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can't open on 21 june? i've come to chat with radio one dj arielle free. music ends. post malone, that is "better now." i've had your breakfast covered this morning. i'll be back again next week. she used to have a busy schedule djing, so she knows the scene inside out. i feel like everyone was saving their money for this moment. but i also know, like, a lot of people's mental health has been affected massively because people go into the club at the weekend — it's not just about, you know, going and getting mashed up with your mates. it's actually pure escapism, it's having that moment for yourself. maybe you've worked relentless hours all week, and you just want to let your hair down and have some fun with your mates. for me, i love walking into clubs in london and knowing that for the next 5—7 hours, it'sjust about me dancing to some tunes with my mates. and, you know, when you've had a really hard week, like, trying to earn those pennies, that's what we live for, we live for the
i'm all right, how are you? i mean, i'm overwhelmed, i and wanting to dive right in. well, crack on. i decided it was time to catch up with arielle at her local record shop. you need to buy this record. laughter. what do you recommend? it's genuinely an incredible record, yeah. oh, i might have to get it then. you want to pick up the float, then we'll head to the park? ok, let's do that. lets do it. - now i should say it's very rare that anyone buys a record that quickly off one of my recommendations. but actually, there is a reason why arielle was on the hunt for something a bit different. shall we head to the park? yes! i spent lockdown making music, and actually, i'm really, - really happy because it's something i've always wanted to do that - i didn't think was possible, - but it's also helped me connect
and listeners engaged, as well. and i don't want to keep it stale for me, you know, we're in lockdown and i'm not playing any shows. i want to get out there and play music, and i want to keep it interesting for myself, as well, because this is who i am, you know? i'm a dj. i drive over to hull to catch up with terry and aaron as they try to get the welly back, ready, and open for 21june. that's the date they've been given to work to — but it all seems in some doubt. that's because of a new variant of covid, first discovered in india. right, what's changed ? we're just trying to get the place ready. there's that uncertainty of when we'll be able to open. they've got this new indian variant coming through, and that's putting 21 june into some kind of question. we've been doing some socially—distance events — so you'll see in the room here, we've got some tables laid out for a gig on saturday night. can you manage a business with that level of uncertainty over you? it's just super difficult. you can'tjust open a venue like this with one week's notice. we're booking acts and telling them they're12—18 months down the line.
i've sat on a few select committees, and it's quite clear the government just do not understand the nightclubs sector and its benefit to the economy. you know, they are stuck in the world of the 1990s when you had chrome handrails and 2am slowdowns. that's not what nightclubs are doing. we are generating new music, new creative talent. and music internationally is one of our last great british exports, you know, we export music around the world better than any other product. and the government seems to not really connect the dots on that — that without venues like the welly, then we don't have new music that we can then export. they paint a pretty bleak picture — but are clubs really that under threat if they can't open on 21 june? i've come to chat with radio one dj arielle free. music ends. post malone, that is "better now." i've had your breakfast covered this morning. i'll be back again next week. she used to have a busy schedule djing, so she knows the scene inside out.
i think it's been dreadful, the way they were treated. but i understood — ifound out why they were treated so badly — and it's because, even though the music industry is the fifth—biggest economy in the uk, more than steel and fisheries who get support no problem at all — it's because the government don't understand what we do. they've literally no idea. they think that a dj is someone who kind of plays in a pub, you know, last orders at the bar, all that stuff. totally dated view and everything. starved of a chance to dance, the excitement is huge. music plays. those attending are clearly having a great time. to get in, they've had to prove they're free of covid and commit to doing another test after the event. hot since 82 will start his set with his own special mix. boris johnson, distorted: we've been asking people to stay at home. _ stay at home... telling nightclubs, i theatres, nightclubs, nightclubs, nightclubs... to close on the same timescale. now these are places where people
got to have some belief that we will get through this. do you reckon the government really understand your industry? do you think they understand what it will take to get a nightclub open by 21june? i've sat on a few select committees, and it's quite clear the government just do not understand the nightclubs sector and its benefit to the economy. you know, they are stuck in the world of the 19905 when you had chrome handrails and 2am slowdowns. that's not what nightclubs are doing. we are generating new music, new creative talent. and music internationally is one of our last great british exports, you know, we export music around the world better than any other product. and the government seems to not really connect the dots on that — that without venues like the welly, then we don't have new music that we can then export. they paint a pretty bleak picture — but are clubs really that under threat if they can't open on 21 june? i've come to chat with radio one dj arielle free. music ends. post malone, that is "better now." i've had your breakfast covered this morning. i'll be back again next week.
how are you? i'm all right, how are you? i mean, i'm overwhelmed, i and wanting to dive right in. well, crack on. i decided it was time to catch up with arielle at her local record shop. you need to buy this record. laughter. what do you recommend? it's genuinely an incredible record, yeah. oh, i might have to get it then. you want to pick up the float, then we'll head to the park? ok, let's do that. let's do it. now i should say it's very rare that anyone buys a record that quickly off one of my recommendations. but actually, there is a reason why arielle was on the hunt for something a bit different. shall we head to the park? yes! i spent lockdown making music, and actually, i'm really, - really happy because it's something i've always wanted to do that - i didn't think was possible, i but it's also had me connect
open on 2ijune? i've come to chat with radio one dj arielle free. music ends. post malone, that is "better now." i've got your breakfast covered this morning. i'll be back again next week. she used to have a busy schedule djing, so she knows the scene inside out. i feel like everyone was saving their money for this moment. but i also know, like, a lot of people's mental health has been affected massively because people go into the club at the weekend — it's notjust about, you know, going and getting matched up with your mates. it's actually pure escapism, it's having that moment for yourself. maybe you've worked relentless hours all week, and you just want to let your hair down and have some fun with your mates. for me, i love walking into clubs in london and knowing that for the next 5—7 hours, it'sjust about me dancing to some tunes with my mates. and, you know, when you've had a really hard week, like, trying to earn those pennies, that's what we live for, we work for the weekend, don't we? so i feel like there's going to be a lot of mental health effects, as well. i'm actually adapting to be
with a happy ending just yet. this is going to be the most bitter pill to swallow. but, as they say, it's darkest just before the dawn. he's clearly really frustrated — but what about the other djs we've met? casablanca! how are you? i'm all right, how are you? i mean, i'm overwhelmed, i and wanting to dive right in. well, crack on. i decided it was time to catch up with arielle at her local record shop. you need to buy this record. laughter. what do you recommend? it's genuinely an incredible record, yeah. oh, i might have to get it then. i you want to pick up the float, then we'll head to the park? ok, let's do that. lets do it. now i should say it's very rare that anyone buys a record that quickly off one of my recommendations. but actually, there is a reason why arielle was on the hunt for something a bit different.