Several reasons why you won't get a mass influx of young people onto the Northern Scene...
In the 1970s, at it's peak - the music was only around ten years old at most - and much of it was newish - now its over thirty years old and alien to young ears.
Youth culture still had tribes - from the mods, through skinheads, suedeheads etc. - Now you've got Chavs, Goths and 'Gatecrasher' ravers - where exactly do they fit in?
There were no Playstations, X-boxes, PCs, Wide Screen Plasma TVS, movies on demand, Sky Sports and online gaming - it's all to easy to sit at home and be entertained.
Pubs used shut at ten thirty - and you had to dress up to get in a nightclub (jacket and tie)... now you can drink for the best part of 24hours without anyone batting an eye.
Allnighters had a bit of mistique and an element of naughtiness to them - now you can go and get off your box and listen to pumping tunes in every town and city across the land.
Basically, the youth of today don't need Northern Soul to get their kicks like they did in the 1970s, and anyone thinking otherwise is sadly deluded.