New York ‘Club King’ recalls wildest celebrity encounters in new memoir

A New York City night-life impresario has revealed his wildest moments with celebs from Johnny Depp to Mick Jagger.

A New York City night-life impresario — who was behind legendary 90s clubs Limelight, Palladium, Club USA and Tunnel — has revealed his wildest moments with celebs from Johnny Depp to Mick Jagger in a new memoir, The Club King.

“For reasons known only to him, Tupac Shakur once appeared outside Palladium and began to shoot up the club’s marquee,” Peter Gatien, who ran a popular Sunday hip hop night, writes. “We had to get the mercurial rap star bundled off and away from the scene before the cops showed.”

Tupac Shakur at Club USA in 1994. Picture: Steve Eichner/Getty Images

Adding, “That incident happened around the same time that Johnny Depp came into Club USA to research his role for Donnie Brasco, bringing along a crew of street guys who were helping him get in character. True to form, his mob people and my security personnel got into a brawl over entry into the VIP room.”

Gatien also recounts another wild incident when a clubber “approached Mike Tyson in Tunnel’s main room, took a beer out of the heavyweight champ’s hand, and deliberately slopped the liquid” on the champ’s shoes.

“The outrageous move instantly snapped my security people into high alert, and nearby spectators froze … Luckily, Tyson laughed his high-pitched giggle and strolled away.”

Former boxer Mike Tyson attends the super welterweight boxing match between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor. Picture: Christian Petersen/Getty Images

Of Prince, Gatien writes, “His Purple Majesty fell head over platform heels for a bartender by the name of Raven,” who was rushed to whichever of Gatien’s clubs the pop icon showed up at to wait on him.

Also making the rounds at Gatien’s locations were Andy Warhol, Grace Jones, Madonna and Jagger.

“There was a bathroom off the hallway near the Limelight VIP room with a sliding-glass door, and as I passed by one night, a hand reached out and a voice called, ‘Have a paper square, mate?’” Gatien writes. “I went to the supply closet and returned with a roll of toilet paper, handing it in to my longtime idol Mick Jagger, sitting regally unembarrassed atop the porcelain throne.”

“There's no toilet paper, man!” Picture: Alberto Pizzoli / AFP

This article originally appeared on The New York Post and was reproduced with permission