ICP SHOW CALLED OFF

Face painted rap-rockers Insane Clown Posse were forced to cancel a show in Mankato, MN, when a concert promoter shut down a scheduled gig citing "censorship" by the local police.

Promoter Jade Nielsen said local officials tried to force him to double his security staffing plans for the show at the Kato Entertainment Center, Pollstar reports. Nielsen considered the security requirements far more than necessary for an act he has promoted in other cities without incident.

Mankato Public Safety Director Jim Franklin charged Nielsen with failing to communicate with the Public Safety department. "The promoter never filed a security plan," Franklin said. "He gave us two paragraphs and after three conversations over the issue, he said ‘piss on it, we're canceling.' We have someone from out of town coming in and not wanting to do business the way everyone does, and he doesn't want to share information. We couldn't even get a ticket count to estimate security needs."

Besides, if you are not 5-foot-2 and wearing purple, you are not allowed to play Minnesota, he declared.