DJ / Producer Steve Lawler has said he won't be returning to the Mexican city of Guadalajara after being threatened by club bouncers there, and forced to add an extra hour to his set.
Lawler says: "I had played for 2 hours, and things were going fine, and then the owner of the club wanted me to play a 15 min, techno/ trance record which was about 160 bpm. So, of course, I refused - I knew nothing about this performance and I wasn't about to break up what I had built musically. So they told me to play the record or get off."
Steve's manager Joel Zimmerman continues: "We were very clear to the club promoter and club staff that once Steve was off the decks, and, had player for almost two and a half hours, that we were done and were calling it a night. As we walked out of the club and headed to the car, our party (Steve, his girlfriend and I) were surrounded by ten bouncers from the club and three of the acting club owners. The bouncers started to get physical with myself instructing me to not move and told Steve that he had to go inside immediately. We were then forced to walk back into the club escorted by the bouncers and owners. Steve went back on - still surrounded by bouncers – and played for an additional hour then quietly exited."
Steve concludes: "This was a very scary incident that I never want to find myself in again. I'm sorry for those of you that live there, but I will never again come to Guadalajara, I will however be doing shows in other parts of Mexico, but I will never step foot into that city again. Sorry."