The Second Summer of Love

1988-89: Number 17 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance musicConfusingly, the Second Summer of Love was really two summers. The first, 1988, was the warm-up as acid house graduated from hipster secret to the dominant sound of British clubland. A year later, it went viral. The implied comparison to 1967 may have been wishful thinking, but it was nonetheless a lifestyle revolution for young Britons. The old nightlife hierarchies were temporarily obliterated as unlicensed rave...

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