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December 24, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

DJ Setlist: Homecoming – 80s DJ Set for Christmas Eve, Turks Bar, Havelock North, Thursday, December 24

Back in the bay for Christmas – and down to Turks to play some 80s tunes – good fun. And a good list I reckon, not your standard 80s DJ set…well, not my standard one, but plenty of favourites, and a few random selections…Merry Christmas everyone, here’s the tunes I played as a long-haul 5pm-11.30pm […]
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December 23, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 775

The Pogues, If I Should Fall From Grace With God (1988) It was Christmas Eve, babe, in the drunk tank… Tonight I’ll be playing that song from this record down at Turks Bar in Havelock North as part of an all-80s DJ set. I won’t be doing much in the way of Christmas songs but […]
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December 13, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Turks in Havelock North – Homecoming Xmas Eve: 80s music DJ Set (Thursday, December 24)

I’m back in Hawke’s Bay for Christmas and I’m going to be playing some 80s records down at Turks in Havelock North on Thursday, December 24. Christmas Eve. It’s an early start – 5pm, and an early finish (11.30pm for a midnight close). So that’s over six hours of my favourite tunes from the 1980s. […]
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