Beatport Lollapalooza afterparty gets shut down by Chicago authorities

Beatport Lollapalooza afterparty gets shut down by Chicago authorities

4 August, 2008 | 11.32AM

• Section: Music News Topics: Beatport Blog
• Written by: Sarah O

This past weekend Beatport teamed up with Perry Farrell and planned to host a Lollapalooza afterparty that was meant to be big.  A little too big, perhaps. 

With Deadmau5, Perry and others set to kill it, complete with Belvedere vodka as a sponsor, word spread that this was going to be the place to be and it soon burgeoned to catch the attention of the authorities.

Word spread, and with the hype came a quagmire of bureaucratic red tape.

The statement from Beatport representatives below summarizes the details of where and how the events got snagged.

“The Beatport / Perry Farrell customer appreciation afterparty was shut down by the city of Chicago.

“The city claimed the party had become too well known by the public, changing the status from an invite-only ‘private industry’ event to a ‘public event’.

“Our representing council worked extremely hard to get this ban on the event reversed, but as it was the weekend, we were not able to connect with the appropriate members of the city.

“Beatport, Perry, Deadmau5 and all of the hard-working staff are just as let down as you are.

“Some pictures attached show the level of production we had waiting to go, for what would have been a mind-blowing event.

“Thanks for the support and we will be back in your town again very soon.”

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