OUR HISTORY
2001
LoveDough Launches in Leeds at Po Na Na
2002
LoveDough Launches in Newcastle at Ikon with DJ Swing RIP, Semtex and Shortee Blitz
2003
LoveDough Hosts BBC Radio 1Xtra’s first Birthday Live on Radio 1 and 1Xtra with Rampage and Ronnie Herel, and breaks Box Office records across Leeds Majestyk & Newcastle Ikon hosting more than 7,000 ppl on the same night
2004
LoveDough hosts its first London event at Ministry Of Sound and launches in another three new UK Cities, later going Live on Radio 1 again, this time with Lethal Bizzle performing Pow Forward Riddim with D Double E, Demon, Flow Dan, MC Forcer, Fumin, Jamakabi, Nappa, Neeko and Ozzie B
2005
LoveDough Launches in Mallorca at BCM with more leading lights of the Urban Music Scene, moves to Digital in Newcastle and hosts the Radio 1 After Party from the Big Weekend with Big Narstie and L Dot Man
2006
LoveDough Launches its Record Label and Releases 'This Is My Rave’ nationwide with Sway whilst working very hard behind the scenes on the second: ‘New Age Army' with L Dot Man
2007 PT.1
LoveDough releases New Age Army with their first and only official signing: L Dot Man. The CD was released nationally and press included front page spreads on both RWD and Hip Hop Connection. A music video followed for Pushin’ with cameos from Bashy, Skinnyman and Manny Norte
2007 PT.2
LoveDough hosts it’s first summer residency in Ibiza every Thursday at Es Paradis whilst also holding down its third in BCM, Mallorca with some familiar faces: N-Dubz, Dynamo, Lethal Bizzle, Semtex, Ronnie Herel, Shortee Blitz, Faith SFX, Mista Jam, Fatman Scoop (RIP), Manny Norte, Sway, L.Man and Rampage to name a few
2008
LoveDough hosts its 7th Birthday at Sea Newcastle with Bobby V after also moving its weekly Newcastle residency to the now infamous Tup Tup Palace! Later that year they also played host to Kanye West
2009
LoveDough Re Launches in Leeds, this time at Mission with Kano, Bashy, Tinie Tempah, Ghetts, JME, Ms Dynamite, Giggs, Mista Jam, Gracious K, Meleka, Dotstar, Crazy Cousinz, Kyla and Egypt!
2010
LoveDough Launches in Lebanon and Abu Dhabi hosting weekly residencies as well as hosting a huge one off in Ibiza! This time to mark the end of the Radio 1 weekend with Trevor Nelson, Semtex, Tempa T, Chuckie Online, Ms Dynamite, P Money, Martin 2 Smoove, Princess Nyah and many many more
2011
LoveDough Launches in Lincoln and Manchester
2012
LoveDough Launches in London every Friday at Proud Camden with A$AP Rocky.
2013
LoveDough continues hosting weekly residencies in London, Lincoln and Newcastle showcasing the creme de la creme of UK and US Talent, including Little Simz, JME, Skepta, P Money, Ghetts, Jammer, Sway, Miguel, Eve, Lady Leshurr, Ms Dynamite, Roses Gabor, Krept and Konan, JP Cooper, Labrinth, Maverick Sabre, Delilah and many many more!!!
2014
LoveDough hosts a one off in Dubai at Movida
2015
LoveDough hosts secret party in Sanky’s Manchester with Tempa T, Ms Dynamite, Ghetts and CJ Beatz and hosts a summer tour with Hip Hop royalty Xzibit
2016
LoveDough hosts a Birthday Tour with Charlie Sloth across Lincoln, Newcastle and Bradford
2017
LoveDough continues showcasing groundbreaking talent in Newcastle, such as, Kojo Funds, Yungen, Yxng Bane, and Dappy
2018
LoveDough Launches in Sheffield
2019
LoveDough Turns 18
2020-2021
The Covid Years!
2022
LoveDough celebrates turning 21 years old with DJ Target, French The Kid, Wes Nelson, Shortee Blitz and Faith SFX at Tup Tup Palace
2026
LoveDough turns 25years old with an exclusive video series and party at Tup Tup Palace Newcastle
ABOUT US
LoveDough is a clubbing superbrand that sets out to break the mould in formulaic, bog standard club-nights by delivering a show as opposed to just a DJ led club event.
The events showcase a plethora of talent from DJ’s and artists to those involved in fashion and dance.
Strong brand identity and attention to detail throughout has ensured LoveDough has remained at the cutting edge of its scene.