Having not been a "traveller" for some time (I'm 51 - wife, kids etc.) I did recently attend a nighter (No name, no pack drill).
I lasted until about 3.00 a.m. The music was very soulfull, but excrutiatingly slow. There were people on the dance floor going at it, at about 80 mph to a 5mph tune. I thought they must have all been wearing personal stereos and were dancing to a different tune to the one I was listening to. The fastest tune they played whilst I was there was "Please Don't Mention Her Name" (memory cell containing artist is unavailable at the moment). As I was making my way to the door they played "Carlena", I stopped and danced, waited another 20 mins in case things were picking up, decided they weren't and went home. £10 to get in, decided it was not good value for money and wouldn't be going to any other venue unless somebody confirmed to me beforehand that the music policy included sounds that were reasonably fast.
So to answer the original post - yes it is time to bring back stompers or as Dave Godin once described Northern as 100mph Soul Music.
At the end of the day you have to be able to dance to northen, if all your doing is shuffling, it may be rare, but it deffo ain't northern