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CLUB PIX: ONYX, BEYOND & LATER MAY DAY BH 2012 by NicoPhoto.co.uk

There was no doubt ORANGE NATION dominated the May Day Bank holiday with some spectacualr parties. Ofparticular note were Pagano’s Birthday at ONYX, BEYOND GLADIATOR and LATER’s FunFair.

These images are from NicoPhoto.co.uk where you can see many more pics or see more at ORANGE NATION FACEBOOK PAGE.

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Clubbing: Get More Out of Beyond!

Everyone’s favourite after hours BEYOND is giving you more with 3am opening every Sunday at AREA. This will be from Sunday 15.4.2012 and then every week.

BEYOND – 3AM OPENING EVERY WEEK Sunday 15th April and weekly thereafter 3am-midday @ Area

The UK’s leading gay clubbing brand is back after the bank holiday weekend with a very exciting development – doors will now open at 3am every single week!

This means more hours of Beyond magic continuing your Saturday night into Sunday morning at London’s leading super-club with three mind blowing rooms featuring London’s most talented DJs and performers.

Plus with the new additions to Area expect new lighting, sound, VIP areas and much more. Hosted by JJ Clark and Elektra Paris, with Artistic Direction from Shaun Capewell.

Resident DJs include Steve Pitron, Sharp Boys, Paul Heron, D’Johnny, HiFi Sean, Paul Christian, The Oli, Jonny M & guests.

Admission:

Free before 1am with online list / ad / flyer £8 before 1 / £10 after

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CLUB POLL 2011: Your Disco Needs your Vote

The SQ CLUB POLL 2011 is closing soon and it has been the most surprising poll of all!

European clubs are outdoing the London clubs…perhaps a sign of the times? And sophisticated Soho is out stripping clubbing Vauxhall!

We have made it so easy for you to vote…and using the power of FACEBOOK to insure no tampering or cheating (not that you do!)…and now we are making it easier!

See the clubs name’s on the right? CLICK ON THEM, and that will bring up the club’s flyer. Click on LIKE underneath and you’ve voted.

With this new format and tight security it seems clubbers are saying no to Vauxhall and yes to Europe & Soho. Or the clubbing in Vauxhall has gone down such a path that SeenQueen.com site visitors and Vauxhall clubbers are no longer the same people. Whether they don’t care, are sending a message to the promoters, exercising apathy (what’s worse, being disliked or people feeling nothing) or treating the clubs like a product you buy, use and dump (so why vote?) we don’t know. Any of those messages would not be good news to a promoter.

The SeenQueen.com club poll is important because we are not supported by clubbing revenue…so we remain in the middle. Trust in a poll that comes from a place that is financed by the clubs in that poll is a leap of faith in trust and credibility?

Just in case you haven’t visited FACEBOOK here is your chance to VOTE DIRECTLY FROM THIS PAGE.

1. CLICK ON A CLUBS NAME 

2. A NEW WINDOW WILL OPEN WITH A FLYER FROM THAT CLUB.

3. CLICK ON LIKE UNDER THE FLYER (LEFT SIDE)

4. CLOSE WINDOW, SELECT ANOTHER CLUB AND REPEAT.

A:M  |  best weekly

AS ONE  |  best event

BARCODE  |  best weekly

BEAR NECESSITY  |  best monthly

BEYOND  |   best weekly

CASA LATINA  | best event

CIRCUIT BCN (INTL)  |  best international

DELICE DREAM (INTL)  |  best international

EURO PRIDE (INTL)  |  best international

THE EDGE (BAR)  | best bar

GREENKOMM (INTL) | best interntational

GIGOLO  |  best weekly & best new

GUTTERSLUT |  best monthly

HARD ON |  best monthly

HOTWIRED  |   best event

HUSTLABALL BERLIN  |  best international

HUSTLABALL LONDON  |   best event

MADRID PRIDE (INFINITA)  | best international

LA DEMENCE (INTL)  | best international

LATER  |  best weekly

LO PROFILE SAT  | best weekly

LOVE CHILD  | best event

ONYX  |    best weekly

ORANGE  |  best weekly

PLAYTIME  |  best weekly & best new

PRIDE LONDON  |  best event

PROFILE (BAR)  |  best bar

QUEENS DAY AMSTERDAM  |  best itnernational

RAPIDO (INTL)  |  best international

RUPERT ST (BAR)  |  best bar

SALVATION  |  best event

SHADOW LOUNGE (BAR)  | best bar

SOCIETY  |  best weekly & best new

SOHO PINK SUNDAY  |  best event

SUPERMARTXE  |  best event

ROOM SERVICE  |  best weekly & best new

MARDI GRAS SYDNEY  |  best international

TRADE  |  best event

WE LONDON | best monthly

THE WEEK (LONDON)  |  best event

WIG PARTY  |  best event

XLSIOR. | best international

The category the club is nominated in is indicated on the right. The club with the highest votes overall will BEST BRAND irrelevant of the nominated category.

If you want to vote by email, visit the CONTACT FORM and write a list of your favourite clubs.

 

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CLUB POLL 2011: YOUR DISCO NEEDS YOU!

This year SeenQueen.com is utilising the security and popularity of FaceBook.com to create the ultimate safe and secure club poll! Vote for your favourite club, bar and event in the biggest gAyLIST club vote of the year. YOUR DISCO NEEDS YOU!

>>VOTE NOW! >>CLICK HERE TO VOTE IN THE SQ CLUB POLL 2011

This is how it works.

We have uploaded flyers from the nominated clubs and events into a gallery called YOUR DISCO NEEDS YOU 2011. YOU CAN VIEW IT HERE  (it will open in a new window or tab)

Click on each flyer in the album and under it, like all images on FACEBOOK there is a LIKE button. Just click on that LIKE button and that is your registered vote for that club/event. Scroll through the flyers and click on LIKE for each one you want to vote for. The name of the club is in the description below the image.

If you do not have a FACEBOOK profile and still wish to vote…please send us an email using our CONTACT FORM listing which clubs you would like to vote for. You can see the nominations below.

SQ CLUB POLL 2011 FAQS…
 Which Clubs Are Nominated?

BEYOND | CASA LATINA | HUSTLABALL LONDON | LOVECHILD | THE WEEK LONDON | AM | AS ONE | HARD ON | WE PARTY LONDON | GIGOLO* | SUPERMARTXE | ROOM SERVICE* | HOTWIRED | PLAYTIME* | ORANGE | WIG PARTY | INFINITA ORGULO MADRID | SATURDAY @ BARCODE | RUPERT STREET BAR | LATER | TRADE 21ST | GUTTERSLUT | SATURDAY @ LO PROFILE | ONYX | SOCIETY* | SYDNEY MARDI GRAS 2011 | DELICE DREAM 2011 | LA DEMENCE BRUSSELS | HUSTLABALL BERLIN | PROFILE BAR | XSLIOR 2011 | PRIDE LONDON 2011 | SOHO PINK WEEKEND 2011 | EURO PRIDE (ROMA) 2011 | GREENKOMM COLOGNE | RAPIDO AMSTERDAM | QUEENS DAY AMSTERDAM | CIRCUIT PARTY BARCELONA | SHADOW LOUNGE | THE EDGE BAR.

 

How Were These Clubs Nominated?

The clubs/bars and events listed in this club poll had to meet two criteria. First of all they have to be recommended by Seen Queen in 2011, that is, they have appeared or appear in our CLUB DIARY. Second, the club/bar/event has to be current, still running, had dates in the previous year and this year and in the case of events may continue or are planned for 2012. If your favourite club/bar/event is missing from our poll, please let us know which one that is. It may have been accidentally left out or it may have not met one of these criteria.

 

Why Are There Different Categories In The Poll?

This year Seen Queen will awarding 6 different awards. There will of course be the overall winner (the club/bar/event with the highest number of votes) called the BEST BRAND but we will also have the following CATEGORIES:

-Best Weekly Club (for clubs that are held on a weekly or bi weekly basis)

-Best Monthly Club (for clubs that are held on a monthly or less basis)

-Best Bar (a venue is considered a bar if it licence closes before 3am, even if it has club facilities)

-Best Event (for clubs and events that are held on a less frequent basis than once every two months. This includes annual events. If a club is new and they have had a frequency that match this,  it will be considered an event for that year.)

-Best New Brand  (these are marked by an ‘*’ and will be placed in this category. A club or event is listed as ‘new’ if it was first added to our Club Diary in 2010 and has not been in our diary prior and is based in London) and

-Best International Brand (a club, party or event not held in the United Kingdom but we can recommend)

Each category will also have a Runner-Up position.

 

How Many Times Can I Vote?

This year we are using FACEBOOK authentication. By liking a photo in our YOUR DISCO NEEDS YOU 2011 album on our Facebook Page…you are voting for your favourite club. Comments are welcomed too. You can LIKE as many flyers as you like. Only flyers liked in our official album will be counted towards the vote… votes from shares will not count unless it auto adds to the vote already. Only the numbers under the flyers in our gallery will count…so shares may promote the club, but the like has to be registered in the orignal album under the orignal flyer. From what we understand you can only LIKE the same image once. You may have to LIKE our FaceBook Page first before taking part in the poll. If you do not have  a FaceBook profile than email us with your selection from the above nominated clubs.

 

How Do You Stop People From Cheating?

You can only like the same image once, which is authenticated from your profile. You must be logged into FaceBook to vote, which authorises that profile. You may need to LIKE the SeenQueen Page to vote.

Emails sent with a vote will need to authenticated. Please check your Junk mail a coule of days after emailing your vote. If you do not reply to the email authorisation, your vote may not be added.

 

What Does The Winner Get?

The winning clubs will receive a CLUB AWARD LOGO which they can proudly display on their flyers and posters letting the world know they are London’s favourite club/bar/event/international club as voted by YOU. They will also be referred to in all editorial as ‘BEST CLUB/EVENT/BAR etc…

The BEST BRAND (that is, the overall winner) will receive ‘visual’ exposure (or advertising) on Seen Queen until the end of March 2010,  while each category winner will receive one month free ‘visual’ exposure (or advertising) on Seen Queen (which is included in the ‘overall’ winners prize).

Remember, Seen Queen already only lists the ‘best of the best’ so this accolade means the winner(s) are at the top of their field and a brand that can be trusted to deliver.

 

>>VOTE NOW! >>CLICK HERE TO VOTE IN THE SQ CLUB POLL 2011

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CLUB PIX: Beyond The Big Top

Everyone loves a circus and when Beyond announced for the bank holiday it’s bigtop plans, the ripple of anticipation grew.

Now, we know Beyond, which is the winner of Best Brand of 2010 as well as best weekly club, was popular but this bank holiday it was ‘disco freaks and big top geeks’ central…as not only did the circus came to town, but everyone went out to meet it. Hunks, weirdo’s, Vauxhall trash, gAylisters, chavs, muscle lads, gogos, clowns (yes, there were a few), gorgeous drag, tragic drag, bears (of all shapes and sizes) made the Beyond Big Top one hell of an afterhours.

All pics by Chris Jepson. To see the full gallery please check CHRIS JEPSON FACEBOOK PAGE

Beyond Big Top

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Club Pix: Beyond Vs La Demence & Later

Beyond teamed up with  club La Demence for a MayDay bank holiday marathon which became one of the hits of the weekend. This was followed by Later which went all 60′s style on us.

These images were taken by Chris Jepson from www.londonclubland.com.

 

 

See the full galleries at www.londonclubland.com

 

 

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Club Pix: Orange MayDay Mashup

With Easter, the Royal Wedding and MayDay practically backing up to each other, London’s gay scene got set to impress us big time. The Orange, Fire, Area group put on all their big guns…some of their biggest nights over the weekend included As One, Beyond (all parties), Orange, WE and Later.

While not all their parties worked well, if it was on a Sunday…it was a hit! This trend proved itself over both bank holidays. Here is a mashup collection of images from their Facebook Page taken at WE, Onyx, As One and Beyond. It seems they have are now taking their own photos mainly for viral purposes in order to promote their nights by populating their social network pages with images. These photos are by Joel Ryder.

 

 

See more images at ALL THINGS ORANGE FaceBook page.

 

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Club Review: Beyond Black by SceneB.itch

Winner of Best Club brand and Best Weekly club 2010, Beyond (Black) totally overshadowed the Black Party (all the real leather guys were up the road at the F… Reunion)…but London’s SceneB.itch was there, fresh from his experience at F…Reunion.

SceneB.itch: “….So with the party already in full swing, the main room was just being reopened again which was superb timing and chance to immediately get out and be seen as the long chain of sexy clubbers streamed from the bar into the main room. So taking the vantage point against the wall, I surveyed the crowd to spot my friends and get googled by the throngs of hot clubbers with pumping house still thrilling the second room or as it is now called the Future House chapel (?).

But it was the main room – with probably Sharp Boys, Mikey D or Paul Heron on the decks that at 6.00am the music was so deliciously mixed – and filled already with a plethora of gorgeous sexy bodies gyrating around me it was hard not to focus on the music and the spectacular light displays. Beyond on these days just manages to encompass that magical clubbing atmosphere. With the light show working perfectly in tandem with the music of pumping, uplifting, vocal house that seems to resonate with the throbbing mass. There was no absence of vantage points and podiums to dance on – which increased the visibility and desire of many to the rampant beats of lust and as it seemed the perfect place for everyone who wanted a piece of me.

 

The bars were being efficiently served, I even got offered free Lucozade by one clubber as he was leaving the main room’s bar, maybe it was buy one get two free? The toilets as well were being efficiently kept clean and tidy but jeez how did that fella keep his woolly sweater on all night long!

It was impossible to see if the Black Party crowd were still there – as most of the crowd were topless, apart from one peculiar female who was wearing some kind of cute bear furry hat – um, well she seemed to inspire that other regular club reviewer Disco Danny who was having a bit of a mad hatters tea party near the DJ booth – want some samba lessons baby? But we did see a few more harnesses and leather pants than on your usual Sunday at Church. Although the ones who really scare me are the guys who look like mature second hand car sales men or my Dad! – standing around in their M&S zip up jackets – have they really come to the right place?…” Read the full review in all it’s glory HERE

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VIDEO: Born This Way…

You were born fabulous so be fabulous! Celebrating London’s vibrant gay scene,  here is a video put together of various Internet clips, our own clips and featuring fliers from some of London’s award winning clubs. Yes, you were born this way and you deserve SeenQueen.com…because you are worth it! 

 

 

 

Featuring clips and images from A:M, Beyond, SuperMartXe, LoveChild, Hard On, Onyx, Area, Fire.

 

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CLUB POLL 2010…and the winner is!

What a fantastic club poll we had this year! Our security measures, people willingness to respect the rules and the fun and anticipation factor helped us to create a club poll that truly reflects the choices made by London and the world’s gAyLIST. You voted. Your Disco Needed You. And here is the result.

THE WINNERS & RUNNER-UPS

The Best Clubs of 2010

The Best Clubs of 2010

Seen Queen Club Poll XTRA: Focus on ALEX ERFAN & ALL THINGS ORANGE

The global clubbing scene has not really had its best year perhaps affected by the global recession, internet cruising and the changing gay scene over the years from a social based to profit based business. The increase of gay acceptance in the West also sees many homo-discoers choosing other clubs and activities over the ‘gay scene’ where the need to ‘herd’ for safety and acceptance decreases each year. Saying that, London still stands heads and shoulders above the rest for variety and clubbing from Monday to Sunday. Winning an award on SeenQueen.com not only means that club is the best in London, but also the globe.

2010 has seen mixed fortunes for one of the scene biggest suppliers of club brands…the All Things Orange Group who own clubs at two venues Fire and Area. The changing club environment may have seen cut back across the gay scene, but Fire injected an untold amount of money into redeveloping the main room creating a space worthy of global attention and injecting a new energy into the venue. This renovation alone saw the clubs fortunes change (the Soho club LoProfile also injected money into a new lighting and laser array which impacted on that clubs attendance too. Maybe the way out of a recession is to spend not cut!) The ALL THINGS ORANGE GROUP itself, including independent promoters that utilise their venues, has 6 brands in the top 10 alone. Impressive. And it shows how appreciative the clubbers are of these efforts.

Another change in the groups policy is reinventing their club brands by bringing in different promoters and expanding their club brands…but instead of having everything at Fire, they have started to utilise other venues too. This creates variety with each space able to suite the club that it was intended for and with each new promoter able to inject thier own personality into the club.

Perhaps the single most important person in keeping the club scene fresh, pumping and introducing new brands is Alex Erfan. His name is attached to three of those top 10′s: LoveChild (his own brand, that also won Best Monthly Club), As One (a co-promotion that came runner up in the EVENT category) and WE, the Spanish phenomena that took London by storm in November 2010 and scooped not only the BEST EVENT of 2010 but also the BEST NEW BRAND. You can already see the influence and impact this promoter has had with these three fabulous clubbing brands. Add to that BACK 2 BEYOND (another co-promotion that used the original home of Beyond to create a Saturday night version of this famous afterhours…and the RunnerUp for Best New Brand), THE WEEK (a club he bought over from Brazil to Fire with it’s next event being at the Coronet on 29.1), PERVERT (Italy’s famous club that Alex introduced to London in January 2010), HustlaBall London (the London version of the infamous circuit event) and London Global Dance Festival (the first of it’s kind in London bringing international club brands and DJs to play under all the arches at FIRE)…the impact and influence this man has had is obvious and if it wasn’t for him what would 2010 have been like?

2011 also promises to be an interesting year for Alex. He has introduced Amsterdam bear club Bear Necessity to London, bringing back the Week at the end of January, celebrating LoveChild’s 2nd Birthday at Fire in February and already making plans for HustlaBall London 2010 and London Global Dance Festival 2011.

2011…bring it on!

THE CHARTS

TOP 10 OVERALL:

1. BEYOND AFTER HOURS

Beyond remained the clear favourite from the start of the poll leading most, if not all, of the way. It’s margin continually increased over time and it lead by a clear 60 votes claiming 6% of the entire poll. This is the second year in a row Beyond at AREA has won the not only the Best Weekly Club but Best Club overall it truly remaining London;s biggest and (now literally) the best club.

2. BARCODE SOHO

For a small BAR, Barcode Soho certainly packs a big punch when competing for top spot in the Seen Queen club poll. It came second overall for the second year in a row also scooping the BEST BAR award. It’s down to earth nature perhaps lend greatly to most people nominating it as it’s best bar. It does not fit into the trendy category, or fashionable. It’s to up market to be though of a sleazy or ‘down tempo’, but it’s not up market enough to be considered posh or pretentiousness. A cocktail is as comfortable as a beer, and with some of London’s biggest name DJs, new breed DJs and a small club downstairs that is a favourite with the early evening brigade or pre club posse, Barcode Soho fit’s comfortable with most gay men…which is reflected in it’s winner status.

3. LOVECHILD

LoveChild is a club promoted by Alex Erfan, the man we can salute for being one of the gay scenes most influential promoters, who helped transform and influence London’s gay clubbing 2010 the most. LoveChild was born nearly two years ago at Pacha, but moved to Fire just over a year ago. A monthly club, it helped Fire return to the hearts & minds of clubbers by it’s monthly injection of glamour, attracting a mixed but gAyLIST orientated crowd and used DJs that were outside the main Fire staple bringing a different sound to the club. LoveChild very quickly grew and moved onto Europe too exporting this popular brand to the continent. LoveChild won BEST MONTHLY CLUB award of 2010

4 AM AFTERHOURS

A:M was handed over to Oliver Mohn who was given a free hand at redeveloping the brand. New artwork, a bigger rotation of DJs and a strict door policy saw this clubbing brand transform nearly overnight. The result…AM became ‘gay again’ attracting a hot and hunky, yet still very clubby crowd. This was quickly drawn to our attention, and it was re-listed on SeenQueen.com. This weekly clubbed came RUNNER UP WEEKLY CLUB OF 2010…a magnificent feat considering it has only been about 6 months since it was relisted.

5. WE

What happens when two co- promoters break up…one of them starts his own party with his ‘bigger and better’ ideas and WE was born. This Spanish brand grew quickly and came to London only last November 2010. The opening party was held in the ‘other’ partners former venue ‘The Coronet’. Learning from the mistakes including on how to organise a coatcheck, WE was launched with a big advertising campaign and it attracted the cream of the London scene. WE had something to prove, that they were better than the ‘other brand’…and since this was WE’s only event in 2010, it scooped the BEST EVENT award of 2010, beating overall it’s ‘nearest competitior’

6. SUPERMARTXE

Launched by Logan Presents over two years ago… based on the original Spanish brand… SuperMartXe became an overnight success. With it’s lavish stage shows and big production values it was a gAylisters favourite destination. However, despite the big crowds it has logistical problems which affected the clubs reputation. SuperMartXe came RUNNER UP MONTHLY club…but 6th overall….we believe it’s overall position is reflecting the big problems it had by moving the club to a new venue for it’s 2nd Anniversary…with even longer queues for entry and coatcheck affecting it’s loyal fanbase who loved SuperMartXe but was disappointed by another logistical nightmare and failed on mass to come out and support them in this club poll.

7. AS ONE

The idea was simple….on a bank holiday get together 5 or 6 club brands, make sure they select their best DJS and then come together AS ONE. Queue Alex Erfan (London promoter) and Craig Elder (Fire owner)….and London’s famous Fire club. AS ONE was born on New Years Day 2010 forcing open all of Fires arches to accommodate the thronging party crowd.  This club brand was perfect to reflect the variety of gay tribes that love to club, and placing them under one roof. All the AS ONE parties were brilliant, putting club politics aside and celebrating the diversity the London gay scene has to offer. We feel this is reflected in it becoming RUNNER-UP MONTHLY CLUB, RUNNER-UP NEW BRAND* and 7th overall.

*Please note- the award Runner-Up New Brand was mistakenly given to 'Back 2 Beyond' which actually came in THIRD in the 'New Brand' category. We have now corrected this. AS ONE fell into two categories in 2010 those being 'Event' and 'New' although the 'New' label was mistakenly left off the voting form. Thank you to Disco Matt for pointing out AS ONE was a New Year Day party in 2010 and not a New Years Eve event which makes it eligible for the Best New Brand category. If you feel it is not right to transfer the award to it's rightful owner and labelling As One as 'New' in the voting form would have altered your vote then please get in contact with us.What would the SeenQueen.com club poll be without a little controversy!

8. HARD ON

SeenQueen.com includes several ‘fetish’ type clubs in our listing and HARD ON is a consistent top 10 ten overall club. Hard ON recently labelled itself ‘YOUR DIRTY DANCE CLUB’ further integrating clubbing and fetish into a unique environment that encouraged you to explore your sexuality while at the same time offering  a modern version of ‘fetish clubbing’. Hard ON has a loyal following and this is reflected in it’s overall 8th position.

9. ORANGE.

Orange is one of Fire’s longest running club brands and it consistently does well in the club poll. Held on a Sunday it has its work cut out for it, but under the guiding hand of the Sharp Boys Orange continues to impress with it’s uplifting main floor, it ground breaking RAW room and FatTonnic lounge. It’s been running for years for a reason….and it came 9th overall in our club poll.

10. PROFILE

Profile was an instant hit with trendy Soho drinkers who also wanted a hip-diner styled dining experience. With DJs on Friday & Saturday, being located above it’s big brother club ‘LoProfile’, Profile was always going to be a favourite pre-club destination. Its popularity has grown over the years and coming in 10th overall shows you it’s success as a bar. The crowd and staff are usually well dressed, nice looking and mixed…perfect for the coctail hour or a beer.

TOP 3 WEEKLY CLUBS:

1. BEYOND 2. AM 3. ORANGE

TOP 3 MONTHLY CLUBS:

1. LOVECHILD 2. SUPERMARTXE 3. HARDON

TOP 3 BARS:

1. BARCODE SOHO 2. PROFILE 3. RUPERT STREET

TOP 3 EVENTS:

1. WE 2. AS ONE 3.TRADE

TOP 3 NEW BRANDS:

1. WE 2. AS ONE 3. BACK 2 BEYOND

TOP 3 INTERNATIONAL EVENTS:

1. CIRCUIT FESTIVAL (BCN)  2. LA DAMENCE (BRUSSELS) 3 .RAPIDO (AMSTERDAM)

To view the FULL RESULT…>>CLICK HERE

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CLUB PIX: Beyond & Salvation NYD 2011

Here is a selection of gorgeous pics by scene photographer Chris Jepson for www.londonclubland.com. See the full set of pics at his website.

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See the full galleries: BEYOND AFTERHOURS NYD | SALVATION NYD

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CLUB POLL 2010: YOUR DISCO NEEDS YOU

VOTING IS NOW CLOSED!

1. VOTING CLOSED MIDNIGHT 20.1 2011.

2. YOU MUST CONFIRM YOUR VOTE BY MIDNIGHT 21.1.2011. Non confirmed votes will be considered as fake/false and the votes from those emails will be not added to the end result and some emails may even be added to our block list depending on the final filter outcomes.

3. THE LAST SEEN RESULT is NOT the FINAL RESULT. After the last few confirmations, we will runs several IP and email checks to catch any duplicates which may have been added to the result. Duplicate votes will be removed and votes adjusted.

4. THIS promises to be our most accurate poll yet. Some of you may have thought there may have been to many ‘hoops’ to jump through, but these are necessary to ENSURE our poll reflects the choice of the true voters. If there is one thing you can be sure of is our integrity and credability to provide you with the most accurate club poll possible.

5. Our attitude is simple…one true vote is worth 10 false ones. If a person can take the time to vote, then they should also be able to confirm thier vote…the large amount of unconfirmed votes implies a lot of the email addresses were made up, dubplictes, fake or otherwise. Why people do this is unknown except winning our club poll can hold prestige for the club and also a back on the back from those that n=matter…you the clubbers….saying THANK YOU for those great clubbing moments. Well done!

6 Final POLL results announced 23.1.2011

Thank you to all those who logged a legitimate vote. Your feedback to the club promoters and other SeenQueen.com site visitors is invaluable.

VOTING TRENDS

Here well will report on voting trends as they occur.


DATA SHARING: These trends are from the votes accepted at the club poll, but data is not shared with anyone and kept strictly confidential. Your vote remains anonymous. The only information revealed is the result and the trending posts below, and nothing more.

20.1.2011: Our confirmation process has seen 288 unconfirmed/fake/false/non existent emails logged for our poll. An unconfirmed vote is an uncounted vote, this strategy providing us with the most accurate poll to date. Saying that, we believe some confirmation emails may have gone to the Junk Mail, but all things being equal and we are reminding people to check…if you can not confirm you vote by Midnight on 21.1.2011, it will be deleted! Unconfirmed votes include Profile (37), Beyond Afterhours (128), DTPM (36), As One (55), Trade (31), Sydney Mardi Gras (15), SuperMartXe (66)…and as you can see some of these figures makes the difference between wining first and loosing first. YOUR DISCO NEEDS YOU. Check your junk mail!

20.1.2011: Europeans are out in full force with ‘strategic voting’ and ‘single club’ voting going on…

18.1.2011: Last year SeenQueen.com randomly selected emails to confirm. This year EVERY email except those auto-recognised need confirmation. This policy has proven effective in weeding out the fakes, false and duplicate votes (why bother folks, we gonna catch you….guaranteed, if not during the poll but then during the final filtering after the poll has closed!). If your email is legitimate, then CONFIRM it…that is 253 votes waiting to be confirmed. An unconfirmed email is worthless to us and a loss for the club you are voting for. This years poll is close, so your vote can make the difference. Check your junk mail…it may have gone there…after the 20th, you will have until the 21.1.2011 to confirm before the voting lockdown and final filters are applied to come up with the most accurate and reflective vote ever!

18.1.2011: Which manager has tried to vote three times using different emails and slight variations in their name? Which club has turned to strategic voting…with votes mainly coming in for itself but mostly from emails that don’t exist?

15.1.2011: Votes are flooding in…but now 175 emails need to be confirmed. That translates to 41 votes for SuperMartXe, 15 for the Sydney Mardi Gras, 55 votes for Onyx, 31 votes for La Damence, 17 for HotWired, 15 votes for the Shadow Lounge, 31 for Matinee and 66 for LoveChild. It is more important more than ever to check your junk mail, then confirm or it won’t be added. That is why this is the most secure club poll yet…if an email is not physically confirmed it is considered as fake/spam/junk.

15.1.2011: While most of the scene DJs have voted, some of the ‘bigger names’ haven’t. In saying that. a few of those who have voted did not necessarily vote for the clubs they worked at indicating they aren’t moved by ‘club politics’….or had a ‘wish list’ of where they would like to play.

8.1.2011: 51 emails are needing confirmation…so check the JUNK BOX. Emails not confirmed will be considered false or fake and will be removed and or block. Stats show those those 51 email contain a potential 15 votes for SuperMartxe, 9 for As One, 21 for A:M, 8 for WE. 10 for B2B and 12 for La Damence….so make sure you confirm or loose your vote…the difference between winning and loosing first, second and even third!

29.12.2010: More tom foolery in our Club Poll, this time quite innocent, but for the more astute of you it was quite noticeable. Our club poll employs the strictest security which means less votes will registered over all as there are more hoops to jump through and cheating has been made virtually impossible. This means a more accurate result but with a lower vote count. Due to this the poll allows at ‘booster’ shot which will equally give all nominations an equal amount of votes. This is so that some nominations will not have a vote of zero and it ‘equally inflates the poll to pad it upwards. Boosters are common on some polls, as it encourages voting. We employed the booster, although by accident, by ticking ‘yes’ instead of ‘no’. Votes have been readjusted back down by exactly 20 votes to reflect the number of votes registered. We have set the boost to ’0′ so it can not be accidentally added again. All births are messy, and with the new security measures we are still learning.

29.12.2010: BEYOND continues to lead the club poll as overall winner and best weekly club, A:M afterhours is a close runner up. The best bar so far is PROFILE, also clocking in 3rd overall beating super clubs like SuperMartXe is just outside the overall top 10 and second in the best monthly club, where the crown is currently worn by LoveChild. The best new event/bar/club is WE which is found at 8th place overall. Coming in at 17th place is the leading best International Party, Circuit Festival Barcelona. Best EVENT is AS ONE which stands strong 4th overall. Perhaps the biggest disappointment is Matinee, when under Oliver M won 3 years in a row, during the transition to Logan, fell from grace and now clocks in at 21 overall. Of course, anything can happen..so get VOTING!

22.12.2010: The promoters at BEYOND must have been jumping for joy when last years Best Overall Winner surged ahead with 100 votes beyond it’s nearest competition AS ONE. Cyber alarms rang wild here at SQHQ, as we run a comparison command between the small amount of votes (so far) that have been registered and the total votes on the poll; and then added filters and found out an input data error added a ’1′ to Beyond’s current vote putting it into three digits…which is not really expected to happen until later on in the poll when the competition heats up. It has now be rectified to reflect the actual vote. If you don’t think Beyond deserves to win again, there is only one way to change that…VOTE!

17.12.2010: Quite a few promoters and DJs are getting their votes out of the way early the overall TOP 5 currently being 1. As One (event) 2. Beyond Afterhours (weekly) 3. A:M Afterhours (weekly) 4. LoveChild (monthly) 5. Barcode Soho (bar)

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