The Last Dinner Party says they had nothing to do with it.
Single male fans entering The Last Dinner Party's show at the Engine Shed in Lincolnshire, England on Saturday ended up going through some extra discriminatory screening.
Various fans posted about it on social media, with one writing, "Been funneled into a dark corner with other men, told I might be a pervert cus I’m alone and then taken into a room alone with a security guard where I was interrogated and searched.” One fan said, “I got asked how long I had liked them for, and to name my favourite song,” while another said he “got whisked away, searched, asked condescending questions.”
The venue issued a statement on Sunday that said, "After information was provided to our security team about incidents at a previous The Last Dinner Party gig, the venue management team made an ad-hoc change to our policy. Although the policy was changed with the right intentions, this change resulted in the unacceptable treatment of some guests, and The Engine Shed would like to fully apologise to anyone affected."
The Last Dinner Party followed that up with their own statement Monday morning that said, "Those policies were created and enforced by the venue at their own discretion, and were not made in consultation with us. They do not reflect our beliefs and would not have been implemented had we been made aware of them in advance."
That show and one in Cardiff on Sunday both ended up being canceled because a band member fell ill.