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HIT BBC CRIME DRAMA THIS CITY IS OURS IN WHICH GANGSTERS DO A ROUTINE IS LEADING A RESURGENCE OF INTEREST IN THE PASTIME AMONGST THE YOUNG DAVID O'DORNAN and JAMES CAVEN 18:53, 01 Jun
2025 Britain is going barmy for line dancing with young people getting in on the craze. It has been helped by country music becoming cool thanks to pop stars embracing it. Hit BBC crime
drama This City Is Ours, in which gangsters do a routine, and social media are also fuelling the trend. Texan-born dancer Khayla Jordan teaches punters on top of the bar at Coyote Ugly in
London. She believes there are a number of reasons young people are getting hooked on line dancing. Khayla, 32, said: “One is obviously the rise of country music in the UK and the culture
that comes along with that. “Mainstream artists like Post Malone, Beyoncé and Taylor Swift have also helped. Another is I think people are craving a sense of community and ‘third spaces’
that are not just drinking in a bar but also an activity. “It’s a way to meet new friends and potential partners in person.” Article continues below Younger Brits across the Gen Z and
millennials age ranges are the main customers at the London class. Fran Evans, 31, said: “I saw it on TikTok first and I thought, ‘Yes, let’s try something really different’ and we were
quite surprised by the number of people here. “We expected to turn up and it’d just be us, but there are people of a lot of ages and a lot of men.” Article continues below Everything Line
Dance, a British firm that helps connect instructors and learners, says inquiries have risen 60% in the past year. Instructor Ashley Syms-Rees, 41, said: “We’ve seen a huge uptake in things
like birthday parties, weddings... hen dos and corporate events. It was huge in the Nineties during the Achy Breaky Heart era, but then it declined a bit. “Recently, though, we’ve seen a
real resurgence. Country music is trendy again, and it’s all over TikTok. That’s brought in a younger crowd.”