Henron has crossed a line. He’s started on some thin ice and stomped right over to some shaky ground, and now…well, now he’s playing The Lady In Red by Chris de Burgh. We catch his eye and signal our concern, but he just smiles back and surveys the room. The packed floor is actually trying to dance. And they’re smiling too. As the night progresses Dire Straits’ Walk Of Life will get limbs flailing, Kenny Loggins’ Footloose will have feet, erm, loose and Toto will have arms outstretched to the rainclouds of Africa.

But it’s not all danger; the Somewhere In The Universe boss will dig out Love Cats, Jump by Van Halen and You Can Call Me Al. But with attitudes set to fun, and a young crowd who definitely can’t remember this stuff the first time around (a generation of mums want their Now albums back!), no one cares. And why should they when there’s more dancing happening in New Hero than seemly the rest of Brighton put together? It’s sweaty, silly and about as good-natured as you can get. When 80s nights first appeared in cool clubs like this a few years ago it was about clever-cleverness and influence spotting, but it turns out that people wanted the songs that made people happy back in 1985. In this little corner of the world it’s still 1985.

New Hero