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Threatin is the stage name of California musician Jered Davis. Threatin gained infamy in November of 2018 when they faked a large fanbase in order to secure a UK tour, and were called a "scam" and a "fake band" when no one showed up at their concerts.

History

Davis, who goes by the stage name Jered Threatin, began making music as a solo act in 2012 shortly after moving to California.^[1] In 2015, he released a single titled "Living Is Dying," and on August 6th, 2017, released the music video for the song on YouTube.

"Fake Band" Tour Controversy

In November of 2018, Threatin gained widespread notoriety after booking a string of shows in the UK in which they promised promoters hundreds of attendees and instead played to empty venues. On November 8th, Twitter user @buzzingbugs^[2] tweeted screenshots from Facebook outlining the ongoing debacle. In one screenshot, a Facebook user told the story of how they were under the impression that the band sold 180 tickets to a show at a venue called The Exchange, though no sales were made at the venue and the only people who showed were on the support band's guest list. The user then said that the band's 38,000 likes on Facebook had been paid for and all attendees for the event were based in Brazil. Another screenshot showed venue The Underground Camden replying to a Threatin post saying Threatin promised 291 people had bought tickets for a show there but three people showed up.

14:39 D Last night at the Exchange, a band from L.A called "Threatin played. We were expecting it to be a busy night because the promoter had supposedly sold 180 tickets. It was a bit weird to find out the promoter was still in Hollywood instead of being at the gig...slightly weirder that we hadn't sold any tickets through the venue at all. It REALLY seemed weird when the only people to arrive were on the support band's guestlist. We had to ask Threatin to pay the venue hire / staff costs before anyone else played. The singer eventually huffed off and withdrew the money so the show could continue and they could play to literally zero people (aside from their tour manager and a couple of guys from one of the support bands because they felt bad for this guy). Turns out, Threatin are essentially a fake band. 38,000 likes on Facebook which have ALL been payed for. The 100 or so people attending the event page (and all the other event pages for their tour) are all based in Brazil. Every comment on their Youtube videos is phoney, including ones about how the 'women" posting want to lick sweat off his body. I'm starting to think they probably didn't win "Top Rock Artist of the Year Award" like their bio suggests.. Just when you think you've seen and heard it all, something like this comes along. Truly amazing stuff! e

14:20 므닥 BREAKING THE WORLDTOUUROPEL UK & AT UNDERWRLD 1 NOVEMBER 2018 DOORS OPEN: 7:00PM TICKETS. £15.00 AGE REQUIREMENTS:14+ (UNDER 16 MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT) ADDRESS: 174 CAMDEN HIGH STREET LONDON, UK NW10NE Tickets Available on: Eventbrite WWw.THREATIN.COM STAGERIGT Nvatlable nt 3 Like Comment Share The Underworld Camden what happened to the 291 advanced ticket sales your agent said you'd sold? THREE PEOPLE turned up. Please don't lie about ticket sales, and please don;t contact us again for a show. の 25 mins Like Reply More Write a comment... Post

BBC Newsbeat talked to The Underground Camden,^[3] who reported that Threatin played with intensity despite the empty venue. Furthermore, there were allegations that live videos of the band prior to the tour had been doctored to make it appear as though the band were playing to large crowds. A "live performance" of the band posted June 13th, 2016 was accused of combining crowd footage from a different show with Threatin's music (shown below, left). A promotional video for the UK tour posted by Threatin spliced footage of the singer playing while large crowd shots were interspersed, implying that the crowds were for him (shown below, right).

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After the story was picked up by outlets such as BBC^[3] and NME,^[4] Dane Davis, the hired drummer for the tour, interviewed with Louder Sound^[5] explaining how he had been duped and was paid $300 total for the tour. He learned the tour and band were a fake when news outlets published articles about it, and the tour was abandoned after that.