Alex Erfan and Rentboy.com present:
HustlaBall London
Saturday 14th June 2008 @ Area and Depot
(Clubs Area and Depot, together for the first time tonight to form a super-sized, hi-tech venue, proudly hosting the very first HustlaBall London party)


Pucker up boys, HustlaBall arrives in London, for the first time ever, in less than 4 weeks!

Get ready for a close encounter of the most intimate kind at this unique “sex cabaret” and mega dance party, with some of the biggest names in the porn and dance industry. After ten years of notorious events in New York City, Berlin, Las Vegas, San Francisco and Los Angeles, HustlaBall will hit U.K. shores in mid-June, injecting London with a heady mix of super decadence and glamour.

The list of participating porn studios is endless, with huge names such as Titan, Wurstfilms, Bel-Ami, and Chi Chi LaRue bringing pornstars over for the party. Also, a collection of new and exciting erotic talents will be showcased by Boys-Pissing.com, Jalif Studio, FetishLad, and FabScout Entertainment among other companies.

In all, over 30 special acts and performers will arrive from around the world, and we’re all in for an unforgettable treat. Superstar names such as Francois Sagat, Ben Andrews, Lucas Ridgeston, and Carlos Morales will be joined by newcomers from the US, Spain, Germany, France and UK to make for a truly international circuit party to top them all. For a complete list of erotic performers including Aitor Crash, Steve Cruz, Alejandro Ferrer, Ben Foster, Tommy Haine, Raul Kema, Martin Mazza, “Macanao”, Andy O’Neil, Cameron Ross, Lex Packer, Tyler Peter, and more, www.hustlaball.com

As ever, HustlaBall’s legendary mix of sex and cutting edge music serves up a night which will appeal to everyone from vanilla disco bunnies to the downright debauched and insatiable. A roster of DJs will be rotated throughout the club, with light-and-sound installations and kink-themed rooms offering aural, visual, and sensual surprises on multiple levels of the venue.

Suzie Kruger (of club Fist fame) will be hosting the “Hard ON” room, with DJs Hugo’sland (resident DJ at Hard ON) and DMAK serving up a tougher sound for the more adventurous. Suzie’s playroom and performers will add the perverse, exploratory dimension that gets 3000 punters lining up every year for another dose of the Berlin HustlaBall.

In Area’s main room, DJs Sammy Jo (Scissor Sisters’ Tour DJ) and David Hernandez (Cockring Amsterdam) along with Jack Chang (HustlaBall US and Berlin, Folsom Europe) will provide sexy progressive beats, inspiring our troupe of performers to gyrate, pulsate, bump, grind, and show off their talents. Internationally renowned porn director Chi Chi LaRue will be there to put pornstars and partygoers alike through their paces and no doubt light everyone’s fuses.

All this adds up the most sexually charged super-party and dynamite dancefloor London has seen for a LONG time.

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Get your tickets from Prowler, Barcode Soho and Vauxhall, The Box, Profile Bar and The Edge or on-line from: www.hustlaball.com

Advance tickets are £20 plus £1 donation to Terrance Higgins Trust
Advance VIP tickets are £70 plus £2 donation to Terrance Higgins Trust
On-line tickets are available from: www.clubtickets.co.uk

VIP TICKETS:

Get the red carpet treatment and mingle with the stars and studio heads at what promises to be the biggest gathering of the porn glitterati in London for a long time.

A VIP pre-party and barbecue will be held at Eagle London, Saturday June 14th at 6pm. Later at Area & Depot, a VIP champagne reception occurs before the doors open to the public, from 10 to 11pm, hosted by Chi Chi LaRue the queen of porn in the flesh. There will be an exclusive VIP area all night with free cloakroom and separate toilets. All your favourite porn stars will be inches away and ready to be chatted up if you can hold your nerves. As a VIP ticket holder you will have access to all pre and after parties throughout the weekend and will have your very own goodie bag to take home.

Why not book a table or banquette for the night. Tables of 4 and 6 are available in the VIP area. Please contact London@hustlaball.com for more information.

www.hustlaball.com

For additional info, enquiries, interviews, or press photos, contact:

London:
Alex Erfan +44 7710907444 / Alex@AlexErfan.com
Jeffrey Davids +44 2071019485 / Jeff@hustlaball.com



History and Timeline
1998 to present

London, UK. A self-described “world of hustlers, hookers, pimps, streetwalkers, flesh-peddlers, porn stars and other scandalous sorts,” the annual sex-drenched HustlaBall has come a long way from its humble beginnings as a one night party held in New York City back in 1998.  Eighteen parties later, in cities including New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Berlin, and now London, HustlaBall is not only one of the raunchiest events on the dance circuit, it is also one of its hottest tickets. What was originally intended as a “sex cabaret” for erotic artists and exhibitionists has morphed over the years to become a mega-party, where adult content can be presented in a large public space, for the amusement, shock and awe of international audiences.
On June 14th, 2008, HustlaBall’s debauched underworld party will blow into London, with pre-and-post events scheduled at numerous UK venues…

HustlaBall brings together (in addition to the usual circuit party suspects) top name musical talent and DJs, an outrageous cast of fetish acts and performers and a growing international parade of party people anxious to get in on the X-rated fun for which HustlaBall has become notorious.

As a result of its increasing popularity over the years, the event has attracted the likes of porn impresario Chi Chi La Rue, recording artists Marc Almond and Johnny “The Gay Pimp” McGovern, drag superstar Shequida, and gay porn legends ranging from Jeff Stryker to Michael Lucas, Michael Brandon, Francois Sagat and Matthew Rush, just to name a few. Partygoers are treated to multiple international DJs including Brett Henrichsen, DeMarko, Micky Friedmann, Rolando Belmares, Jack Chang and Andrew Mendez, among others.
At HustlaBall, you can forget the go-go boys you would normally see at a gay party. Here, you are more likely to see triple-X podium sex, with any combination of one to five guys at a time. HustlaBall brings together porn stars and top escorts from around the world, especially as a showcase for new and emerging erotic talent. Fans can show their affection on the spot and of course there is the occasional escort or porn star who shows off his talent up close and personal.
With dark rooms, play spaces, and awesome sound-and-lighting, there are many elements for guests to discover and keep occupied at a HustlaBall party. The night is broken up by a series of erotic, acrobatic, and musical performances onstage and around the club to keep partygoers surprised and stimulated.
All these elements make HustlaBall a unique party, and although it is a circuit party, with DJs being a major focus, it is different from other circuit parties. Here you get a mix of DJs, dancefloors, onstage shows, acts that happen around the stage, stars mingling with fans, and smaller parties around the main event that allow more intimate, sexual display.

The crowd is more diverse than most circuit crowds, with men and women, gay and straight, older and younger, representatives from the adult video industry, pornstars, escorts, and dancers. And of course there are partygoers who love a good old-fashioned circuit party, with the sweat on the dancefloor, for whom nothing else matters but the music.

As HustlaBall travels around the globe, attracting new fans and participants, the party takes on the flavor of each host city. The irony is that although some cities are known for sexual indulgence, their zoning laws do not always make that possible at HustlaBall. Las Vegas, for instance, is known as Sin City, and prostitution is legal, but nudity is not allowed where liquor is sold--so live sex onstage in Vegas clubs is never going to happen without consequences. In New York City, where zoning laws are strict but not heavily policed, some sex and nudity slips past the censors, but the stage shows are relatively tame for what one would expect from X-rated pornstars. In heavily policed or zoned cities, the raunchiest HustlaBall performances take place only at underground pre-and-post event sex clubs and bathhouses. In Berlin, on the other hand, HustlaBall is entirely free and sexually liberated—nudity is allowed (Germans walk naked at the beach), sex is totally cool on onstage at a nightclub, and even prostitution is legal.

As far as London censorship goes, since this is HustlaBall’s first party in the U.K., you can be sure that HustlaBall will make every effort to remain on the right side of the law, while at the same time pushing boundaries to the limit. With help from a heavy roster of internationally recognized pornstars, DJs, top escorts, fans, and party monsters, HusltaBall will explore the edge of what is permissible in the great city of London. Partygoers should expect many surprises, wardrobe malfunctions, and organs accidently slipping into orifices…whoops! HustlaBall London is sure to be one of the most memorable, not-to-be-missed parties to hit the UK in many years.



HustlaBall Timeline

1998 New York City
The party, originally named HustlerBall, begins in the basement of Manhattan’s legendary Times Square hustler club Stella’s (March 1998). There are indeed “escorts and flesh peddlers” and it is almost a private party.

1999 New York
HustlerBall teams up with the notorious PORK boys to transform The Lure (New York’s premier leather bar at the time) into a showcase for the xxx-rated porno and hustler underworld

2000 San Francisco, Chicago
Hustlerball moves into Club Townsend (Pleasuredome, Club Universe) in San Francisco and Club Circuit in Chicago and draws record crowds. With Dean Johnson (of the rock band Velvet Mafia), Chi Chi LaRue, Johnny “The Gay Pimp” McGovern, Sherry Vine, Miss Understood, Shequida, and many other great MC’s, the hot mix of music and porn performance becomes reality.

2001 New York City
HustlaBall returns to NYC’s LURE just a couple of months after the September 11th disaster and makes the party a benefit for Fire Engine Company “Ladder 3.” The event raises $5,000 for the firehouse, which lost 12 of 25 men. (Also in 2001, Hustler Magazine’s Larry Flynt forces the party to change its name from HustlERball to HustlAball)

2002 Los Angeles, New York
HustlaBall moves to Los Angeles for a party at Factory in West Hollywood. A special guest is Christopher Ciccone, Madonna’s brother, who enjoys the party for hours.

2003 Berlin
HustlaBall goes overseas to Europe for the first time, to produce its most extravagant event yet in Berlin, Germany, at the Kit Kat Klub (from Cabaret fame), bringing back Weimar decadence—on steroids! With DJs from around the world on different levels throughout the venue, including an 800-square-metre play space with slings and “torture gardens,” HustlaBall Berlin is a smashing success. With its own host hotel, shuttles in between venues, VIP areas, and pre-and-post events all over the city, HustlaBall becomes a true circuit party, attracting fans from around the globe.

2004 Berlin
HustlaBall Berlin doubles in space and crowd expectations, and becomes known as Berlin’s “party of the year.”
2005 Las Vegas, Berlin
HustlaBall returns to the States during Las Vegas’ annual AVN (Adult Video News) Convention. The party is held right on the Strip at club Krave on Las Vegas Boulevard. With stage shows by porn director Chi Chi LaRue and Expose singer Gioia Bruno, HustlaBall becomes a household name in the second largest entertainment city in the world. Sin City’s motto, “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas,” is taken to the limit and beyond during HustlaBall’s first year in Las Vegas--onstage sex acts almost cause club Krave to shut down. Later in 2005, the Berlin party is hosted by the legendary New York City performer Lady Bunny. Porn legends Jeff Stryker, Matthew Rush, Carlos Morales, Michael Lucas, and many others perform in multiple sex shows onstage, making this one of the most visually stimulating HustlaBall parties in years.

2006 Las Vegas, Berlin
International drag star and classically trained opera singer Shequida hosts the party in Berlin, with performances by English recording artist Marc Almond (singing the song “Tainted Love”) and American R&B singer Ari Gold. The entire event is recoded and later released in DVD/CD format with pornstar interviews, live sex acts, and circuit music mix by DJ DeMarko.

2007 Las Vegas, New York City, Berlin
In Las Vegas, Raven O, emcee of Cirque du Soleil’s show Zumanity, hosts HustlaBall with comedian Bruce Vilanch. Britney Spears, at the crest of her fame, just before the bottom falls out of her reputation and career, attends HustlaBall with an entourage of security and keepers. Photographer Gio Spano wrote:
The main show started with a few jokes from Bruce Vilanch, who was then joined on stage by Chi Chi LaRue to get the show started.  The room was packed and the fans were eager to see the opening act and Emcee Raven O, who appeared on stage via a platform lowered from the ceiling singing “Could it Be Magic?”  He was joined on stage by four back-up dancers and enticed the crowd to “take off your shirts, motherfuckers!  It’s time to get nasty!”  With words like that, everyone knew they were in for a crazy night. Jeremy Hall, Jay Armstrong, Ralph Woods, Pierre Fitch, Tory Mason, Tommy Blade, and Cole Ryan stepped up for the first round of flesh.  We were then treated to the amazing physiques of Big Roger and Jake Deckard, dancing on a podium together right before the main event started on the main stage--can you say WOOF?!

2008 Las Vegas, and coming June 14 to London
In January, at club Krave on the Vegas Strip, partygoers line up around the block to hear internationally known DJs Brett Henrichsen and Micky Friedmann. Hosts Willam Belli (star of U.S. primetime television’s Nip/Tuck as Cherry Peck) and recording star Jonny “The Gay Pimp” McGovern introduce over 50 pornstars for multiple shows by the major porn studios. A post-event sex party is held at Blue Moon Resort (Vegas’ only gay bathhouse/hotel), where pornstars and fans cavort in a tented, heated swimming pool and invade the entire hotel, including a special “HustlaBall Playroom.”

On June 14th HustlaBall brings the mega-party to London’s newest club complex Area @ Depot, where the event will be produced by Alex Erfan (of Club Salvation fame) and Hustlaball’s founding producer Rentboy.com, the largest gay escort site in the world.
See www.hustlaball.comfor details and tickets.