For what it's worth, I once arranged to go to a club (not local to me) to do a floor spot on a singers' night, and invited a few friends along as moral support.

On that particular evening there were around twenty five people in the room including the club organisers, and my friends accounted for fifteen of them!

As the club didn't seem to be doing very well, I thought I'd give it a plug on my website, and as the organisers who were present had suggested I may well be booked, I also mentioned that. Nothing definite, just a 'watch this space'. Okay, maybe a little arrogant, but I felt it was justified at the time.

One of the organisers who hadn't been there that evening saw what I'd written and objected, saying I hadn't been promised a booking... and would I remove it from my website, which I duly did.

I was never offered a gig at that club, but I'd rather not set foot through their door again anyway.

Interestingly, there was a band there that evening, who were subsequently booked... and disbanded before the gig!!

The organiser of a nearby club was there, and I did three gigs at their club!