{"id":35730,"date":"2019-12-14T22:04:03","date_gmt":"2019-12-14T22:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=35730"},"modified":"2019-12-14T22:04:03","modified_gmt":"2019-12-14T22:04:03","slug":"clubbing-i-cant-bear-the-idea-that-there-is-an-age-at-which-you-should-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=35730","title":{"rendered":"Clubbing: &lsquo;I can&rsquo;t bear the idea that there is an age at which you should stop&rsquo;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From an Ibiza veteran to a 70 -year-old psytrance fan, six clubbers explain why they&rsquo;re not gale down<\/p>\n<p>Nightclubbing is seen as a young person&rsquo;s game. Sightings of older clubbers- such as the elderly Polish couple who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2016\/may\/17\/dj-searches-old-couple-fabric-nightclub\" title=\"\">went viral after<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2016\/may\/17\/dj-searches-old-couple-fabric-nightclub\" title=\"\">a night out at London&rsquo;s Fabric in 2016<\/a>&#8211; are considered a novelty. But the septuagenarian tourists- who partied until 5am- are not alone.<\/p>\n<p>A recent poll by ticketing platform Eventbrite found that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/over-3-7-million-over-45s-going-raving-once-a-week2511360-2511360\" title=\"\">more than 3.7 million Britons aged over 45 turn<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/over-3-7-million-over-45s-going-raving-once-a-week2511360-2511360\" title=\"\"> clubbing each week<\/a>. The nation&rsquo;s nightlife may not be in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2018\/dec\/31\/uk-nightclubs-suffer-young-people-seek-less-hedonistic-pursuits\" title=\"\">rude health overall<\/a>, but certain DJs, associations and clubbers have suffered. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fabriclondon.com\/fabriclive-20-years\" title=\"\">Fabric turned 20 this year<\/a>, and DJs such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2017\/nov\/28\/how-we-made-shoom-acid-house-club-danny-rampling-pete-heller\" title=\"\">Danny Rampling<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2014\/sep\/12\/terry-farley-favourite-tracks\" title=\"\">Terry Farley<\/a> are still attract mobs 30   times on from the summer of adoration that established their identify. From nostalgia darkness to dance festivals, older clubbers- such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clashmusic.com\/news\/mick-jagger-partied-at-horse-meat-disco-over-the-weekend\" title=\"\">Mick Jagger, 76, spotted at lesbian club night Horse Meat Disco<\/a> earlier this year- are finding their second wind.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2019\/dec\/13\/older-clubbers-who-wont-stop-dancing-ibiza-psytrance-colin-crummy\">Continue reading &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2019\/dec\/13\/older-clubbers-who-wont-stop-dancing-ibiza-psytrance-colin-crummy\">theguardian.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From an Ibiza veteran to a 70 -year-old psytrance fan, six clubbers explain why they&rsquo;re not gale down Nightclubbing is seen as a young person&rsquo;s game. Sightings of older clubbers- such as the elderly Polish couple who went viral aftera night out at London&rsquo;s Fabric in 2016&#8211; are considered a novelty. But the septuagenarian tourists- &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[20416,2677,20418,1105,20417,15608],"class_list":["post-35730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-uncategorized","tag-clubbing","tag-culture","tag-dance-music","tag-music","tag-older-people","tag-society"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/53991576361044.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}