You know those events that you missed out on by 12-18 months that eventually take on mythical status? Strawberry Fields was that event for me.
To be fair, I wasn’t even 17 years old when it happened. The Prodigy’s Voodoo People wasn’t even a thing. And I was living two hours drive away from the Gold Coast location. So I didn’t really miss out, and have managed to live it vicariously through my uncle many times over anyway.
For the event’s 20th anniversary, I pulled together the promoters and DJs behind Strawberry Fields to tell the full story of an event that wouldn’t get past liquor licensing in 21st-century nanny state Australia.
Read all about it on ITM, and check out some rare footage from long-gone Brisbane dance club The Site below.
Both one of the best and worst nights of my life…..
Standing on main stage next to Carl Cox with record in hand only to watch as Police got closer and closer… till they reached the stage and shut her down….
Was like watching a train wreck in slow motion!
Definition of Denied…