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Rumours is officially recognised by [| Guinness World Records] as The World's Smallest Portable Nightclub. It measures 2.10 m (6 ft 8 in) high, 1.17 m (3 ft 10 in) wide and 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) deep. The night club contains 2 PROEL Xenia X80T speakers, 2 Pioneer CDJ turntables and a Pioneer DJM 600 mixer. It features sequinned drapes, a tiny smoke machine, dynamic disco lighting, 80s paraphernalia and the best music from the decade of the 80s. As well as the most important ingredients to the winning formula - personality, smiling faces and fun.

History
Created in Liverpool, UK in 2007, Rumours' first party was in the owner's kitchen, transforming it into a miniature 80s-themed dancing discotheque. Its first public outing came when they gatecrashed the disabled toilet at the Picket in Liverpool, performing a complete make over and turning into a disco, much to the bemusement of The Picket's owner.

Description
With an emphasis on leaving your ego at the door and revisiting the carefree days of your youth, Rumours is a world of magic. The only rule is "Get on the dancefloor or get out." Noone is refused entry but expectant clubbers must wait for there to be space on the dancefloor before entering the tiny club, Rumours works on a strict "one out, one in" basis. Comfortably holding around 9 people, the discotheque has once squeezed in 17 people. Still to this day, how this was achieved remains a mystery.

Taken from the club's website, Rumours is described as "Rumours is… Living the dream. Living it up. Leaving your cool at the door. Busting your finest dancemoves in a fine mist of hair lacquer. Power ballads. Pumpin’ tunes. Singing along with the crowd. Making up lyrics. Making new friends. Shoulder pads. Ruching and ruffles. Metallic frocks. Legwarmers. Big earrings. Exotic fruit. Cocktail parasols. Taking a phone call on the Hot Lips Phone. Cerise lipstick. Moussed hair. Requesting Easy Lover twice in one night. Not stopping till you get enough. Holding out for a hero. Always believe in yourself… You are Rumours."

Early Days
Rumours started life as VIP and backstage party for Liverpool club nights Circus and Chibuku. Hosting the backstage area and providing novel entertainment for clubs' guest DJs and acts. Growing in popularity, Rumours found itself hosting the backstage party for the Chibuku music tent at Creamfields the next year.

Breaking the World Record
Rumours broke the World Record during Liverpool's annual festival on [| Bold Street] in September 2010. The miniature discotheque was set up and opened to the general public. The previous world record holders were [| Miniscule of Sound].

Rumours on Tour
Following from Rumours' early days of success, the miniature discotheque has been taken to V Festival, Isle of Wight Festival, Snowbombing, Rockness, Camp Bestival, Bold Street Festival (Liverpool) and Radio 1's Big Weekend afterparty. Nightclubs up and down the UK have featured Rumours including Circus (Liverpool), Chibuku (Liverpool), Circo Loco (London), Cocoon (London), Uber (Carlisle), Homoelectric (Manchester), Standby (London), Counter Culture (London), Spankeys (Nottingham) and much more, even taking the sequinned-clad club to the mighty Carl Cox's night in [| Space Ibiza] As well as festival and nightclub fun, Rumours has successfully supplied the entertainment for corporate events for Nokia, Diageo, Strongbow and Microsoft.

When arriving at V Festival for the third year on the run, the Rumours team were excitedly told by several festival attendees that, after experiencing Rumours the year before, they printed out the logo and decorated their tiny hallway with sequinned drapes and posters in order to hold a Rumours New Year party.

Notable people to dance in Rumours include The Kooks, Annie Mac, The Wombats, Alex Zane, Carl Cox, Sven Vath and Armand van Heldan.