough Celebrating Its 10th Birthday

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Lovedough is at Tup Tup Palace tonight celebrating its 10th Birthday!

That’s right folks, clubbing superbrand LOVEDOUGH has managed to reach its 10TH BIRTHDAY!!!

From humble beginnings in Po Na Na Leeds in 2001 LoveDough arrived in Newcastle in October 2002 and launched at Ikon. From Ikon to Digital and from Digital to Tup (with a few cheeky one offs at Envy, Foundation and Sea along the way!!)… Its been a long and fruitful road :o )

LoveDough’s meteoric rise to fame has largely been down to its initial success in the Toon… Holding legendary parties with BBC Radio 1 & BBC Radio 1Xtra, Grandmaster Flash, Sway, Kano and just about every UK & US DJ worth his salt.

Get yourself down to Tup Tup at 22:30 tonight!

Newcastle VIP Gets Sociable!

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STOP THE PRESS!!!

Newcastle VIP is getting sociable! Newcastle VIP is being transformed into the elite social networking website for Newcastle nightlife. What is it? Think of Facebook meeting twitter, meeting a blog, meeting forums, and its dedicated to Newcastle and its nightlife. With all of this you have a social network dedicated to Newcastle and its nightlife, from bars to clubs to events, everything will be covered :)

You can get involved, have your own profilewhich comes with many features. You have your very own “activity stream” where you are be able to update everyone on your status, what you are upto and have been doing, and how your last night out was.

Within your profile you can have friends, talk to others via private messaging or in public, create a group for you and your friends to chat in.

There are forums for you to post in, write about the nights out you have, plan nights out and talk about what is hot and whats not in Newcastle.

Are you a promoter? – We have setup a dedicated group for promoters so you guys can talk to each other or just write about your event. Just ask to join the promoters group and you will be added.

There is the blog as usual, which will have lots of information about the latest goings on in Newcastle.

There are already many features present, with more to come. The new look Newcastle VIP is still in very early BETA stages, which means that things will be added and tweaked, and you may get the odd error (please tell us if you do!). The sky is the limit with Newcastle VIP and we will be aim to reach for the stars.

Join the brand new Newcastle VIP and have a browse around, get to know your surroundings, got an idea on how to make it better, then let us know :)

If you have any feedback, have a question or want to know anything regarding Newcastle VIP, please join us and click “forums” and ask a question in the newbies forum :)

Registrations are currently OPEN! And needless to say, its completely FREE to join, so come and say hello on Newcastle VIP :D

Jag Skills At Tup Tup Palace

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Hooooooooooooooooooooo!

I cant believe I missed this. DJ Jaguar Skills was at Tup Tup Palace last night. He is such a good mashup DJ, one of the most original DJs around and I love his style.

If you arent familar with his work and missed out him probably blowing the roof off Tup Tup, check out his mixes, and you will be there the next time :D

I guess Tup Tup now let ninjas into the building ;)

Perdu – Or Maybe Perdont?

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Wow I have not written about the nightlife in Newcastle for such a long time. Been far to busy with other things. Anyway, I was out in Newcastle last night…….

It was a good night for the most part, at around 11pm we decided that we would like to spend our hard earned money in Perdu. There was five of us, and got told “no groups”. Thats very strange, because earlier in the night we walked past and saw4-5 girls go straight in. There wasnt even a queue, so I would assume it wasnt very busy by the time we got there.

Its yet another nail in the coffin of Perdu. When I write about it I always seem to have such negative things to say, who can forget the incident with the man getting glassed, it even made the papers. Their door policy is one of the most strange in the town, they have taken the mantle of a certain nightclub *cough Bambu* for not letting people in for no real reason. I have been in the queue for Perdu on occasions where I have had the honor of being one of the chosen few to get in, and people in front being turned away for no reason.

If we were 18yr old charvas then I would understand, but as a respectable 26yr old with money in my pocket I do find it strange that these bars will let you in one week, and not the next.

Floritas, Baby Lynch and Bijoux did not seem to have any problems letting us in, and they were all full with happy people having a good time. Probably not the same story at Perdont.

The moral of the story? If you have no friends and go out alone go to Perdu, you will be with 100 other people who have to go alone because they dont welcome people with friends.

I have to say that I have spoken to quite a few people who used to like Perdu, but with their unwelcoming attitude they have gone to the other bars on the Diamond Strip and not returned to Perdu.

Stein Bier Keller – Newcastle Quayside

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The Stein Bier Keller has been open for a few months now, but i would still call it a new bar. It used to be Blue, and before that Julies 2.

They have made the place smaller, and changed the layout completly. It has more of a diner feel to the place, with the tables and chairs round the outside at the windows, with space for a dancefloor. It has regular live music and a DJ on Saturday nights.

When i went in i have to say it was a big change. I went up to the bar, and they didnt seem to sell anything i have heard of! Well i say that, they did have Duvel, but i didnt want one of those. Another bar selling 1 brand of cheap vodka, and other cheap spirits. I settled for a Desperados and i dont know why, because it tasted horrible!

The bar was ok, and the staff were friendly but it was a bit empty. The rest of the bars were jam packed, so it wasnt a quiet night. The biggest problem was the drinks selection, it just didnt seem to have many. I think its fair enough to sell world beers, but if you do you should offer some familiar names aswell, Corona, Budweizer, Miller or whatever.

The music was good, so that was a plus point :) Since its a German themed kind of place i would of loved to have heard German pop, but that was never gonna happen :D It would of been cool though :P