Le Queen is a

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, located on the

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. Once a

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nightclub, Le Queen was formerly known as "Le Central" until its closing in early 1991. It was more or less the sequel to the Parisian club "Le Boy", as it was owned by the same person. The original "Directeur Artistique" was

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. DJs at that time (1993–95) included Guetta, Rony, Claude Monnet as well as many guest DJs such as

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, Derrick May, Sasha and many more. DJ

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helped popularize the club with a weekly club-night called ''Paris is Burning'', which opened Le Queen up to a substantial heterosexual following, changing it from a gay club to a mega club. Current resident DJs include Offer Nissim, Paul Van Dyk, Joel Lovenski, Deep Dish, Lucy, KFK, and Michael Kaiser.

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