Eric, how are you today?

I’m feeling fantastic. I’m having a short break in Stockholm after a busy period in the studio.

How would you describe your 2009? What have been the highlights for you?

Apart from all the amazing shows, the highlight for me has been the beta launch of my new website - www.ericprydz.tv - I’ve been wanting to have a platform to interact with the fans for a long time so its great to finally get there and am looking forward to watching it grow over the coming months… Also moving to my new studio – it’s great.

What has been the strangest thing to happen to you on tour this year?

That’s an easy one! Getting shot by a ribbon cannon at Privilege and then passing out on stage – I was walking like a 90 year old man for a month after!

Are you looking forward to NYE and the O2 Arena?

Yes!

Who else are you looking forward to checking on the line-up?

Well it’s a great line up, but I haven’t seen Justice play for a while, so I’m very interested to see what they are going to do.

What’s been the best New Years Eve experience you’ve ever had?

Well I have played some incredible shows, but it was probably the last time I spent NYE with friends and family.

If you could pick one track to play at midnight that summed up the whole of 2009 for you, what would it be and why?

I think it would be my Cirez D ‘On/Off’ its the perfect party track, and was so well received this year – it would be a fitting way end the year and bring in a new one.

Finally, what would you need to make your New Years Eve go out with a bang?

A ribbon cannon and a bottle of vodka.

Find out more about NYE at: http://www.ministryofsound.com/NYE/I...

There’s nothing boring or rubbish about ice skating, is there? Well, that is unless you are a music fan. I mean, have you heard some of the music they pump out at these places? Whitney? Mariah? N-Dubz?! Painful.

But we share your pain here at Ministry of Sound, which is why we’ve teamed up with Somerset house to provide you with an evening of ice-based entertainment without a Schofield in sight! Ministry of Sound’s very own Saturday Sessions takes over Somerset House on Saturday 21st November for the first of their DJ Nights on ice!

The charity-based venue will play host to the Saturday Sessions residents, We’re Not Cool! and The Cosmonauts who will be spinning out house and disco to a rink full of ice skaters. For your information, this is what ice skating looks like...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfjcA...

First sessions kick off at 8pm and run through till 11pm. Tickets are available online from Ticketmaster. Tickets cost £15 and sessions run an hour long.

Click here to get tickets! http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/promo/...

Just in case you didn’t notice, don’t live in the UK or have been living under a rock, this country is currently in the grips of a strange phenomenon known as ‘Jedmania’.

Irish twins John & Edward Grimes have been wowing the X-Factor judges and people up and down the country with some pretty spectacular renditions of classic hits such as ‘Rock DJ’ and ‘Ghostbusters’, which we’ve included below for your audio-visual delectation below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTkyW...

It seems, that, despite of (or because of) their total lack of singing talent, the nation has taken them to their hearts, including our very own Ministry of Sound NYE headliner Calvin Harris, who managed to breach security and run on stage wearing, of all things, a Pineapple on his head.Check this out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIFZc...

According to The Sun, ‘The hitmaker, 25, bounded on unchallenged during John and Edward's spectacular rendition of Queen's Under Pressure, holding the leaf-laden fruit to mimic the twin singers' famous quiffs. He slapped his bum and tried to join in their performance before he was escorted off by security guards. ‘

While X-Factor bosses were not impressed with the Scottish stars performance, we here at Ministry of Sound would like to congratulate Calvin on all of his fruit-based (and music-based) endeavours, and we’re sure that he’s got something slightly bigger and better than a fruit cocktail planned for NYE at the o2 Arena.

Tickets to Ministry of Sound NYE are available to buy now.