Sacha Lord has tracked down the couple who got engaged in the middle of the dancefloor at Warehouse Project.
A video doing the rounds on social media shows a clubber getting down on one knee as strobe lights flash overhead and other people in the crowd try to push past at one of the world’s biggest nightlife events.
And while it’s not exactly your typical proposal to have a diamond ring in one hand and a vodka Red Bull in the other – they both look pretty made up.
The couple have now been identified as Dee Laurie, 32, and Stephen Ciotkowski, 31, who are now engaged after two and a half years together.
Once the video made its way to Sacha Lord, the man behind both Warehouse Project and Parklife, he was quick to give the engaged lovebirds a congratulatory gift.
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The pair have been given backstage passes for the rest of the WHP 2023 season. Sweet.
Sacha wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter: “I was sent this yesterday, a lovely moment.
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“@WHP_Mcr on Friday when a couple got engaged. I’ve tracked them down and given them both Backstage Access for the rest of the season.
I was sent this yesterday, a lovely moment @WHP_Mcr on Friday when a couple got engaged.
I’ve tracked them down and given them both Backstage Access for the rest of the season.
Dee and Stephen, myself and the Whp team wish you both all the best for your future together. pic.twitter.com/VZbnH29q5a
He chose to speak out publicly to defend Myles Goodfellow and Indy Geraghty on that occasion after they were ruthlessly targeted by trolls.
The happy newly-engaged couple on the Warehouse Project dancefloorA different couple who got engaged at Parklife last summer
He said at the time: “Yesterday an amazing moment happened as Parklife saw a proposal on stage from a young couple.
“Unfortunately, the internet reaction to two young people sharing a special moment was quite frankly vile.
“I would like to find this couple and give them free entry to Parklife and The Warehouse Project for life and not only that, but to pay for their honeymoon, so that when they go away, I want them to sit there in the sun posting pictures to social media, knowing that those people who had a go at them are bitter, and they’re not there.”
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So you can forget your murder on the dancefloor – this year it’s all about love.
Grammy-winning disco legend Purple Disco Machine is heading to Manchester for a huge gig
Daisy Jackson
Legendary German nu-disco and house producer Purple Disco Machine has a huge Manchester gig on the horizon, hot off the back of the release of his Paradise album.
The Grammy Award-winning artist’s latest release is packed with collaborations from some of the biggest names in music, including Nile Rodgers, Metronomy, Jake Shears, Duke Dumont, Sophie and the Giants, Nothing But Thieves and more.
And now he’s bringing his unforgettable disco vibes to a dance floor on our home turf, with a massive gig lined up at O2 Victoria Warehouse.
Set to take place on Friday 7 March, Purple Disco Machine will promise an incredible night of sizzling dance and house music, with support from Dan Shake, Oden & Fatzo Live!, and Urbi.
His irresistible sound includes hits like Hypnotised, Dished (Male Stripper) and, never one to miss a trend, an addictive remix of I’m Just Ken from the Barbie soundtrack.
His other remixes have included tracks for Dua Lipa, Sir Elton John, Mark Ronson, Calvin Harris, Fatboy Slim and Britney Spears.
And of course there’s that Grammy win for his remix of Lizzo’s About Damn Time.
On Paradise, he’s released tonnes more addictive disco beats, notably Substitution with Julian Perretta, and Honey Boy with Nile Rodgers.
And live, Purple Disco Machine has cut his teeth on the British festival circuit, including recently joining Fisher at his headline Gunnersbury Park show in London.
Now a multi-platinum-selling artist, with more than two billion streams worldwide, the Paradise tour is set to take Manchester by storm.
Purple Disco Machine will be at the O2 Victoria Warehouse in Manchester on Friday 7 March – you can get tickets HERE.
A club night dedicated to the emo anthems of your youth is heading to Manchester
Daisy Jackson
Manchester, prepare to dust off your stompers and dig out your fingerless gloves, and get ready to party to the biggest emo anthems into the early hours.
A club night dedicated to 00s Emo Anthems is heading back to one of the city’s most iconic venues this spring.
Black Parade will be taking over the O2 Ritz Manchester for a night of pure noughties punk, running all the way from 9pm until 1am.
That’s four hours packed with party anthems from the likes of My Chemical Romance, Paramore, Fall Out Boy, Blink-182 and loads more.
On Friday 11 April, Black Parade will promise a playlist that’s filled with hits from the biggest names in emo.
That list also includes Taking Back Sunday, Bring Me The Horizon, Panic! At The Disco, The Used, All American Rejects, Jimmy Eat World, Linkin Park, Enter Shikari, You Me At Six, Pierce The Veil and loads more.
Black Parade has been running for eight years in venues all over the UK, even featuring at the mighty Download Festival for all that time, taking the prime spot in The Doghouse.
Black Parade, a club night dedicated to 00s emo music, is heading back to Manchester
And now it’s Manchester’s turn to rock out like it’s 2005 again.
I can’t be the only one who still remembers all the words to I Write Sins Not Tragedies, surely…
If you spent your teenage years sleeping beneath a poster of Gerard Way and scouring the shops for that perfect checkerboard belt for your skinny jeans, or if you just developed a love for this elite genre of music at any stage of life, this is the club night for you.
Maybe just step away from the boxed black hair dye this time around…
Black Parade – 00s Emo Anthems will take place at the O2 Ritz Manchester on Friday 11 April, from 9pm to 1am.
Daisy Jackson -
17th September 2023 
