The Region - News from May 17, 1987

Madonna, Charlie Daniels, Michael Jackson and the Beach Boys will boycott the Pacific Amphitheater in Costa Mesa if noise controls are imposed, booking agents say. A judge issued a preliminary injunction last week ordering the amphitheater to tone down the music. Arena attorneys appealed for leniency Thursday, citing the sworn statements of the booking agents. “Artists oppose any restrictions imposed upon their ability to control their music,” said a declaration signed by Alex Hodges, a Los Angeles booking executive who represents Bob Denver, Daniels and the band Dire Straits. “In effect, the Pacific Amphitheater will lose all of our business.”