Jun 17, 2023 · Sunrise made the front page of The Sun as the infamous “Worst Ever!” headline. The feature infamously claimed, “kids looking as young as 12 stayed up all night after taking a ‘mind-bending yuppie drug.” Other reports claimed ravers had “bitten the heads off pigeons” and left “ecstasy wrappers” on the floor of the hangar.

Apr 17, 2013 · The Sun's article was especially fantastical, describing "thousands of ecstasy wrappers littering the floor" – whatever ecstasy wrappers are. Ultimately, things got nasty: promoters got more ruthless, criminal gangs moved in and the police cracked down, often indiscriminately.

Aug 11, 2013 · The Sun newspaper runs the famous headline "SPACED OUT" with a two page "Ecstasy Airport” expose. Other reports involve “youngsters so drugged up they ripped the heads of pigeons!”“at the end of the night the floor was covered in empty ecstasy wrappers”.

Jan 27, 2019 · The Sun newspaper runs the famous headline "SPACED OUT" with a two page "Ecstasy Airport” expose. Other reports involve “youngsters so drugged up they ripped the heads of pigeons!”“at the end of the night the floor was covered in empty ecstasy wrappers”.

Aug 11, 2013 · The Sun newspaper runs the famous headline "SPACED OUT" with a two page "Ecstasy Airport” expose. Other reports involve “youngsters so drugged up they ripped the heads of pigeons!”“at the end of the night the floor was covered in empty ecstasy wrappers”. Unsurprisingly , both were untrue.

Jun 25, 2022 · The Sun - accurate as ever - mistook confetti cannon detritus for ecstasy wrappers...and made the whole country aware of acid house, fuelling the ever growing fireball!

The story in The Sun, which ran under the headline 'Spaced Out!', claimed the event was attended by 11,000 'drug-crazed kids – some as young as 12' and that, when the party was over, reporters saw 'thousands of empty ecstasy wrappers littering the floor'. Beneath the newspaper's famous red logo were the words, 'Thought: Curse of our kids'.

In the late 80s and early 90s, media outlets reported extensively on the illegal rave scene, often focusing on the supposed dangers and negative aspects of t...

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Sep 25, 2018 · The first Sunrise occurred on 8 October 1988 in Wembley, four days after ITN had transmitted a damning six-minute report about the dangers of ecstasy, and so the police busted it. Undeterred, Tony then put on a bash at a secret location near his home in Buckinghamshire.