• Kiss 105 launches across Yorkshire on Feb 14th linking with London’s Kiss 100 and Manchester's Kiss 102 to start new era in UK dance radio.

• Roni Size & Reprazent scoop the Mercury Music Prize with the seminal album “New Forms”.

• The Hacienda in Manchester was closed following a drug-related death and various shootings.

• Black Hole Recordings was founded by Tiesto and Arny Bink in Breda, Netherlands.

• DJ Mag launches the first Top 100 Poll voted by readers.
  The Notorious B.I.G is killed in a drive-by shooting. Puff Daddy & Faith Evans’ tribute to the rapper, sold over a million copies in the UK.

• The KLF return for a 23 minutes performance called “F*ck the millennium” which premiered at 2K’s 1997 (What the F*ck’s Going On) event at London’s Barbican Arts Centre. 

• The Prodigy released the controversial ”Smack My Bitch Up”.

• Rapture TV lauches in the UK, bringing superclubs to the nations TVs.

• Gatecrasher finds it permanent home at The Republic in Sheffield and starts a cultural revolution.

• Electric Daisy Carnival holds it's first event.

• Godskitchen move to Milton Keynes.

• Brian Harvey is sacked from East 17 for telling the world Ecstasy is safe.

• Helter Skelter pulls in 10,000 at Turweston Aerodrome.

• Dave Pearce begins Dance Anthems on BBC Radio 1 which went on to run every Sunday night for 10 years.

• Speed Garage arrives with artists likes Armand Van Helden, 187 Lockdown, Double 99, Loop Da Loop becoming masters of the bassline.

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      Notable albums:

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• The Chemical Brothers – Dig Your Own Hole [Virgin]

• Roni Size/Reprazent – New Forms [Mercury]

• Björk – Homogenic [One Little Indian]

• Daft Punk - Homework [Virgin]

• Photek ‎- Modus Operandi [Virgin]

• Moodymann - Silentintroduction [Planet E]