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business newsplease login to add to this item  Silent Disco Live!Thursday, 18 September 2008 We were first introduced to Silent Disco at the Brighton Festival Fringe earlier this year... and they're back on the coast - this time with a series of four live gigs at the Concorde 2. The concept is as simple as it is unusual... rather than blasting music through a huge PA system, the bands (Dirty Pretty Things, Mystery Jets, some local Brighton bands and Supergrass) will be playing to us through headphones. If you think this means there'll be a lack of atmosphere then think again... the opposite is true - and we speak from experience! Once you get over the slightly strange idea of having headphones on in a confined space with a few other hundred people, there are loads of advantages to this method of delivering music from performer to audience! For starters, you won't get deafened. Each headset had a volume control ensuring that you don't have to wake up for the next week with ringing in your ears... unless you want to! Any time you want to tell your mates how much fun you're having you can just slip off your headphones and chat... without screaming... and you'll be suprised how quickly new friends are made with complete strangers when you're nodding knowingly at each other with your headphones on! A gig through headphones also means that wherever you're standing you'll get the same fantastic stereo sound as the band intends you to get... something that wasn't lost on the Fun Lovin' Criminals when they played London's first Silent Live gig earlier in the week. Sytske, one of the people behind Silent Disco, said that the reaction from both band and crowd was phenomenal - and we don't doubt it for a minute. She told us that the concept of a live gig through headphones came about when they were doing a non-stop Silent Disco at a festival for 16 hours and needed to break up the DJ sets... and the idea flew! The BBC ran two pieces on the gig which help paint a picture of what you can expect when you get to the gigs: news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7613554.stm It's rare that we feel the urge, dear readers, to tell you that you absolutely MUST do something, but we promise that you won't regret it if you manage to get yourself a ticket to Silent Disco Live! Monday 22nd Sept: djOD & Dirty Pretty Things We'll see you down there!
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