- I have received a call from the police, that they see this as a general meeting, says the organizer Pelle Aldestam to the newspaper.

The news comes after Aldestam - which is a well-known concert organizer on Öland - has already canceled a planned dinner show with Saucedo. This after the authorities stopped a similar event with Saucedo for 250 guests in Piteå. It was the artist who was the attraction rather than the food, the police thought.

Pelle Aldestam then instead planned a "private evening" with a maximum of 100 guests from his 1,300 friends on Facebook. The dinner show would also be streamed online - something he thought would get the green light.

Facebook invitation not private

But police questioned whether his Facebook friends could be counted as guests at a private dinner, according to Aldestam.

SVT Småland: You blew off your planned show with Danny Saucedo at Vida museum, it can not come as a surprise that this was canceled?

- Yes, I have talked to the police locally who said that with a private guest list and sitting table it was okay. I took all the risk myself, there was no company but I subscribed privately.

"Unfair and inconsistent"

But you have gone public with the idea that anyone can become your friend on Facebook, the guests must pay for themselves and you must stream - it is not private then, is it? 

- No authority should tell me how to send out the invitation. The princess' birthday was streamed. My God, let artists play for seated tables at a distance, which applies to restaurants. It is unfair and inconsistent. 

But is this about wanting a private lobster platter, is it a way to circumvent the rules of a public event, or do you want attention to the issue? 

- I'm not looking for attention. I wanted to conduct the concert with Danny and have been trying to find a way to conduct the event legally. That the media pays attention to it ... that may be a disadvantage.

"Thousands on the beaches"

Given that there is an ongoing pandemic and this type of event may increase the risk of spreading the infection - is it not good that it is stopped? 

- We all agree that restrictions are needed. But there are thousands on the beaches, every restaurant is full. But why is a famous artist not allowed to play for a seated restaurant?  

A pandemic must be the mother of creativity, says Pelle Aldestam, but says that the decision made the energy disappear. 

- I throw in the towel completely for this year.  

Making events? 

- Yes. 

What are you going to do? 

- Do not know.