21 Facts About Gatecrasher

Gatecrasher is an international clubbing brand made famous by the "Gatecrasher" dance music events, which were held at the Republic nightclub in Sheffield, UK during the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Gatecrasher was first held as a one-off event in 1993 in the West Midlands at the Tardebigge Engine House.

In 1996 Gatecrasher started to use a nightclub in the city centre called The Republic for one-off events such as New Year's Eve; in 1997 the event moved to the venue permanently.

Gatecrasher offered an all-night event, with big-name DJs throughout the night, with Judge Jules as resident DJ.

Scott Bond's style of dance music was reflected in the DJs booked for the nights and at the end of the 1990s, Gatecrasher was instrumental in the rise of trance music with the use of DJs like Ferry Corsten.

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In 1998, Gatecrasher joined forces with the London nightclub Ministry of Sound and held its first outdoor festival at Lotherton Hall in Leeds, which was broadcast on BBC Radio 1.

Gatecrasher has won other awards, including, The Guardian's and Times Club of the Year award in 1999, BEDA Awards Event of the Year category in 1999, Mixmags Crowd of the Year award in 1998 and Ministry Magazine Club of the Year award in 1999.

Lotherton Hall event was repeated in 1999, but Gatecrasher organised it alone; the event was again broadcast on BBC Radio 1.

Gatecrasher bought the Music Factory nightclub in Sheffield in 1999 and renamed it Bed.

Gatecrasher has toured around the world to: Europe, Australia, Taiwan, China, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Japan.

Gatecrasher relocated its summer festival to Turweston Airfield near Brackley, Northamptonshire.

Gatecrasher then launched its own record label in 2001, followed by the release of the first album Digital.

In order for Gatecrasher to continue, the company began to focus on the nightclub market and not just single events.

In 2007, Gatecrasher bought Media nightclub in Nottingham, and after a million pound refurbishment, relaunched the venue as Gatecrasher Nottingham.

In September 2008, Gatecrasher opened a 5 million pound superclub in Birmingham, UK that was designed by Callin Fortis of Big Time Design Studios.

Also in 2009, Gatecrasher Loves Nottingham was re-branded as "Gatecrasher Ultra" and their Watford venue, "Area", was re-designed.

Gatecrasher successfully appealed its licence revocation and the Leeds club re-opened at the end of 2011.

Gatecrasher responded with an official statement on its own website, stating that "sensationalist online portals and blogs" had been furthering "their own selfish pursuits".

Gatecrasher responded to the key allegations in the Beatsmedia article and invited anyone who was still owed money from the 2013 administration process to contact Duff and Phelps directly or email Gatecrasher's Accounts Department.

Gatecrasher in turn needs to listen to the public dissatisfaction, take on board the constructive criticism, learn from its own past mistakes and work with the music community.

Popularity of the Gatecrasher brand is partly due to the large number of compilation albums having been released.