Like we didn’t have enough to worry about in today’s modern world, with the constant threat of terrorism and global warming nipping at our heels… now it seems we’ve got to be mindful of the dangers imposed by the infamous ‘Melbourne Shuffle’, that’s if the complaints of one Sydney promoter are to be believed.

It’s hard to make out whether the campaign to ban the shuffle has been kicked off as a laughable attempt at self-promotion, or if there’s genuine fears for punter safety, but Tim Sabre of Raw Entertainment (promoter of, according to Ninemsn, “some of the city’s [Sydney] classier venues” like Goodbar…) is waging war on the celebrated form of self expression.

Sabre believes that the iconic dance style, immortalised in the 2005 documentary ‘Melbourne Shuffler’, is a danger to clubbers as there’s more people attempting the shuffle now while drunk. “It used to be in those clubs where people stood two metres apart from each other and they were all on ecstasy, so if they bumped into each other they’d give each other a hug,” Ninemsn quotes Sabre as having said.

Peter Glass, who DJs at Sydney club Ruby Rabbit, countered Sabre’s complaint as ‘ludicrous’, telling Ninemsn, “that’s their self-expression, that’s what dancing’s about,” adding, “if you play that sort of music you’re attracting that sort of clientele, so if you’re having that problem you should change your music policy.”

We’d rather know why someone hasn’t waged war on the ‘Bang Gang Dance’?

Want to learn the shuffle? Here’s a short instructional video…