Detroit-based rappers Insane Clown Posse [ tickets ] cancelled a club stop on their U.S. tour Wednesday night (6/14) in Mankato, Minn.

Reasons for the cancellation vary, depending on who's telling the story: The show's promoter complains that the city imposed unreasonable security demands on the show, while city officials and the venue's manager blame poor planning on the promoter's part.

According to Mankato Public Safety Director Jim Franklin, show promoter Jade Nielsen waited too long to arrange for appropriate security for the venue, which ultimately resulted in the event's cancellation.

"We just found ourselves in a very, very difficult situation with, frankly, a poorly planned event," said Franklin.

Larry Bowers, manager of the Kato Entertainment Center--the venue where the event was supposed to take place--also blames the cancellation on Nielsen's procrastination.

"He waited until the last minute to get the security," said Bowers.

But Nielsen claims that Bowers and the Kato Entertainment Center were supposed to take care of the security arrangements. Bowers contacted Nielsen 10 days before the event and told him his security people had backed out because they were afraid of being injured at the concert, Nielsen said.

Forced to pull together a security detail on short notice, Nielsen says he found that the city was demanding an unusually high number of security staff for the event.

"The Director of Public Safety … had some minimums that were just ridiculous," said Nielsen. "Eight police officers and 26 … security [personnel]. For a rock show where we're looking at 800 tickets, that's pretty obscene."

Franklin claims the city's security requirements were actually lower, and blames the stalemate on Nielsen's unwillingness to pay police a steep overtime rate. The higher rate is required whenever police are hired on less than two week's notice, Franklin said.

Nielsen said that he was told by the Director of Public Safety's office that the city's research in deciding on how to prepare for this event was based on a previous ICP concert at the 20,000-seat Target Center in Minneapolis.

"You can hardly compare security for a Target Center event to a club that holds 1,200," said Nielsen. "The point is that they basically wanted to make it as tough as possible for this show to happen."

ICP's next performance is scheduled for Friday (6/16) at the Quest in Minneapolis. The group's current tour is scheduled to run until July 1.