Official Statement on Police closure of our event on Sat 13th June
June 15th, 2009 | Published in Uncategorized
Official Statement
from promoters Stupid Underground, Deuce Soundsystem
& the venue Factory club, Custard Factory, Birmingham
Rumours
Many rumours are circulating as to the reasons why the hugely anticipated Stupid Underground and Deuce Soundsystem free b4 11.30pm club event was asked to close by the police and emergency services at just 11.15pm on Saturday 13th June.
This was unfortunately due to circumstances beyond the promoter and venues control.
At 10.30pm a man was politely twice refused entry to the Space 2 warehouse venue (entrance was on floodgate street) by doorman on the grounds of being too drunk.
Obviously still determined to illegally attempt to gain entry to the event the man decided to walk further down the street and climb over a large building incorrectly thinking that access would be possible by doing so. This is extremely dangerous due to a sheer 30ft drop that cascades straight down into the river.
This man fell and remained lying injured in the river until emergency services could finally climb down and pull him out. This man was taken to hospital and later managed to walk out of hospital the same weekend with minor injuries.
Due to the fact that the emergency services required access to the man from where the club event was taken place it was decided by the police that the safest action would be to close the event indefinitely whilst rescuing him.
Promoters, venue and clubbers disappointment
To say the promoters Steven Carter and Adam Robins (Stupid Underground and Deuce Soundsystem) are disappointed would be a major understatement!
“We worked solidly for 7 weeks promoting and conceptualising this massive event and over 1200 clubbers were either in the venue or making their way to the venue when the incident occurred. Our sympathies obviously go to the man as none of our promotional team wishes injury on anyone….although we were pretty angry with him on the night of the event due to the fact that he brought it on himself and it was neither the venue nor the promoters fault.”
“Our main disappointment was that not everyone got to see the unique way we had used the site. We spent a lot of money on l.e.d lighting and sound systems in the warehouse and the Deuce giant ghetto blaster under the arches had people standing in front of it with their mouths open in amazement.”
“Finally we would like to say a huge thank you to every one of our Stupid Underground and Deuce fan base for their support of this event and making the journey from near and far to come party with us. Everyone knows how good these events have become and we like to party as much as you do so like you we were absolutely gutted at the bizarre situation we all found ourselves in.”
Looking to the future
A thorough investigation is obviously being carried out but it is business as normal for all Custard Factory club events.
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