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Sep 2020
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#BattleOfRave: Coming soon...

Bbc Radio 5 Live
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When Ecstasy and Acid House first swept Britain, a group of lives would be changed forever. One Story. Half real life. Half drama. Coming soon... Ecstasy: The Battle Of Rave.

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