empathy caused by ecstasy. Ecstasy use in raves is often linked to the reduction in football hooliganism at the time. The drug also increased the enjoyment of the music and encouraged dancing. Nicky Holloway, a DJ from the time, said: "The ecstasy and music came together. It was all part of the package. ... That may sound a little sad, but there's no way acid house would have taken off the way it did without ecstasy." Media attention British news media and tabloids devoted an increasing amount of coverage to the hedonistic scene, focusing increasingly on its association with club drugs. Early positive reports such as running articles on the "acid house" fashion would soon become sensationalist negative coverage. The moral panic of the press began in late 1988, when The Sun, which only days earlier on 12 October had promoted acid house as "cool and groovy" while running an offer on acid smiley face t-shirts, abruptly turned on the scene. On October 19, The Sun ran with the headline "Evils of Ecstasy," linking the acid house scene with the newly popular and relatively unknown drug. On 24 June 1989, the newspaper ran its infamous "Spaced Out!" headline after a Sunrise party. See also Summer of Love (the first, San Francisco, 1967) Acid house Balearic beat Madchester House music References Further reading Wayne Anthony. Class of 88. Virgin Books, 1998. . Jane Bussmann. Once in a Lifetime: The Crazy Days of Acid House and Afterwards, Virgin Books, 1998. Simon Reynolds. Energy Flash'. Picador, 1998. Matthew Collin. Altered States: The Story of Ecstasy and Acid House. Serpent's Tail, 1997. Sheryl Garratt. Adventures in Wonderland: A Decade Of Club Culture''. Headline, 1999. Acid house 1988 in the United Kingdom 1989 in the United Kingdom Madchester Youth culture in the United Kingdom History of Manchester