- 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 privateBut 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.