Liverpool dance pioneer set up Creamfields and is Live Nation’s President of Electronic Music, Get the latest coronavirus news - sign up for the Echo newsletter. For 10 years, Cream hosted its weekly house music night at Nation until June 2002 playing host to international DJ superstars including Paul Oakenfold (who was resident from 1997-98), Paul van Dyk, Sasha and Andy Weatherall. The sad thing is that it connected so well that very quickly a lot of DJs were starting to play dance music in their Friday and Saturday night slots.

A move to Daresbury in 2006 upped its profile and scale, then two years later the decision to take it to two days raised the bar immeasurably. People enjoying a night out at the Cream club, Jennifer Fox from Swansea attends the last ever regular Cream nightclub event at the Nation club in Liverpool, Girls enjoy a night out at the Cream club in liverpool, Partygoers at the Cream club in liverpool, You can get our best stories sent straight to your inbox with our newsletter, The Liverpool Echo has a free app and here's how to download it, What is in the place of 12 former nightclub spots we used to love, More lost landmarks from a Liverpool time forgot, 20 historic buildings that reveal Liverpool's fascinating past, 12 of the old Liverpool eyesores you'd never recognise today, Gogglebox viewers confused by new 'Giles and Mary' on Channel 4 show, Viewers were taken aback by the similarities, Dad died after three 999 calls and two-hour wait for ambulance, His grieving wife said her husband gave his life to the NHS and 'deserved such a lot better', Former Liverpool FC player included in latest I'm A Celebrity 2020 line up rumours, These are the famous faces tipped to take part in this year's series at Gwrych Castle, Asda, Lidl and Waitrose urgently recall cheese, chocolate and more over safety fears, UK supermarkets are recalling these items and people are being urged to return them immediately, Rapist home intruder went back and tried door handles while on bail, He tried to get into other homes after raping a woman in her bed, Couple forced to leave their caravan in Wales fear they are being 'sent home to die', Susan Dinn and husband Ken have had to return to covid hotspot Knowsley, Michelle Keegan's rise to fame from a Selfridge's makeup counter to screen star, The popular actress shot to fame after bagging the part of Tina McIntyre on Coronation Street, Coronavirus cases start to fall in Liverpool 10 days after going into Tier 3, The city's infection rate still remains among the highest in the country, Wirral sees small decline in coronavirus cases, The news comes in the week that gym owners celebrated their victory against 'unfair' lockdown rules, Coronavirus cases falling in Sefton but hotspots persist, The borough's overall infection rate has fallen for the first time since August but it isn't all good news, Liverpool news and transfers LIVE - Alisson Becker latest, Ozan Kabak linked, Thiago update. Dance music welcomed the new millennium with a kick in the teeth. There’s no doubt that the summer of 1988 marked a watershed moment in the history of dance, as the house rhythms of Chicago, artistic exuberance of Ibiza, and electronic soundscapes of Detroit surged through club culture. Clubbers share their memories of nights spent at this iconic venue, Get the latest coronavirus news - sign up for the Echo newsletter. Translating what the culture is to everyone around us, trying to push the genre further into the wider population. People were just merry and loving the night and the DJs were always amazing - it was like a religious experience.".

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Handing over the reins, even if it is to his brother, will not be easy. The answer to that is no, we weren’t. The partnership with Pasquale Rotella was announced in June of 2013 and firmly placed Live Nation in pole position against its only rival SFX.

It ran in this format from October 1992 to June 2002. “It gives everyone a whole new push and I thought, if I don’t do this one of my competitors is going to take that deal and that job. Nevermind the Beatles - here's 54 Liverpool music acts you really should get to know.

"I've travelled to more than 40 countries and for me travelling is all about the food and the night life - and I've never experienced anything like Cream, it was unique, it was magic.". The larger festival brands will continue to do well, but I can see more smaller boutique festivals becoming popular also. To date the festival has been staged in 16 countries around the world, including Spain, Czech Republic, Romania, Poland, Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Argentina which alone attracts over 60,000 people and has become the biggest one day dance event in Latin America.

You would go there to enjoy the music. If you were a superstar DJ, you played Cream almost as a right of passage. American firm Live Nation Entertainment bought Cream Holdings Limited in May 2012 in a £13.9m deal marking the coming together of two of the world's biggest forces in live music events. “I think Live Nation looked at the business, saw we were pretty solid and saw mine and Scott’s reputation, and wanted that.”. Cream soon became the focal point of the dance music boom becoming a home for young people to spend their Saturday night’s attracting more than 3000 people each week as thousands adopted it as a lifestyle and not just a source of entertainment. DJs that were looking to mix it up somewhat, rather than stick to one genre. I guess we were in the right place at the right time. Darren Hughes (left) with James Barton (right) Promoters of Cream Productions inside the DJ Box in the Annexe Room at Cream, Liverpool, When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Website: www.cream.co.uk Instagram: cream_official Jurgen Klopp's Paul Pogba comments have been proven right after Virgil van Dijk injury setback, The Liverpool boss is facing the prospect of missing his star defender for the entirety of the season, though a timeframe has not been put on his recovery yet, Premier League 'lost moral compass' as PPV boycott continues ahead of Liverpool match on TV, Liverpool play Sheffield United at Anfield on Saturday evening but the only way for fans to watch live is to pay even more cash on top of their existing paid TV subscriptions, Paul Merson makes Joe Gomez and Joel Matip Liverpool claim and warns transfer move essential, Virgil van Dijk will miss his first Premier League game tonight as Liverpool host Sheffield United at Anfield, Carlo Ancleotti makes Alex Iwobi claim as Everton face Richarlison replacement dilemma, Ancelotti will be forced into making changes this weekend with Richarlison suspended, Liverpool morning headlines as tactical switch reveals Diogo Jota plan, Fabinho lauds missing defender Virgil van Dijk following his injury in the Merseyside derby as Jurgen Klopp praises former player Rhian Brewster ahead of game with Sheffield United, Liverpool news and transfers LIVE - Alisson Becker latest, Chelsea U23s updates, Thiago injury, Everton news and transfers LIVE - Jasper Cillessen link, James Rodriguez latest, U18s updates.

But unbeknownst to me, Andy and Mike, the two DJs at the club, had actually been buying acid house records from Chicago, New York, and they convinced me to let them be the DJs, so I did. Bringing a unique and innovative attitude to an emerging market Creamfields very quickly established itself as one of the leading outdoor music events in the country. Liverpool transfer news and updates including the latest on Alisson Becker, Ozan Kabak, Thiago Alcantara, Sky Sports Box Office and more. Doing press interviews and doing press interviews.

It didn't take long before Cream became too big for Liverpool and the club quickly established itself as an international nightlife brand with events in Ibiza, Buenos Aires and beyond. "Growing up I didn't really feel part of many things. “But it’s worked out for everyone, I think, this deal. Born on August 28th 1968, James grew up with 3 brothers in a traditional family in the heart of Liverpool. For starters, you don't sleep much, and earning your stripes takes years in the trenches making a name for yourself.

With the practicalities of where to buy HP sauce and whether he can get Sky TV to watch Everton matches now happily at the forefront of his mind, he can look ahead to house-hunting and sunshine. What are some of the things that made you so successful and the Cream brand so enduring? James Barton is one of the world’s leading pioneers in electronic dance music, As founder and CEO of global clubbing brand Cream and the multi award winning Creamfields festivals, his vision, knowledge and business acumen has been instrumental in creating the thriving global event landscape as we know it today. I guess I want to continue to develop my career as far as I can take it - but there is something in me that's not business related that I want to do at some point in my life that makes a real difference to people, no matter how big or small that would be. My best friend's father, who is super successful, always advised me to "stick to what you know," which in the darker days of dance music seemed pointless, but here I am now in Beverly Hills. 5,587 were here. Which is why, even when he is thousands of miles away, their base will remain here in Wolstenholme Square. Cream founder James Barton has been named the 'most important' person in the world in electronic dance music by Rolling Stone magazine. Everyone’s happy, or at least they haven’t said they’re not ... not to my face.”, When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters.

Our. Let’s be honest, it was probably the biggest non-event ever and we paid the price for that.”, Play about killer of Merseyside toddler James Bulger could be made into a film, Calls for Labour to unite behind successor to ousted Merseytravel chairman Mark Dowd, Tony Bennett talks Paul McCartney, Frank Sinatra and why he can’t wait to play the Liverpool Empire. What’s the best piece of business advice you’ve ever gotten and who were some of your mentors when you were coming up? Today they produce around 23,000 concerts and festivals around the world each year. But it was only just catching on; where were all sorts of underground parties, people with basic sound systems setting up in parks or on the beaches around Liverpool.

In late 2012 Barton was appointed President of Electronic Music for Live Nation and moved to Beverly Hills to refine the corporate behemoth's electronic music strategy. And for a period in the 1990s and 2000s, Liverpool represented the centre of the universe for fans flocking to join in the immersive, collective experience offered by Cream.

It was such a big event for people that it was something to look forward to for months, to go together and get dressed up for, so the last thing they would want is a fight. You can unsubscribe at any time. Cream has its 20th anniversary this year, that was at the back of my mind, and on a personal level it’s a massive challenge for me which has come along at a good time. While many of today's EDM fans were soiling their diapers, a young Barton was building a nightlife brand called Cream in the UK (Liverpool to be exact) that would become an international clubbing superpower. It's like trying to describe what it's like going to a big European night to people who aren't into football. From Paul van Dyk to Carl Cox, Sasha to The Chemical Brothers, the best jocks in the world graced those decks. Cream also hosts the dance music festival Creamfields every August in Daresbury, Cheshire. You can unsubscribe at any time. Get funked up with the Long Live House Radio Show! Even now you meet people who are so different but you have that shared experience. It was just after a lot of the warehouse raves and the fields and acid house and they managed to capture something in that club before it became commercial.". The creation he nurtured from 400-capacity Liverpool club to global brand, so sought after that it attracted an international buy-out worth almost £14m, is finally about to fulfil its US mass market destiny.