When Bogus Slogan last played Berlin, the promoter did a no-no. The long story is that the band wanted to play 5 dates in the city. Two stadium size venues, two large theaters and one “oversized” club appearance. The gigs in the theaters and the club had no problems. However, the promoter had lost the second stadium date. Even though he had sold over 45% of the seats, he failed to pay both of the stadium’s dates deposits.

Not telling anyone, he continued and sold out the second show. Then two days before the first show, publically announced that the second show had been moved to the first show date as a matinee. Clever, no?

When concert goers showed up, the fraud was exposed. The promoter had closed his office and was found sitting in the waiting room of a local police station. A lot of money was in the briefcase on his lap.

Bogus Slogan played a 2 hour sound check and the band and the stadium management split the briefcase in two.