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

yes im fine linny thanks for asking lolx

I can see in the pictures from Saturday night that your fine Farrett! lol

they only have a 2am license

Can they not get it extended if they know it's a regular party like FC was ?

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

Not fookin Pacha again ! ;0)

I couldnt make it out Sat much to my dismay, but one thing I can say is no matter what happens Paul you always communicate with your crowd and let them know whats occurred good or bad and that is more than what some promoters do when shit goes wrong. . . I say fuck it, next time hire a field !!!

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

642 Wandsworth Road, Clapham, London, SW8

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

so wandsworth ROAD, CLAPHAM then!!! hahaha

I have actually been offered a venue close to sosho for the 23rd feb.

i'm seriously considering it.

Can't we just have it at the TRASH PALACE??? lol

I have actually been offered a venue close to sosho for the 23rd feb.

Hmmm...close to Sosho...there are quite a few...

there are quite a few...

With 700 capacity? 333? Cargo?

Do your nights at Egg - with it's new room !

Its not a new room folks! Its a totally new venue next door to the EGG venue!!

*sorry* just had to state that!

Paul - when is your pub opening by the way.. It is literally at the end of my road - can't wait!! Staggering distance or what?!!

I have actually been offered a venue close to sosho for the 23rd feb.

TABERNACLE ... EXTENDED DRINK LICENCE I BET ;0)

Surely Tabs doesn't hold enough capaciy wise to have a full on Formula night???

I think you're so right Tee-J!! If Sosho wasn't big enough how on earth will everyone fit into Tabs?!!!

I think you're so right Tee-J!! If Sosho wasn't big enough how on earth will everyone fit into Tabs?!!!

Isn't it about 600 ? Hat club hold nights there and dont seem to have a problem ?

lol..... forget about tabernacle, we are doing a couple of one off's there. Easter thursday etc.

So come on, let it out, where we going...? Getting more like Pushca lol

lol.... fuck yeah

right, you have to buy tickets ion advance now.

brilliant idea

brilliant idea

Am full of those.. maybe I should become a Club promoter ;0)....

you should try it mate, it is fucking easy. no hassle at all.

you should try it mate, it is fucking easy. no hassle at all

Yeah I can see that...

My new night will be called 'This is not Formula and my names not Paul Roache'...

Shouldn't have any problems getting a venue ;0)...

Only joking mate... it's clear they have an agenda and it was you who happened to be on the end of it. Fuck em.. !