Don W. Keerthi Review of Shepherds Bush Empire
It's a good venue, but they need to learn a thing ...
It's a good venue, but they need to learn a thing or two about crowd control. I went to see the MC50 anniversary tour, and I was at the front as I am such a huge fan. It was spoiled for many of us at there because there was one drunken idiot violently slam dancing into us all. This tour was a 50th anniversary tour, and as you might expect there were a lot of people there who are quite mature (50+ and more) and many were women. We did not appreciate being forcefully sent flying in all directions because of some intoxicated moron. I saw that at least 5 people complained to the bouncer about him. All that was done was the bouncer spoke to him very briefly to tell him to calm down, which he ignored within seconds. It's such a shame as the band were great and this came close to ruining the night for me. They should take lessons from the Electric Ballroom, as their doormen were excellent - they quickly removed troublemakers with a total minimum of force or fuss. I hope they sort this out, as everything else about the venue was fine; and this would put me off going again.
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