It was billed as the 'safe sex' extravaganza that would raise money for charity and help change public perceptions about rave culture, but Glasgow's Big Bang event of 1993 would sadly end in tragedy.
On the night of Saturday, November 27, 1993 more than 12,000 revellers piled into the SECC for what was being hailed as the largest indoor rave to date.
Party animals came in from far and wide to attend Fantazia's The Big Bang, which was being sponsored by condom company Mates with a portion of the proceeds of the event going towards Aids and sexual health charities.
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For those in attendance, the 1990s had well and truly arrived as seminal rave acts such as Akki, Shades of Rhythm, Seduction, Q-tex, Carl Cox and PSI performed to the sweaty, glow stick waving masses.
Even the 2am alcohol curfew didn't put off revellers, most of whom stayed until kicking out time at six in the morning.
But while thousands undoubtedly enjoyed themselves at the ground-breaking rave, there was no getting away from the fact that large quantities of illegal drugs had been sold and consumed over the course of the all-night event - and this would sadly prove fatal.
In the days after the event it emerged that 19-year-old Laura Hay had collapsed at the SECC and had been taken to hospital in Glasgow where she was fighting for her life.
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It was understood the "brilliant" and bright teen, who was from Lenzie and studying English Language & Literature at Glasgow University, had ingested a deadly cocktail of speed and Ecstasy, both of which had been widely available at the Big Bang event.
Tragically, one week on from the event, it was reported that Laura Hay had passed away in hospital.
Speaking on Laura Hay's untimely death, Sir William Fraser, then principal of Glasgow University, said: "Sudden death is always distressing, but the needless death of a promising student at such an early age is particularly tragic."
The authorities found that a further 19 people had collapsed and received medical attention during the SECC rave, with a total of 24 people reported for drug-related offences.
One young raver told the Daily Record at the time that "up to 90 per cent" of revellers were on something at any typical event with Ecstasy usually being the 'designer' drug of choice.
They also spoke of how easy drugs were to obtain once inside a venue and how lucrative such events were for dealers.
They said: "A rave night like the one at the SECC would have been a drug dealer's paradise. By the end of the night, selling Ecstasy at about £15 a time, he'd have made about £1,000."
Sadly Laura Hay's death would be just one in a spate of drugs-related deaths claiming the lives of young adults and teens up and down the country over the next couple of years, which would ultimately cause the rave scene to be pushed to the fringes and fizzle out.
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