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These were extra special shows for me the couple of times Jules covered for Tong in 2008 as Jules had finished on Sat night the year before and so it was a rare treat to hear his house selections again, even if they were a mashup of his selections and the tunes Pete Tong was playing at the time. Two awesome tracks at least on this show brining back magical memories. PNAU - 'Embrace' [sam Le More] a very excellent under rated tune also, I think Fred Falke played that on his awesome essential mix that year. The first half an hour of that set was one of the most memorable a beautiful series of tunes I've ever heard in essential mix history. The other tune is just magical - Hidden Agenda - Lost Feeling. I haven't heard this in 10 years. Always great to hear long forgotten more obscure old tunes rather than the same old "classics" we've all heard 1,000 times. It takes the shine of for me a bit the more overplayed they are.

Feeling nostalgic about all the great days gone by, so though I would post a list of every time I have ever seen Jules play a live set since the very first over 10 years ago now aged 19, and invite others to do the same. Maybe many of us will find we were at the same gigs? I have quite a substantial log full of details and some of the momorable & crazy incidents that happend along the way so thought I would share it! I have seen him play 33 times to date, exactly the same number of times as he has been on the essential mix according to Pete Tong! Although most of the time I saw him was back in the day when I was rather obsessed lol. Well done to Tim and any others involved in still keeping this site going after all these years btw! Every Time ever seen Judge Jules play a set... 2004 - 11 Times 2005 - 9 Times 2006 - 6 Times 2007 - Twice 2008 - Twice 2009 - Once 2011 - Once 2012 - Once 1.) Sat 21st February 2004 - The Cross, London - Shook Hand - 1st Ever time saw him Dj after having listened to his show for the 1st time distinctively that I can remember, just a week earlier on the 14th February 2004 while driving on the England/Scotland border with the moment on video, while on the way to see Pete Tong for the 1st time at the Syndicate in Blackpool! 2.) May 2004 - Judgement Sundays @ The Syndicate, Blackpool 3.) July 2004 - Outdoor Music Festival, London 4.) July 2004 - The Syndicate, Blackpool ("Judge Jules July" 1/3 - The words I put to the trance riff of his track "so special" - Mad head! lol - Saw him at the syndicate in July 3 years running and would sing it everytime lol - It became a distintive memory of the mid noughties for me) 5.) Sat 28th August 2004 - Radio 1 Outdoor Stage, Creamfields, Liverpool 6.) Sat 11th September 2004 - Magna Revolutions, Rotheram 7.) Sat 18th September 2004 - Radio 1's One Big Weekend. Perry Park, Birmingham - Lost the car keys so we had to smash the window and sleep in the car! 8.) Fri 24th September 2004 - Pozition, Hull (Spoke From Distance - and am convinced he chose Danzel Pump it up Gladiator remix as his tried and tested tune the following night as I requested it - Also one of the loudest sets of his i've heard in a club except the Syndicate in Blackpool for the bass! He remarked upon it in his diary too. 9.) Sat 2nd October 2004 - The Syndicate, Blackpool (Spoke to after set in DJ booth where he said he recognised me from the previous friday and thanked me when i told him how great his show was!) - He also started singing at the end of his set which I recorded on video! 10.) Sat 6th November 2004 - Garlands, Liverpool 11.) Fri 3rd December 2004 - Sugashack @ The Empire, Middlesbrough - He seemed to keep staring at me, as if to say "is that him again?!" lol 12.) Sunday 27th March 2005 - Tall Trees @ Yarm 13.) Sat 7th May 2005 - Radio 1's Big Weekend, Sunderland 14.) Sat 7th May 2005 - Radio 1 Afterparty, Sunderland - Where I met Tim Traill 15.) June 2005 - Escape into the Park Festival, Swansea - Drove the 350 Miles+ to get there in time to see the last 5 mins of Jules live Radio 1 show and him saying goodbye! - Also followed by Paul Van Dyk 16.) July 2005 - The Syndicate, Blackpool ("Judge Jules July" 2/3) 17.) 30th July 2005 - Global Gathering - Live Radio 1 Show on The Radio 1 Man made beach and outdoor stage! - This is the middle one of all the 33, the absolute peak of them all probably aswell as it was such a high profile event and probably the biggest crowd I ever saw him in. There were dancers, and perfomers and planes flying overhead with coloured exhaust. Jules himself said is was one of teh best DJing moments of his life! 18.) 30th July 2005 - Global Gathering - Trance Set 5am - 6am - One of best trance sets ever heard him play but music was far too quiet! 19.) Fri 26th August 2005 - House Set Downstairs & then Trance Set Upstairs! - Best house set ever seen him play - Promise @ The Foundation, Newcastle (Spoke to outside afterwards) 20.) Sat 27th August 2005 - Creamfields 2005 - Liverpool 21.) February 2006 - Godskitchen @ Air in Birmingham - Also Armin Van Buuren playing - Spoke afterwards and gave him a cd of one of my mashups 22.) Sat 13th May 2006 - Radio 1's Big Weekend Afterparty @ London Nightclub, Dundee, Scotland - Was hanging out back stage in the vip area stood next to him doing a broadcast on a mic - Fooled the bouncers to get in as had the wrong type of wristband on! lol 23.) Sun 28th May 2006 - Time Nightclub, Derby - Was meant to be playing house set, but he played trance! - Pointed out his mistake and he had a whoops look on his face. He signed to say it would sound terrible mixing back and I signed back to suggest he should slow it down gradually - He didn't though lol 24.) Sat 8th July 2006 - The Syndicate, Blackpool - The 2 Mr Saturday Nights of the time of Radio 1 and Galaxy, Jules and Andi Durrant - ("Judge Jules July" 3/3) - Great Night 25.) Sat 29th July 2006 - Global Gathering 2006 - Trance Set live on Radio 1 from the main indoor arena 26.) 28th September 2006 - Hull University Student Nightclub 27.) Sun 8th April 2007 - Judgement Sundays with Mark & Yami @ The Syndicate, Blackpool + House Set Downstairs! - Enjoyed with 3 Dimensional Dancing! lol - Last ever visit to Syndicate in Blackpool 28.) September 2007 - Gatecrasher @ Magna, Rotheram - Right at the front of a 5 to 10,000 crowd and in his photograph of the event and on facebook - Last ever time saw him while his show was on Saturday Nights and knew the end of an era was Nigh! 29.) August 2008 @ Creamfields - With Laura. The rest of the crew were watching someone else though! - Good Set and Tidy Boys came on straight after who weren't as bad as i was expecting! 30.) September 2008 @ Eden, San Antonio, Ibiza - Only time ever saw him Dj in Ibiza up to 33rd set. Technically you could argue it counts as 2 as he did main room set, then back room house set. Chatted at the end with my face covered in blue paint by Yorkie and his gang - Must have been f***ed cos was dragged out by bouncer at the end while trying to talk to jules for taking too long to leave and being last one there! lol - Had already spoken to him for a good minute or so 1st though! lol - Didn't want to leave it at that so spoke to him outside Eden after talking about my trubute tune, how fonzerelli was on his flight and how Fonzerelli was doing a remix of the tribute tune i did for his show. 31.) August 2009 @ Creamfields - Suprise "mystery DJ" set in the afternoon as he wasn't officially on the bill - He played stuff from house to drum and bass! - Video of it somewhere with Me, Laura, John, Miller, Lias, and maybe housey too - 1st time ever saw him together with many of them i.e Miller - Last time ever saw him in the noughties and for over 2 years. 32.) November 2011 @ Sessions, Vivaz, SCARBOROUGH! - After all the years and sets of his i saw and travelled to across the country and beyond, he finally came to me for a change! Finally came to Scarborough for the 1st time since I really knew of him well and for the 1st time in 12 years! - Only 4 to 7 years too late though for me in terms of when I would have gone the most crazy for it heh. 33.) April 2012 @ The Spa Complex/Theatre, Scarborough - Felt like a farewell set, one last salute to a by gone era as he had just left Radio 1 as well.