GLAMOUROUS’ “7 DEADLY SINS” AT SIN NIGHTCLUB
SUNDAY 17TH AUGUST
REVIEW FOR SEENQUEEN
As if we hadn’t had enough fun all day at Soho Pride, on the packed streets, the bursting venues, mixing with wonderfully beautiful people including scene celeb’s & friends, not to mention the magical atmosphere in the “Camp Gaydar” arena, especially in front of and from our privileged spot backstage at the GaydarRadio stand, could our evening get any better than this, well in short the answer was a resounding yes as we left the ravages of a still brimming Soho for the short trip to Club Sin on Charing Cross road for an “after Soho Pride!” special event.
Brought to us by Jeremy Precelton & the fabulous team at Glamorous, being their first dangerously delicious event to hit the London gay scene, 7 Deadly Sins, so named, had a huge billing including some of the best DJ’s in town spread over three floors, hosted by the infamous green goddess, Megan and all within the sexy, decadent and truly bohemian setting of Sin Nightclub, sin being the deadly name of the game!
So, entering the club just after 8 p.m. in time to escape a sudden turn in the weather outside, we were immediately struck by the gorgeousness if occasionally overstated luxury of this Sin venue and slowly finding our feet we fell on the gluttony & greed room, where the cute & lovely DJ Mikey D was in charge of the decks, drawing the crowd in with a delicious mix of cool house tunes to tempt us into committing our first sin of the evening. Resisting such a temptation in favour of searching out more of the nightclub, we ascended some stairs, passed through a chill-out area with huge comfy sofas, after finding our way onto a magnificent outside area which was cleverly moulded between adjacent buildings, so creating a fantastic courtyard truly unique to the West End.
Back inside and up some further stairs with an ever increasing buzz of people and music, we entered the lust lounge where an expectant crowd of stunning party goers had already gathered to make the very best of this glamorous event. The music tones sounded familiar and it was no surprise when we found scene favourite and busy boy Brent Nicholls in the DJ booth, enticing the crowd with a scrumptious mix of laid back electro & latin styled beats laced with up front dance tunes to really get the party going. With more of this cavernous venue still to see, we simply couldn’t move on from the lust lounge as the atmosphere was already superb, with scene celeb’s, off duty DJ’s and familiar faces, many of whom we had seen during the day, clearly having the same thoughts as us and were ready to be downright sinful.
Just as we were getting into our stride, a tap on the shoulder saw Sin’s General Manager Ian in our presence, delighted to see us and immediately offering refreshments and a guided tour of access all areas, including a climb into the back of the venue and onto the roof, where we were blown away, not only by the scale & size of this West End gem, but the night time view from these dizzy heights was a sight to behold. It is such a shame that come January next year Sin will be no more, like Astoria opposite, being demolished to make way for Crossrail, a sin indeed!
Back inside, Ian showed us down into the VIP room, introduced us to friends of his and it was no surprise we then committed our first deadly sin of the evening, the first of many more to come, not that we are easily led astray you must realise!!. Soon, leaving Ian to it, we dropped back down into the lust room, which by now was packed and pumping. We quickly realised that this space reminded us much of the legendary VIP room area at Club Colleseum, enjoyed many years previously at Beyond events where Brent Nicholls had, like here at Sin, entertained us so often.
A sudden noise caught our attention signalling the arrival of Gutterslut DJ’s Per Q.X. & Elliot J Brown, fresh from their exploits at the Q.X. music stage in Soho Pride, Per clutching a megaphone and naughtily uttering nonsense to the huge amusement of us and many around. This only added to the brilliant atmosphere with revellers having now spilled out into the pride ballroom, with sexy muscular go-go dancers on the elongated bar top strutting their stuff to the rapturous applause of the crowd in front of them. We concentrated our sinful efforts on the lust room, seeing out the full extent of Brent’s set and only occasionally disappearing out onto the courtyard to commit yet more sins with the likes of Megan, Minty & megaphone maestro Per QX with whom we have high regard, he many a time playing out with us over the years and especially recently at our other sinfully decadent trip to Gutterslut.
Not necessarily time watching but being conscious of an early start to work the following morning, all combined with the hectic full filled and ultimately tiring & emotional day we had sustained, not to mention seemingly running way over our quota of sins, we said our goodbyes to Per, Minty, Ian, other friends & faces as well as Brent Nicholls and slipped into the comparative calm of the West End & then home, resisting the temptations of the Camp Gaydar antics at Lo-Profile for which we had an invitation.
So, did we feel the event 7 Deadly Sins was a success, well yes, without question. We had a great time & it definitely rounded off a perfect day for us. It is true that only one of the three floors was busy, that perhaps in reality the huge billing was too ambitious and some may have been put off by the high door price of £15 which we got stung with, all combined with so many other after pride events on offer. However, reports that Encore at Café De Paris was not busy at all, Ghetto was quiet, the once hugely popular DTPM was, quote “intimate” and Exquisite was too exclusive for many, the Glamorous team can be proud of the crowd they pulled and a superbly gorgeous crowd it was too.
Reflecting with Sin’s G.M. Ian at our gaff a couple of days later, we affirmed our love of his venue as had done the Glamorous team. They are hopeful of making it their home for as long as they can, perhaps going weekly on a Sunday from very soon. If they do, we will certainly give them our support. (DISCO MATT)
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