Hip hop group The 046 have cancelled shows in Sydney and Wollongong after police advised venues to arrange additional security and extra police officers.
The tension between NSW police and rappers largely based in western Sydney has been reignited following the cancellation of two upcoming shows by The 046, a group of four rappers from the city’s southwest.
“Due to reasons beyond our control, our upcoming Sydney and Wollongong shows have been cancelled due to NSW police putting additional security costs to the point where we would be losing significant money by going ahead with the show,” the band said in a statement. “We got word this week from the Sydney venue, Oxford Arts Factory, that police have hit them up, advising them not to go ahead with the show,” says Gauchan.“They slapped the venue with a section 75, which means they get reported to Liquor and Gaming, who then impose conditions on the event going forward, which included additional security, but the killer was user-pays police.”
A spokesperson for Liquor & Gaming NSW confirmed they received a submission from police regarding a drill rap event scheduled for 25 August at the Oxford Art Factory. “Whether venues take up that advice, that’s up to them; they can still go ahead with the event; the advice is only advice, it’s not an order.“The venues need to keep police on their side to make their lives easier, so the advice may only be ‘advice’, but it doesn’t leave much wriggle room; they feel obliged to follow it,” he says.
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