India, July 17 -- On the evening of July 12, 1979, a large crate full of disco records exploded in the centre of Chicago's Comiskey Park stadium.

The detonator, dressed in army fatigues and a combat helmet, was local rock DJ and anti-disco crusader Steve Dahl. He had invited several thousand attendees to attend Disco Demolition Night, for a nominal admission fee, and contribute records of their own if they liked. After the explosion, the crowd stormed the field and set fire to any discs that had survived it.

The event was part of a backlash gathering steam across the US.

Many called July 12 "the day disco died".

In July 2026, that obituary looks wildly premature.

Disco has quietly slipped back into the mainstream.

Its syncopated bas...