	{"id":109413,"date":"2025-08-29T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballinatimes\/?p=109413"},"modified":"2025-08-27T17:35:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T07:35:24","slug":"beachy-rewinds-to-the-2000s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballinatimes\/news\/beachy-rewinds-to-the-2000s\/","title":{"rendered":"Beachy rewinds to the 2000s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE Beach Hotel is dragging the 2000s back onto the dance floor this Saturday, August 29, with its Throwback party.<\/p>\n<p>The free-entry event runs from 8pm to midnight and promises all the hits you loved, along with plenty that should have stayed dead and buried.<\/p>\n<p>Expect boy bands, Auto-Tune ballads, angsty pop-punk and the kind of club tracks that once ruled MySpace playlists.<\/p>\n<p>Organisers say it is a chance to relive the era of flip phones, skinny jeans and frosted tips, even if some songs may make you wish the decade had stayed in the vault. 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