Rise Of Raves A Pushback Against Corporate Music

Why are raves making a comeback in the UK? The corporatization of pop music doesn’t give outlet to teenage rebellion. “It is hard to pretend you’re posing a threat to anything other than your own will to live when you’re surrounded by corporate logos at an event broadcast on the BBC and attended by ex-Big Brother housemates and the cast of Hollyoaks. What self-respecting teenager wouldn’t instead opt for an illegal rave, with its sense of outlaw cool and danger – offering not just drug-fuelled hedonism, but an attendant palaver involving the chance to run across motorways, trespass on private property and the occasional spot of light rioting?”