Cream (nightclub)

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Cream was a music promotion trio (Darren Hughes, James Barton and Andy Carroll[1]) that originally began hosting a weekly house music club night[2][3] (1992–2002)[4] at the now-demolished Nation nightclub (formerly Snobs Disco[5]) in Wolstenholme Square in Liverpool.[6] It ran in this format from October 1992 to June 2002.[7]

Cream has counted Steve Lawler and Yousef amongst its resident DJs.[8][9]

Cream also hosts the dance music festival Creamfields every August in Daresbury, Cheshire. Creamfields has won the award for Best Dance Event at the UK Festival Awards a record six times since the awards began 10 years ago, most recently in December 2014. In 2010, they also won the Music Week award for "Festival of the Year".[10]

In 2012, Live Nation acquired the Creamfields Festival Brand from Cream on a contract basis .[11]

Cream's home in Wolstenholme Square, Liverpool was demolished in 2016 as part of an urban regeneration project. Plans to build a new home for the nightclub as part of the development were retrospectively removed from the planning application.[12]

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  3. ^ "Cream nightclub 'grand finale' death man named". BBC News. 28 December 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
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  5. ^ "30 Years of Cream – Liverpool's Legendary Nightclub". Uncover Liverpool. 12 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  6. ^ Barlow, Eleanor (11 April 2016). "Watch: Home of superclub Cream demolished". Liverpool Echo.
  7. ^ "Stars Of VHS: Cream 1995". Ministry of Sound. Retrieved 21 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Steve Lawler: Biography". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  9. ^ Rota, Zack (27 May 2015). "The Empire of Yousef Is a Powerful Brand". Vice. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  10. ^ "UK Festival Awards (2009)". Archived from the original on 10 March 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
  11. ^ "Live Nation Buys EDM Entertainment Company Cream Holdings Ltd, Owner of Creamfields Festivals". Billboard. 9 May 2012.
  12. ^ "New Cream nightclub could be removed from Wolstenholme Square plans". 12 December 2017.