Sia kicked off the decks in Vegas
Mon 3rd Dec, 2012 in News 8620 views
As much as it’s a boom town for dance music right now, 2012 has been marked by a few ‘DJs kicked off in Vegas’ stories. First, Mark Farina was cut short for playing “too much house for this Vegas crowd” (he was quickly rescheduled for a return visit to Marquee which went off without a hitch). Shortly thereafter, Calvin Harris was given the boot declining to spin hip-hop and Carly Rae Jepsen and now, Australian abroad Sia has suffered the same fate.
While Sia’s probably best known ‘round these parts as the vocalist on David Guetta’s hit Titanium, lately she’s been keeping busy penning songs for the likes of Rihanna and, evidently, trying her hand at DJing. But while she was due to do a set at Las Vegas venue The Bank last night, the appearance didn’t quite go as planned. According to a string of tweets from Sia, the manager of The Bank wasn’t impressed with her track selection and her set was cut short. “I had to leave @thebankLV because myself and my elves felt scared by the (alleged) owner, who wasn’t digging my tunes and got angry,” the Adelaide-born musician tweeted. “Sorry to those who came from near and far. It’s certainly the most uncomfortable situation I’ve been in professionally. Ever!“ It’s unclear exactly how the untimely end to Sia’s set unfolded, especially as The Bank has been keeping closed-lipped on the incident.
“That was a strange incident of getting the boot, but I had an official make-up gig where I re-played at the Marquee pool,” Farina told inthemix recently. “Playing in Chicago, for example, is so very different from Vegas. Vegas has always been a hard town to crack into for house. It’s a strange place, with an ever-changing crowd of visitors, then the local scene on the flipside of that, which is separate.”
I had to leave @thebanklv because myself and my elves felt scared by the (alleged) owner, who wasn’t digging my tunes and got angry.
— sia furler (@siamusic) December 2, 2012
Sorry to those who came from near and far. It’s certainly the most uncomfortable situation I’ve been in professionally. Ever!
— sia furler (@siamusic) December 2, 2012
The man who threatened my manager and told us he was ‘the owner’ of @thebanklv is in fact the general manager. For clarity’s sake.
— sia furler (@siamusic) December 2, 2012
Some people have real (coke) problems.
— sia furler (@siamusic) December 2, 2012
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