THE NEWS

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• Cream ends it's legendary weekly events at Nation in Liverpool.

• The film 24 Hour Party People is released - telling the story of the Hacienda, Factory Records and the Madchester era.

• BMG Music agrees to acquire the rest of Zomba Music Group in a deal reportedly worth $3 billion.

• Run D-M-C’s Jam Master Jay was shot dead at a studio in New York 

• Basement Jaxx are awarded Best Dance Act at the Brit Awards.

• Atlantic 252 closes after 12 years on air.

• Ministry of Sound Magazine ceases production.

• BBC Radio 1 Xtra launches.

• Golden in Stoke-on-Trent and Renaissance inn Nottingham both celebrate their 10th Birthdays.

• Orbital release their retrospective album "Work" and play at a very special show at Somerset House.

Notable Albums
 

• The Streets - Original Pirate Material [Locked On]

• Moby - 18

• Paul Oakenfold - Bunka [Perfecto]

• Goldfrapp - Black Cherry [Mute]

• Underworld - A Hundred Days Off [JBO / V2]

• Orbital - Work 1989 - 2002 [FFRR]

• Cassette Boy - The Parker tapes [Barry’s Bootlegs]

• Mauro Picciotto - The Others [BXR]

• X-Press 2 - Muzikizum

• Lemon Jelly - Lost Horizons [XL]

• Dimitri From Paris - After the Playboy Mansion

• Fabric 02 - Terry Francis