Archive · 22 Aug 2026
Mumbai Police Stop Stella Bossi Gig After 50 Minutes
Stella Bossi is a DJ from Berlin who was performing in Mumbai.
She was playing techno music at a venue called AntiSocial.
After about 50 minutes, a police officer came onto the stage.
The officer told her to stop the show.
Bossi said that she and the organizers tried everything to continue.
People online were unhappy because they believed the event was allowed to run until 9:30 p.m.
Another DJ said similar interruptions had happened to his shows in India.
Mumbai Police has not said why it stopped this performance.
German-Italian techno DJ Stella Bossi said Mumbai Police stopped her performance after about 50 minutes.
The gig took place at AntiSocial in Mumbai on Friday night.
A police officer appeared on stage and instructed Bossi to stop performing.
Online comments suggested the show ended before its reported 9:30 p.m. permission, possibly around 7:30–8 p.m.
Mumbai Police has not explained why the performance was stopped.
- Who
- Berlin-based German-Italian techno DJ Stella Bossi, Mumbai Police, the event organizers and the audience.
- What
- Mumbai Police stopped Bossi's gig after approximately 50 minutes of her set.
- When
- Friday night; commenters said the event may have ended around 7:30–8 p.m., before the reported 9:30 p.m. end time.
- Where
- AntiSocial in Mumbai, India.
- Why
- Mumbai Police has not publicly revealed why it intervened.
Critics of the shutdown
Official position not stated
Whether the show should have continued
Critics of the shutdown
Netizens and an event-management company said the performance was reportedly permitted until 9:30 p.m. and criticized police for stopping it early.
Official position not stated
Mumbai Police intervened but had not publicly explained the reason, so its justification is unknown.
Impact on the music scene
Critics of the shutdown
The event-management company called the shutdown harmful to India's techno scene and unfair to an international artist and promoter.
Official position not stated
No response or assessment from Mumbai Police was reported in the article.
- Artist
- Stella Bossi, a Berlin-based German-Italian techno DJ
- Venue
- AntiSocial, Mumbai
- Reported performance length
- Approximately 50 minutes before police intervention
- Reported permitted end time
- 9:30 p.m., according to online comments and an event-management company
- Reported shutdown time
- Around 7:30–8 p.m., according to an event-management company
- Police explanation
- Mumbai Police had not revealed why it stopped the gig
- Online reaction
- Commenters criticized the interruption and raised concerns about restrictions on Mumbai's techno scene