April 10th - ITV's Hitman & Her program do a show from the Eclipse in Coventry. A classic TV moment see's Michaela Stachen having to leave the club because "its too hot ... they've all got eyes like saucers ... ".

May - DiY & other systems attempt a free party at the Avon Free Festival, Chipping Sodbury near Bristol. Police hear of their plans and move all the travellers on and they end up at Castle Morton in the Malvern Hills. Various Sound Systems including Bedlam (first on the site), Circus Warp & Spiral Tribe are already there. 1000's of people turn up after seeing the party on the BBC's Six O'clock News. Police estimate that on the Saturday night there are 40 to 50 thousand people there! 

May 15th - Fantazia hold "Summertime" at Matchams Park Stadium, Bournemouth. Gideon allows 16000 tickets into circulation when the license is only for 8000. All tickets are sold and the resulting 15 miles of blocked M1 motorway is shown on the News at 10. Fantazia are unable to use this venue again due to this.

June - Gideon is sacked from Fantazia due to the Summertime ticket fiasco and some serious money issues arising from tape sales. He starts Chapter III promotions and Obsession is born at ‘The Park’, Wormlow, Herefordshire

June 27th - Amnesia House hold "The Book of Love" at Brayfield Stadium. After first announcing hit intention to get married at a rave on the BBC's "The Time, The Place" back in 1989. Mickey Lynas (partner in Amnesia/Nemesis) gets his wish and marries with 15000 ravers as witness' and Grooverider as the best man.

July 25th - Fantazia hold "One Step Beyond/Castle Donnington". Licensed for 25000, the totally outdoor stage is made to look like a castle with a huge dragon in the middle of the crowd.

August 28th - Pandemonium's "Here comes the sun" outdoor event, to be held near Shrewsbury is cancelled the day before (An official from the council had measured the wrong fence and declared it wasn't high enough. It was announced on the Radio before Mark Chamberlain could correct the mistake (most likely this was a ploy to stop the rave). Rumours circulate that Vision (Chris Griffin), who are holding an event at Popham Airfield, near Winchester, would accept Pandemonium tickets (untrue). This leads to 1000's of people turning up there and the perimeter fences being torn down. Unofficially there were over 25000 people there with the license for 20000.

Shelleys is closed down after reports of "Drugs being openly on sale in the near by supermarket car park".

Into 1993 & beyond