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Sir Norman Jay invades the Badr Ballroom at Dubai’s Shangri-La Hotel on Thursday, July 6. For Dh75, you can listen in.
With increasing DJing commitments around the world including regular tours to countries such as Australia, USA, Canada, Japan, Southern Africa and the Middle/Far East playing an eclectic mix of black and dance music, Norman has precious little time to do much else. He has played in just about every major city in Europe being one of the first ever UK DJ’s to do so.
He is also the doyen of the ‘stars’. The DJ choice of the rich and famous. He is without doubt their favourite ‘celebrity’ DJ, playing for the likes of Mick Jagger at his 50th birthday party, Robert Di Nero, Michael Caine, George Michael, Will Smith, Prince, Bruce Springsteen, Jamiroquai (who affectionately calls him the Godfather), Paul Weller (who has been quoted as saying that Jay is his favourite DJ), actor Lenny Henry (who reputedly modelled his pirate radio DJ TV character on Jay), Viviene Westwood, Gaultier, Tommy Hilfiger and more recently for MTV (at Pierre Cardin’s magnificent space age villa overlooking the Mediterranean up in the hills outside Cannes) all of whom have danced their asses off to a Norman Jay set. He is also often booked to play at big film premiers including 101 Dalmations, Judge Dred, Enemy Of The State, East Is East and the multi-million pound launch of Sky TV’s new digital cable channel at Battersea Power Station.
He was the first ever UK DJ to be invited to play at the celebrated Cannes Film Festival.
