If any of you guys ever want to know the sort of things going on behind the scenes in clubs while you are having a dance please have a read of this it is a corker.

I know that promoters shouldn't air their problems in public but what went on saturday has damaged my good name and i'm just not prepared to take this on the chin.


lol.... where do i strart???

we had a really good early crowd and the amount of dressed up women was amazing. Thanks for the effort girls.

But by 22:00 the queue was really big and we tried to hurry things up a bit. The two queues didn't really work and it was a bit of a mess but you can't turn people away and tell them to go int he other queue after they had queued for an hour. I ended up going down he queue calling for tickets holders to come forward. People with tickets were given a pass to get in but I was then told off for getting them to the front and getting them in first and was told they would have to go to the back of the queue??? WTF! After about 30 mins of this had to argue my point and they finally agreed.

By the way, the reason it takes ages is because the amount of false information i was given was ridiculous.

Because the door was quite crazy there were a couple of groups of guys that got in that i was not happy with. Sorry about that.

The only people who jumped the queue were people who had booked VIP table and Ticket holders. I never queue jumped any of my personal friends because it it isn't fair on everyone else.

So by 23:15 we had hit capacity. We only had about 30 people left to collect tickets who were still ok to get in.

I then rushed round to platinum to open it early so people were not waiting in the cold. The guys at platinum could not have been more helpful.

The whole idea about platinum was this:
I was expecting to hit capacity at sosho because of the response that i have had. I knew many people would have waited for as long as it takes to get in to see your mates. Because it was going to be busy early i was expecting people to leave from about 01:00 so we could start letting people back in from then. It always happens like that.

I told everyone to go to platinum and get a wristband so when the capacity eased we could start letting people back in. This worked a treat and everyone went inside to the warm instead of queuing for 2 hours. I didn't have to do this but after last easter @ egg i wanted to make the effort for people who never got in.

At about 00:30 i ended up in the office and i was then told by the management that they didn't like the crowd. It wasn't a sosho crowd and it wasn't what they wanted. People were buying to many beers and vodka's and not enough cocktails. WTF? We had nearly hit our 12k minimum bar spend already by then also.

I was then informed that the doors were now closed for good and they didn't want any more of you in there AT ALL! no arguments. They also wanted you out as quickly as possible. WTF?? they said they were going to close the rooms and venue early. I also had my future events canceled. Please bare in mind this was still about 00:30 with a packed venue and 0 trouble.

I was a bit numb by this point. I had about 2/300 people in platinum expecting to come back who would want my blood. Ticket holders and my friends all still wanting to get in. I was already getting loads of abuse from everyone outside but there was absolutely fuck all i could do.

I was going to do a afterparty at the london stone but because of all the fucking about i canceled it. I was going to let everyone who had a platinum bar wrist band on in free to say sorry for the mucking about.

After sorting out the tickets at platinum and extra djs (tom huddard/mark storie/jack michaels) i then had to tell people they were not getting into sosho at all. We had loads of people leave sosho then to be with their friends at platinum bar so if you were wondering why the ground floor was half empty by 1am that was why.

I also noticed that around that time the main lights were turned off on the ground floor so there were no moving lights which was an obvious attempt to get people to leave.

Poor Sonny Wharton stepped into the middle of this with a half empty room and i later found off we was kicked off the decks by the management. I heard rumors about why but never heard it first hand.

I ended up in platinum all night where we were appreciated.

I was told of a scuffle in the basement around 04:00, if anyone knows who it was please can you send me a link to their dsi profile or facebook profile and i will ensure none of them get into my events again.

I heard the basement was closed at 04:00 and the rest at 05:00. I was disgusted with the managements behavior so didn't want to be there. I would have pulled the dj's off and moved the whole party to platinum if they could have coped with the extra numbers. Unfortunately nothing so dramatic took place.

The whole thing was handled really unnecessarily. If they didn't really like it, why did they not have us back. Why go out of your way to ruin everyones night just to show how much power you have?

It is such a shame because i think we could of had a brilliant night in there. Even if it was a one off.

I need to apologize to everyone who go messed about but I just wanted to go some way towards explaining what actually went on. Unfortunately my club nights are built on my reputation for caring about clubbers. If i let people think i have purposely treated them this way i will loose peoples faith in what i do.

Nothing shocks me in this business any more.

By the way, did anyone have a good time? I wasn't in there long enough to tell.

click here to look a the pictures of all of you scumbags!! lol

if there are any venues in london with capacity 700 please get in touch

I dont know why but no one has mentioned TABERNACLE... I know you dont do the Thurs there now but all the same you seemed to get on well with the management and staff there. The door staff were always top notch too. Is it not worth going back there with your Sat night parties ? Transport wise and parking it's easy. Most if not all your crowd no where the venue is too and newbies will find it.

TABERNACLE...

Got some great cupboards too!

I ended up in Platinum....and though somewhat surprised how everything turned out...and I guess though initially disappointed...enjoyed it...actually I think I pretty much needed the night out. My mate Raj liked it as well, though he tends to sleep a lot in clubs!

I still wonder what club will replace the Cross though...I hope that there will be one...



and now for the personal messages...

Linny....you're an ex Bar Evissa hack aren't you?

Rochie - if you see DJ/Kaiser Sose on your travels, say hello to him for us...he's in the process of abandoning our football team.

Bad luck Rochie, sounds like a poor show on their part!

I've found problems (Not on the same scale) with promotions myself, you tell people what you're doing yet they still find faults with it - even with good turnouts. I ran an Electro / Trance night locally (Building from Electro, to Tech Trance into Euphoric over 6 hours) - they knew the plan, but shut me down early because the music was "not cheesey enough".

The crowd had come to see my DJ's and my lighting & sound. Their regular crowd weren't there so why did it matter?

Anyway, forget it mate - onwards and upwards. All this negative publicity will get back to them soon enough and they'll either carry on and go under or they'll sort it. Either way it's a win situation :)

I dont know why but no one has mentioned TABERNACLE... I know you dont do the Thurs there now but all the same you seemed to get on well with the management and staff there. The door staff were always top notch too. Is it not worth going back there with your Sat night parties ? Transport wise and parking it's easy. Most if not all your crowd no where the venue is too and newbies will find it.

they only have a 2am license

Inigo is a rocking bar on Wandsworth High St and hasn't suffered for being off the beaten clubbing track.

holds about 100 people!

I wan't saying that Inigo would be the place for Rochie to hold the next event fella, just that Inigo is in Wandsworth and Lozzy's mate's new venue is also in Wandsworth.

:)

I thought Inigo was in Battersea??

Sorry to hear about all these shenanigans Paul. Sounds like you guys tried to cover every angle which is probably a good thing cos if you didn't have the platinum back up the night would have been an even bigger nightmare. There isn't really a lot you can do when the venue itself turns against you. It surprises me that Sosho of all places wouldn't be happy with Formulas music policy or their crowd especially when you look at the Retox music and crowd that is there on a Sunday!

Inigo

i thought it was in Clapham!

lol

642 Wandsworth Road, Clapham, London, SW8

642 Wandsworth Road, Clapham, London, SW8

europe, the world, the universe

Ahh my bad. Wandsworth road runs through Battersea and Clapham though.

You forgot The Milky Way in there Andy ;o)

Just want to say I had a wicked time, despite that shower of cunts otherwise known as the Sosho 'Management' team trying to ruin it for everyone.

Music was spot on as usual, just a shame that everyone was teated liike scum by the Sosho staff.

Appreciate you explaining what was going on behind the scenes Rochie, let's hope that you can find a venue where both yourself and formula regulars can be made to feel welcome again.

The Glasshouse in Blackfriars?

ouch...

Can i just stick up for the head door man. I was mainly dealing with him so i don't know what the other guys were like but he couldn't have been more helpful. I never went to the bar (never had time) so never knew how the bar staff were.

this event should have been so good but got so twisted.

Option 1: leave the event to run it's course as planned and not have us back
Option 2: leave the event to run it's course as planned and have your own door picker next time to get 500 good people out of the 800 which showed
Option 3: sabotage the event and make everyone leave early

I was in a situation where i thought if i kicked off to much they would kick everyone out.

There is a lot more going on at sosho than meets the eye and i think we were used to highlight some issues they have.


I'm looking for a new venue for the 23rd feb if anyone is interested.

Formula not being at Sosho anymore is going to be their loss, not ours.

Good luck with finding somewhere for Feb. Looking forward to it wherever it is!

I'm having talks and if i get this venue you will all love me...

CAR PARK, CAR PARK, CAR PARK !!

doesnt matter to me where it is,as long as im twatted,im such a cunt in that respect lol

im such a cunt

We all know that Farrell!! ;)

yes im fine linny thanks for asking lolx