DJ Flexy Ferg kicked out of Miranda Hotel in Sydney for wearing a hat
Ridiculous reason DJ is kicked out of a Sydney pub as the city’s nightlife plummets to an embarrassing new low: ‘Wouldn’t happen anywhere else in the world’
- DJ Flexy Ferg claims he got kicked out for wearing a hat
- He claims he left after performing a gig
A DJ has criticized a Sydney venue for kicking it out after his set for wearing a hat.
Matty Ferguson, aka DJ Flexy Ferg, claims he was thrown from the Miranda Hotel in the south of the city by two security guards as he mingled with the crowd.
The 27-year-old said that after stepping off the decks and donning a red cap, he was asked by bouncers to take it off – because it was against house rules.
“I was about 10 steps from the door and this security guard comes up to me and says, ‘Oi mate, you can’t wear a goddamn hat in here,'” Ferguson said on the BondiLines podcast.
“I was like, man, I literally just came off the goddamn deck.”
Matty Ferguson, aka DJ Flexy Ferg, claims he was thrown out of a Sydney pub by two security guards when he blended into the crowd for wearing a hat
The 27-year-old DJ said after stepping off the turntables and donning a red cap, he was asked by bouncers to take it off – because it was against house rules
The situation escalated after he refused to remove the hat and proceeded to the door.
“I’ve taken three more steps, so I’m about seven steps from the door, grabs me with both hands and says, ‘I told you to take your goddamn hat off,'” he said.
“I’m leaving to go to another gig, I’m being beaten up by two guards and completely kicked out because I’m wearing a hat in a room.”
He went on to say that Sydney’s security guards and police are particularly tense compared to those of other cities.
“I feel like that shit doesn’t happen anywhere else in the world,” Ferguson said.
“I’ve partied all over the world and I can’t imagine something like this happening. Sydney certainly has a tendency to over-control.”
Sydney’s once thriving nightlife scene took a drastic decline after controversial lockout laws were introduced in 2014 following a series of violent incidents in the heart of the city.
The strict rules meant that customers could not enter any locations after 1:30am in the city centre.
Although the laws were reversed in 2021, the damage was done and the port city is still struggling to regain its reputation as a fun place to go out.
Peter Ryan, owner of Ryan’s Hotel Group which manages the Miranda Hotel, said he had not been told about the incident.
“People say a lot on podcasts,” Ryan told the Sydney Morning Herald.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted the Miranda Hotel for comment.
Peter Ryan, owner of Ryan’s Hotel Group which manages the Miranda Hotel, said he had not been told about the incident
Sydney’s once thriving nightlife scene took a drastic decline after controversial lockout laws were introduced in 2014 following a series of violent incidents in the heart of the city (Miranda Hotel is pictured)
It comes on the heels of another shocking incident over Easter weekend, where patrons of Coogee Pavilion in eastern Sydney witnessed a security guard kick an autistic teenager out before pushing him to the ground.
Footage from the incident shows the same guard pushing the woman to the ground after she yelled at the guard.
Police were called to the scene by the venue after reporting ‘malicious damage and assault of a security guard’.
“On arrival, officers were told that a youth had forced the room, after which he would have smashed a glass door and had an argument with a guard,” said a police spokesman.