Krista Henry, Staff Reporter

Patrons having a good time at the Extatic Fridays Party, held at The Pantry, Dumfries Road, New Kingston, last Friday night. - winston sill

An incriminating text message has been circulating recently claiming that a popular party promoter is gay and that his parties should not be supported. However, when contacted, the promoter denied that these allegations were true, dismissing them as false and malicious.

The text, which has been sent out via email to people's cellphones, also implicates popular entertainment website 876radio.com as the source of the message. However, they too have denied any involvement.

Message of no support

THE STAR recently received the message, which states: "info.876radio@gmail.com (Gay promoter - Dane Chin) No support for gay promoters. Dane Chin of Levels and Extatic Fridays is gay. Don't support his parties."

According to Chin, promoter of parties such as Club Theory, Juice Theory, Levels and Extatic Fridays, the matter was brought to his attention early Monday morning.

Chin told THE STAR that he has been in contact with 876 radio, which has denied sending out the email, as they claim that someone created a duplicate e-mail address that was seen in the text.

Chin said: "it is not true. it's a false message that maliciously implicates 876radio. it doesn't affect me or my parties."

876radio's special bulletin

On 876radio's website, a special bulletin has since been posted regarding the situation saying: "It has been brought to the attention of the management of 876radio.com that individuals are circulating text messages via cellphones implicating 876Radio in a drive to imply that a well- known party promoter is gay and not to support his or her events. We assure all our supporters that these text messages did not originate from our servers nor those of our affiliates. Please be advised that 876Radio will be making every effort to ensure that the source of these messages is obtained and the culprit(s) dealt with accordingly. Spotting these fake emails and messages is easy. 876Radio emails only come from our domain (eg.info@876radio.com). Thank you to all our faithful fans for your continued support."

While the text continues to be circulated telling persons not to attend the promoter's parties, Chin doesn't anticipate any negative feedback for Levels or Extatic Fridays, which were both mentioned in the text. Levels takes place this Thursday night at the Quad, while Extatic Fridays, began last Friday at the Pantry and continues every Friday until June 13.

According to Chin, "Levels has become the number one club party in Jamaica, staged at the Quad. It's been going on for a while and is known for unique concepts and themes. We always get good feedback every year with over 1,300-1,400 people.

That's a huge promotion for a club. Extatic Fridays, which began last year, had a good turnout and this year, we're working with Absolute Entertainment going for bigger and better heights."

And despite not having the best of starts at last week's Extatic Fridays, Chin said, "We're expecting a better turnout this Friday for 'Lollipop' for ladies night."

The promoter and the management of 876radio are currently investigating the matter.