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Anyone who wandered through Millennium Square on their way to work this morning would have witnessed an early morning rave taking place.

The hope was that members of the public would join the fun for something a little different from their usual morning commute.

The event, in aid of Sport Relief, was supposed to raise a smile with passers by and help get Bristol moving in the name of charity, but it wasn't all smooth sailing.

At 7am the speakers started pumping and people started busting their moves, but the event was soon interrupted by a guest of the nearby Ibis hotel who was far from happy.

Just after the music started, the barefoot man stormed into the square and started shouting.

He could be heard screaming at the dancers and DJs: “What are you doing? Turn this f**ing s**t off, it is seven o’clock in the morning, I was asleep in the f***ing hotel, turn the noise down.”



A member of security then approached the man in a bid to calm him down, but his attempt appeared to fall on deaf ears as the tirade continued.

“Please turn the music down, I’m trying to sleep at the hotel which I paid a lot of money for,” he said to one of the DJs, before threatening to call the police and accusing the security man of assaulting him after he touched him on the arm.

After being informed that the party was for charity by one of the event organisers, the man replied: “It doesn’t matter what the excuse is, it is impolite… I’m trying to sleep in a room there, I have been working hard."



A spokesman from the Ibis said they were not informed about the event before it took place, but did not want to comment further.



The event was organised by Sport Relief as part of its nationwide 'Whatever Moves You' campaign, which challenges the whole nation to get moving and beat a billion steps a day, every day, from March 17-23. A team of ravers attempted to shuffle their way to 101,000 steps this morning.



The event organisers said: "We’re really sorry this gentleman was disturbed during our breakfast party for Sport Relief. We had informed the hotel it was happening and it was an event that was fully licensed working with Millennium Square. Breakfast parties aren’t for everybody, but we certainly got a lot of people doing their steps for Sport Relief and raising awareness around the campaign.”

For more information, visit Sport Relief's website here.