We find ourselves cavorting up the stairs to Melbourne’s finest Karaoke bars (some are stumbling due to the infinitely open-bar at The Plaza Ballroom, wherein Katy Perry and her cotton-candy band delivered a deliciously sugared show.)

Before we know it… BAM! We’re locked and loaded into both the bittersweettunes of karaoke and the bittersweet punch that flowed richly throughout the night, until the hard liquor came out. An initially- scheduled appearance from Katy Perry to join us (which was cancelled due to an early morning TV appearance) was replaced with non-other than the illustrious & much loved Papa Vs Pretty boys. Gracing the EMI people with their over enthusiastic karaoke skills & oversized lollipops.

Soon, we exhausted our karaoke abilities (or someone BROKE the machine – you know who you are… ) and exploded into dance to songs such as The Killers’ When You Were Young?? (Eiffel 65’s Blue had the reverse effect)
Note to self – if ever throwing a party, ALWAYS blast some horrendous 90’s POP and HIP HOP; so bad it’s brilliant.

While some danced the night away forgetting all cares (and emails), others took the opportunity to relax and recline through the beaded-doorway of private, low lit rooms. The night marched on and by the early morning the dance floor was too irresistible for even the most conservative. The room became a smorgasbord of crumping, pumping, grinding, ‘the running man’ and… motorboating?? I never expected that explosive dancing, substandard karaoke and conga lines were so conducive to intimate record-company bonding. This truly felt like a record company after-party!!

Despite the sea of sickness that no doubt flooded some of the company the next morning, the Magical Mystery Tour was truly magical and one to be fondly remembered!