In 2014 one of the UK’s most enduring, influential club nights, Bugged Out, celebrated their 20-year anniversary – an enormous accomplishment and an epic journey marked with some truly memorable moments.
Bugged Out has, over time, become something of clubbing phenomenon. Evolving out of dance music institution Jockey Slut magazine (RIP) in 1994, Sankeys in Manchester became the first home to the then new club brand, where the likes of Daft Punk, Richie Hawtin and the Chemical Brothers played early shows. They spent 5 years in Liverpool from 1998 at the 3500 capacity Nation before making the move down south to Fabric and The End. For 25 years Bugged Out has thrown regular parties in Liverpool, Manchester, London, Ibiza, Milan, Barcelona and Ibiza and continues to act as a habitual destination for fans of cutting edge dance music.
Results from the 20 year PR campaign included:
- A 20 minute Vice documentary interviewing key players from the Bugged Out history
- A four-part column for Johnno Burgess, Bugged Out founder, in The Guardian
- A 10 page print feature in i-D featuring anedotes from DJs over the years
- An eight page Mixmag 'Oral History' feature
