// POST EDITED AT 1ST APRIL 12.08PM : THIS WAS AN APRIL FOOLS;-)
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Today after week's of negotiation, the sale of Slinky Brands Ltd for 12 million pounds to Luminar Leisure has now been completed. Many of you will know Luminar as they are the company behind such places as Elements in Bournemouth, plus the Liquid and Envy club chain a recent home to Slinky.

What will this mean for Slinky? Well, the birthday is still going ahead on the 2nd of May with the advertised line-up with tickets on sale soon.

However, moving forward we understand that Luminar will be putting their own influences on Slinky's music policy, as well as re-branding many of their events across the UK as Slinky.

Lee Haslam said of the sale - we are delighted to announce this sale to Luminar Leisure , we are confident the planned musical changes will be very well received.

We have been assured by Luminar that they will still remain true to Slinky's policy of bringing big acts into the Opera House, although musically those acts might differ from the ones you're used to.

Slinky's Yakuji Love backroom concept will now be replaced with an urban R&B flavour, but rest assured it should be interesting what they do with the event.

All I can say is make sure you're at the birthday as it might be the last time you hear hard beats at a Slinky event.

absolutley ... makes for a cracking read

I dunno... Jay3001 gets a VERY honourable mention, for posting AFTER Lee Haslam :D :D

Oh yeah! How did i miss that?!

I'm not on the ball today...

OMG that actually scared me!! if i didnt read what
people have said i would have had a well shit day
lmao! good one marc :P

Blimey and there I was thinking I was out of a job!!!! Brilliant!!!!!

very good marc, lol x

haha briliiant

Hook, line & sinker.

Fingerz was the best one yet!

The other day i thought tiesto was dead..... im usualy the one pranking people, its happenned twice in the last 4 days now!

What goes around.......

as if slinky is worth 12 million

The other day i thought tiesto was dead

Oh dear! I shall have to remember you're liable to believe anything - could be entertaning ;)

as if slinky is worth 12 million

Ha ha I see you deleted your previous post. Should've left it there to give everyone another giggle!

R&B in the back room... Good april fool lol

OMG, I just rang Slinky-Alice in a stupor and she nearly rang the directors hahahahahaha!! Nice one Marc!!xx

OMG, I just rang Slinky-Alice in a stupor and she nearly rang the directors hahahahahaha!! Nice one Marc!!xx

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

I had my friend in tears on the phone to me earlier was well funny

esp when she mentioned she wanted to hang marc by his bollox next time she sees him lol

I fell for that! was about to shed somemore tears! you horror marc!!

wanted to hang marc by his bollox

Now that I'd like to see ;)

haha! love it! saw the 'new news in slinky regs' in my inbox and read the subject! that scared the shit out of me! then read the post and the 12 mill figure reminded me of the date today!

that was an awful stunt to play...................shame on u all..............made me chuckle though, and luminar - they could not cope with us slinky fans in 1 of there clubs once a month, let alone owning it!!!!! my heart rate has finally gone bak to normal

You got me!!! I was in a bad mood all morning until i clicked what day it was about 10am!!! I was FOOLED!!!!!