At the time, our main Dj was CORNEL, but he had to leave at the end of the year, due to commitment to his own project, a (then weekly) night called LIPGLOSS. Hostess/DJ apprentice/promoter VAL had to carry on by herself and recruited DEAD AMERICA's (since renamed THE STRINGS) drummer and keyboardist PAUL & ANDY, for their impeccable taste and vast knowledge in pop music, and also, 'cause they are the coolest people on earth!
September 2001, enter GRANT, promoter extraordinaire who completes the line up behind the decks and injects new life into the Fan Club. GRANT has now left to pursue his own interests(mainly Fun city and The Rabbit Hole), so it's all down to Val from now on who will bring you more great bands and sexy tunes...
your favourite good time party is back in another candlelit-dingy-basement-bar!
This time it's all happening @ the TIKI BAR of THE BAR & DINING HOUSE, 2 Essex Rd, N1 (Islington,5mns from nearest tube Angel), SATURDAY 10th MAY 7-2, free B4 midnight, £2 after.
MARK , VAL & KIM + guests will be playing discopunkelectrofunk for your pleasure...
Well, this was written about a year ago, and it's proven quite ominous both for the band themselves and THE FAN CLUB.
It's been a great collaboration and it was with tears in our eyes that we bod farewell to RIVIERA in December as their residency ended, and they played their last gig (for a while anyway) @ THE FAN CLUB to a packed audience.
They're now working on new projects and all we can reveal is that we know they're about to fulfill a lot of their promises of 2002, so watch this space!
Now as 2003 begins, we're proud to introduce our new resident band ROMEO TRADING CO, in many ways very different to RIVIERA but sharing with them a love of style, glamour and 80's music, as well as a fondness for The Fan Club itself. And they look great, obviously!
Find out more about them on
They'll be back soon for a very special night on wed 4th June @ the LSE (see home page for info or go to iloveriviera.co.uk)