Raindance — NYE 2010 & Twenty-One

Catalogue note

Original large fold-out programme for Raindance's New Year's Eve 2010 festival at Debut London, the former SeOne railway-arch complex beneath London Bridge. Billed as the 'Very Late 21st Birthday Party & Farewell to SeOne' and 'Final Ever Rave Event' at the venue, it combined eight musical arenas, a Weston Street Tunnel Roadblock outdoor street party, Jenkins Lane '89 reunion programming, old skool, hardcore, drum & bass, breaks, trance and hard house. The flyer also contains Raindance's own retrospective account of its relationship with the London Bridge arches.

Advertised programme: Eight-arena programme. Old Skool includes Liquid live midnight set, Shades of Rhythm live, Nebula 2 live, Jilted Generation live, Squirrel, Skie the Chosen One, G-Magical, Isotonik Crew, Ellis Dee (Rhythm Section set), Glen Aston, Uncle Dugs, Billy Daniel Bunter feat. Faction G, Lomas, Mr X, Danny C and Tony R, hosted by Robbie Dee, Strict and Ice. Magic Hardcore Raveabout includes CLSM live midnight set, Sharkey, Vibes, Double G, Billy Bunter, No Sweat, Lukozade b2b Uplift, Special K, HB & Ponder, Stu Grady & Random, D-Ice & Reality, Robbie Long, Insane & Mind. Jenkins Lane '89 Reunion includes Buntersaurus, Joey G, The Old Gits, Dave Minns, Skie & Squirrel, Jack Bass, Niki Dimensions, Jumping Jack Frost and Swan-E. Drum & Bass includes David Boomah live, Renegade Hardware's Ink / Loxy / Cold Fusion, JJ Frost, Krust, Swan-E, Junglechopz, Dezert Rat, Lex-TC/GPS, Barrington & Concrete, hosted by Moose and Rema-Dee. Further rooms include The Vinyl Touch London vs Can U Feel It?, Trance History, Pussina vs Smartie Partie, Silent Disco and Mad Hatters Hard House.

Graphic-design significance: The cover abandons polished rave futurism for a dense hand-drawn poster aesthetic: white, red and yellow lettering, arrows, smileys, room logos and scene references crowd around a central 'TWENTY ONE / NYE 2010' device. The interior retains that scrapbook/fanzine language in modular black panels with photographs and room identities. No named designer credit is visible, so no attribution is inferred.

Historical context: SeOne officially ceased trading in February 2010 after eight years, according to the venue's closure statement reported by London SE1. The same railway-arch complex later operated as Debut London. HarderFaster preserves this exact 31 December event as a one-off Raindance return to 'Debut London (formerly SeOne)' and explicitly describes it as a final chance to party in the venue. The flyer itself goes further, calling the night the 'FINAL EVER RAVE EVENT' there and presenting a retrospective text about Raindance's claimed role in bringing rave events to the arches.

Production note: Full-colour commercial print on coated paper/card stock; exact printing process and stock weight not established.

Condition note: Very Good appearance, ungraded. Original folds remain intact with light fold whitening, minor edge/corner handling and small surface marks. The black cover shows modest rubbing at the margins; dense interior and ticket text remain strongly legible. No major tears, missing panels or severe creasing visible.

Confidence / uncertainty: The exact date, hours, £30+booking-fee price, Debut/SeOne naming, 41–43 St Thomas Street address, eight-arena framing, Weston Street Tunnel street party, ID policy and principal line-ups are physically verified. HarderFaster independently confirms the exact event and one-off/farewell framing. The flyer's claim that Raindance 'introduced this venue to the scene in 1999' is preserved as promoter testimony and not treated as independently verified venue history. 'Final ever rave event' is likewise retained as contemporaneous event/venue framing.

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