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Article: Tony Blackburn: One foot in the rave; How would an ageing DJ cope with Ibiza's all-night raving and pill-popping? We sent the oldest disc spinner in town - and survivor of I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! - to find out...(Features)
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- Sunday Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 15, 2002
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Byline: Words: Jennifer Rodger
Never mind Judge Jules' Judgement Sundays or Fatboy Slim at Manumission. This is a big club night in Ibiza's Summum. Lively young clubbers reach out to touch the DJ they adore because he's got hit tunes and killer lines. Mostly the crowd screams. Or chants the DJ's name. But what's this? The DJ whips off his sequin jacket and starts sucking on the microphone. A young girl grabs his medallion, and he looks delighted. Well, so he should, as tonight's god-on-the-decks is 59-year-old Tony Blackburn. No, really. The man who inspired Harry ...
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