Ceremony for top DJ attracts a big crowd
ARNOLD Schwarzenegger gets ★
into the Oktoberfest spirit in traditional leather gear and wows crowds with a guitar.
The Terminator movie legend (75) got on stage as he partied at the Marstall Beerhall in Munich.
Arnie was with partner Heather ★
Milligan (47, inset) and sons Chris (24) and Patrick (29, right).
A BLUE plaque momorial was unveiled to honour DJ Tony de Vit who became known as the “godfather of hard house”.
English music producer De Vit was a DJ at iconic nightclubs such as London’s Heaven and Trade.
He is the first DJ ever to receive a Blue Plaque.
He died in 1998, aged
40, after contracting HIV, and the Birmingham Civic Society chose the city’s Pride weekend to honour his life.
His family, friends and a huge crowd of fans attended the ceremony.
The plaque was unveiled at the Custard Factory in Birmingham, near where de Vit ran a recording studio.
Exhibition
“He was really influential, probably on a par with Carl Cox,” said
Jez Collins from the Birmingham Music Archive.
During his career, de Vit had become one of the world’s most popular DJs.
Mr Collins, who curated an exhibition at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery this year celebrating the city’s legendary Que Club, said the city was finally celebrating its musical heritage.
The Commonwealth Games, with performances from Ozzy Osbourne, Duran Duran and Dexys Midnight Runners, to name a few, put it in the spotlight.
“There’s a real sense this is the time we need to celebrate our music heritage and our contemporary scene too,” Mr Collins said.
Among the DJs who performed at an event on Saturday celebrating Mr de Vit’s life were Northern Ireland’s Fergie and Irish Daily Star’s Mark Kavanagh.