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Violence Erupts At Juelz Santana Show; Promoter Plans To Sue Rapper
A capacity crowd at a local club in Allentown, Pennsylvania turned violent early Sunday (July 16) when Juelz Santana left without performing.
According to Allentown's Morning Call, police from various nearby cities lined up with dogs and riot gear as nearly 1,000 concertgoers left club Crocodile Rock at 1:20 a.m.
The club's bill featured various opening acts, which performed from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. to a packed house, all waiting for headliner Juelz Santana.
When Santana failed to perform, fights broke out among the audience and some members of one of the opening acts.
Event promoter, Lamont "El Dorado" Williams, and Crocodile Rock's manager Tom Taylor released conflicting statements as to why Santana didn't perform as scheduled.
Williams said that the rapper was paid $20,000 to perform and plans to sue for breach of contract, while Taylor blamed Williams' opening act for causing the brawl.
"It was not [Santana] at all," Williams told the Morning Call. "He was ready to play, El Dorado's band just wouldn't get off the stage."
Taylor says that Santana showed up 15 minutes early before his performance time at 1 a.m. and demanded to go on stage, but the opening act refused to cut their set short. The group refused to leave and then attempted to destroy sound equipment.
Taylor said the final opening act -- GQ Joey Boca, which had paid $1,000 to appear at the concert -- smashed wireless microphones and knocked over sound equipment when he shut off the sound system so that Santana could take the stage. That's when the group's entourage rushed the stage from the rear of the club.
According to the Morning Call, GQ Joey Boca still had 15 minutes left to perform.
Taylor said that Williams had already upset concertgoers by charging more than the advertised $23 per ticket at the door.
Williams, who collected the ticket money at the door, said he left the venue to pursue Santana during the chaos, but did not return for fear the crowd might turn on him.
Williams said that there was too much chaos to provide refunds after the show, but plans to put on a free show in the future to reimburse the patrons or find a way to give a refund. He too plans to file suit against Santana.
Source: ballerstatus.net
According to Allentown's Morning Call, police from various nearby cities lined up with dogs and riot gear as nearly 1,000 concertgoers left club Crocodile Rock at 1:20 a.m.
The club's bill featured various opening acts, which performed from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. to a packed house, all waiting for headliner Juelz Santana.
When Santana failed to perform, fights broke out among the audience and some members of one of the opening acts.
Event promoter, Lamont "El Dorado" Williams, and Crocodile Rock's manager Tom Taylor released conflicting statements as to why Santana didn't perform as scheduled.
Williams said that the rapper was paid $20,000 to perform and plans to sue for breach of contract, while Taylor blamed Williams' opening act for causing the brawl.
"It was not [Santana] at all," Williams told the Morning Call. "He was ready to play, El Dorado's band just wouldn't get off the stage."
Taylor says that Santana showed up 15 minutes early before his performance time at 1 a.m. and demanded to go on stage, but the opening act refused to cut their set short. The group refused to leave and then attempted to destroy sound equipment.
Taylor said the final opening act -- GQ Joey Boca, which had paid $1,000 to appear at the concert -- smashed wireless microphones and knocked over sound equipment when he shut off the sound system so that Santana could take the stage. That's when the group's entourage rushed the stage from the rear of the club.
According to the Morning Call, GQ Joey Boca still had 15 minutes left to perform.
Taylor said that Williams had already upset concertgoers by charging more than the advertised $23 per ticket at the door.
Williams, who collected the ticket money at the door, said he left the venue to pursue Santana during the chaos, but did not return for fear the crowd might turn on him.
Williams said that there was too much chaos to provide refunds after the show, but plans to put on a free show in the future to reimburse the patrons or find a way to give a refund. He too plans to file suit against Santana.
Source: ballerstatus.net