Can you be a little more specific here as to what went wrong? Sorry, I'm a lil' lost as to what the party was and what went down. It's my personal opinion that the promoters should be trustworthy with regards to information about the party and the persons throwing it. Like, if someone asks me who is spinning and how much cover is, I'm not gonna say it's Danny Tenaglia for $5 when it's actually Joe Baggadonuts for $30. I think most promoters are pretty up front about that stuff, the only time when it was any different for me was when I was promoting a party with Taucher as the guest DJ and he didn't show for one reason or another (supposedly he was sick but I am not sure I believe that, another story...). And that kind of thing is even beyond the control of those throwing the party. Where you have to be careful with the promoters is if they're telling you they're going to get you comps, major reductions in cover, whatever whatever that has any possibility of being too good to be true bc he or she doesn't have the pull to make it happen but thinks he/she does. And with that kept in mind and some extra cash in hand in case things don't work out, I think everything should be okay. However, no matter how much information you give a promoter, one or two at least are gonna be dishonest about it, misinform people on purpose, that happens, but the ones like that aren't gonna be responsible or give you the contact info of the head promoter 'cause then you're probably going to end up on that person's list instead of their own.