‘ELECTRIC DAISY’ ORGANIZERS: SHOW WILL GO ON

Organizers of the Electric Daisy Carnival Experience film say the show will go on despite the move by Regal and AMC theaters to back out of Thursday's screenings.

Regal and AMC dropped the documentary, scheduled to be shown in more than 500 theaters, including four in Las Vegas, after a melee erupted Wednesday outside the film premiere in Hollywood.

There were indications Saturday the plug-pulling movement was spreading to Las Vegas. At least one of the four Las Vegas theaters -- Century 16 at South Point -- had suspended ticket sales and was awaiting a decision from Cinemark's corporate office.

Sante Fe 16 was selling tickets Saturday but might move the time from 9 p.m. to 7 p.m., an employee said. Orleans 18 and Sam's Town 18 could not be reached. The riot broke out after approximately 800 music fans rushed to see DJ Kaskade, a Las Vegas headliner, who tweeted he was on his way to perform at a block party concert near Grauman's Chinese Theater. DJ Kaskade issued a statement after the incident saying he was incredibly disappointed" in the way his concert ended.

He added, "It's unfortunate that a few disrespectful people turned what was supposed to be a celebration of music into a regrettable event. This is not what EDM (electronic dance music) is about.

Let's see if the magic of social networking will work today," he tweeted.

Minutes later, he added, "News choppers overhead. The man trying to shut us down. Hang on I am coming!!! This is crazy."

DJ Kaskade, whose real name is Ryan Raddon, has headliner deals with Marquee nightclub at The Cosmopolitan and Encore Beach Club.

He had a permit to play a free show, according to reports. He appeared in the documentary. The three-day inagural event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway last month was the largest music event in last vegas history, with tickets sales reaching 230,000.

Insomniac, the company that owns EDC, distanced itself from the block party in a statement and said efforts are underway to add more theater screenings.

It is extremely disheartening that some theaters wrongly associated an unaffiliated 'block party,' and its disorderly crowd, with the private screening of the film," the statement said.

The individuals who caused problems outside of our movie premiere were not the same audience, which wants to buy tickets to the film, just as the same people that cause disturbances after a sporting event do not represent all fans of that team.

--NORM CLARKE, Vegas Confidential