DJ Steve Sidewalk

DJ Steve Sidewalk (nee Steven Reiter) is a disc jockey and club personality whose appearances are concentrated in New York City, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, The Hamptons and Fire Island, NY.

Sidewalk was a resident DJ at the New York nightclub Tunnel until its closing in 2001.

Sidewalk has premiered several songs in the New York club scene, including tracks by Britney Spears [http://gaysocialites.com/2007/09/dj_steve_sidewalk_debuts_britn_1.html] and Madonna.

Madonna Controversy

Sidewalk debuted the Madonna track, "4 Minutes to Save the World" in March 2008 during his Hot Mess party [http://gaysocialites.com/2008/03/new_york_city_dj_plays_leaked.html] . Sidewalk received a Cease & Desist letter from Madonna's record label, Warner Brothers Records, after playing the song, indicating the track was not intended for public performance. No legal action was taken after Sidewalk issued a public apology [http://madonnadiscography.com/print.php?print=184] to Madonna and destroyed his copy of the song.

Lilly Allen Incident

In June 2007, Jason Preston, former boyfriend of designer Marc Jacobs, stormed the DJ booth at Porky's NYC, accosting Sidewalk when he played [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehab_(Amy_Winehouse_song) "Rehab"] by Amy Winehouse. Preston demanded that Sidewalk stop playing the song because his companion, pop singer Lilly Allen, does not like Amy Winehouse [http://www.popcrunch.com/lily-allen-blasts-drunken-new-york-performance-reports-on-myspace-blog/] .

Home Life

Sidewalk resides in Hackensack, NJ, but often travels to Philadelphia to pursue his hobby of concert-going. According to his Friendster profile [http://profiles.friendster.com/716719] , Sidewalk worked in sales at one time but now, bolstered by publicity from his controversies, DJs exclusively.

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