Bristol Fatboy Slim free car park gig shut down by nightclub
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Crowds climbed over walls to try to get into a Fatboy Slim gig
A gig involving DJ Fatboy Slim held in the car park of a nightclub in Bristol has been shut down.
DJ Eats Everything announced the joint free event at Lakota on Wednesday on his Instagram page.
It was originally due to be held in a south Bristol underpass, but was moved at the last minute.
Social media posts show people climbing the walls to get in. Venue bosses stopped the event due to the large number of people there.
Police were called to the even
In a tweet, Lakota club co-owner Marti Burgess said: "Our security have been absolutely on it and we decided to shut as too many people were trying to get in and it became unsafe."
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Fatboy Slim attempted to play a gig in a car park, which had to be shut down
Eats Everything posted messages on social media in the run up to the event teasing a free rave at a secret location with a special guest, before the announcement of the venue was made shortly after 18:00 BST.
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Posting on Instagram after the event the DJ wrote: 'Thank you Bristol that was MAD! Sorry to stop but all good things must come to an end...thank you to all that came down and big ups to the main man Fatboy Slim'.
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