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Detroit techno DJ to tour UK and Ireland

Detroit techno DJ Jeff Mills is to tour the UK and Ireland.

The tour kicks off at Rough Trade's Ether event at the Royal Festival Hall in London on May 1.

Mills' last confirmed date is at Redbox in Dublin on June 2.

His return comes two years after Mills vowed never to return to these shores. His self-imposed exile began in 1999 as a protest at his treatment by UK customs officials.

He returned to the UK briefly over the new year to play at London's longest running techno club, Lost.

Mills will also DJ at the following:

May 24 - Tribal Sessions, Manchester

May 25 - Shine, Belfast

May 31 - Pressure, The Arches, Glasgow

June 1 - Homelands, Winchester and Fabric, London

June 2 - Redbox, Dublin

Mills has also launched a new website called Electronic Directory - available at www.electronicdir.com.

The site will explore the global techno community and feature listings, interviews and music streaming.

Story filed: 08:12 Friday 22nd March 2002