Crowds got out of hand at a Lincoln Heights club where rapper Tyler, the Creator was scheduled to perform alongside electronic artist Flying Lotus tonight, L.A. Weekly has learned. The show apparently was shut down by police.
The unruliness outside the Airliner club was reported at 10:10 p.m., LAPD Officer Norma Eisenman told us. The venue reached capacity and crowds had to be turned away, causing some unrest, she said:
Officers arrived in riot gear and it appeared that people started leaving, she said:
The event was at maximum capacity and the bouncer wasn't letting people in. They became unruly.
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— ANDREA ORO (@DREdivinity) October 10, 2013
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— victor (@xvictorrr) October 10, 2013
See also: Tyler, the Creator: Horsing Around.
The club at 2419 N. Broadway tweeted this tonight:
Unless you're already in line, you might want to make other plans tonight. We are already at capacity with the number of people queued.
— Low End Theory (@LOWENDTHEORY) October 10, 2013
No injuries were reported, and no arrests had been made, Eisenman said.
Tyler, the Creator, who got his start as a member of the rap crew Odd Future, tweeted this:
THE COPS SHUT THAT DOWN LIKE WOW
— Tyler, The Creator (@fucktyler) October 10, 2013
IM SO BUMMED THAT HAPPENED AND NOT STOKED LIKE I WANTED TO PLAY SO BAD PEOPLE BEEN THERE ALLLL DAY
— Tyler, The Creator (@fucktyler) October 10, 2013
[Added at 11:14]: We were told Flying Lotus was a special guest as part of a lineup that includes some of the artists that will be a part of the Odd Future Carnival next month at the L.A. Coliseum, a venue that decided in 2011 to no longer allow raves.
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