I think with most international DJs the promoters are asked to meet certain requirements and they then interpret them in certain ways. The bodyguard, obviously unnecessarily heavy-handed, was probably acting under the promoter's instructions. You should have been warned that no cameras were allowed, so you were in the right in that respect. That said, I know from the promoters here that Jeff doesn't like cameras and I've seen him visibly annoyed by them, so now even the number of media photographers are limited. You gotta understand, it is so distracting when you're concentrating on a mix to have flashlights go off in your face, so I can empathise. As a punter, I don't like cameras in venues myself - the flashes can really hurt your eyes, especially if you're tired and your eyes have adjusted to the dark. So I do a bit of glaring myself.
Cheers C >Perhaps hes changed, or it varies from gig to gig-or you just didn't get >caught. BUT Im sure I wasn't imagining the huge body guard who came up to me >in the crowd, grabbed my scrawny arm, and tried to haul my arse out of the >tent and said in a rude manner 'if i see you take another picture,I'm taking >the camera and the film'-as if I was sporting a rifle at Mr.Mill's head of >something. > >Later, it was explained to me by the party planners (+8) that part of Jeff's >contract was that no pictures were to be taken. No signs were posted however >and it was never asked of the crowd either. > >SUPAHSTAR! >Mary Katherine Galagher
