Let’s say you own a successful and much-loved Melbourne venue, which regularly hosts well-received parties and raved-about live shows. What ingredient would you say is still missing? That’s right, a DJ set from Channel Nine presenter Karl Stefanovic.

As Beat reports, that’s precisely what Melbourne’s Laundry Bar are trying to get going. They recently started a petition in order to get the popular morning show presenter behind the decks in their venue. At the time of writing, it’s sitting at just over 1,000 signatures.

“We’re an awesome club in Melbourne that lives to give – whether it’s John Safran performing an all vinyl hip hop set in an Adidas tracksuit for free, Devin The Dude performing his hits from 20 years ago for cheap, or our regular club nights on Friday and Saturday that are constantly on the ball, we just wanna entertain our fans,” they write.

“We’ve been trying to get Karl Stefanovic’s management to return our phone calls and emails for months now, because we’ve listened to our demographic and their demands, and they want Karl.”

“Karl if you can see this, can you get Sharon from Celebrity Management to call us back so we can book you in for sometime in October / November? Alternatively, Sharon it would be tight if you were reading this and could return our calls – your assistant has our number.”

The petition needs just 500 more signatures to hit its goal – you know what to do. As one supporter put it: “Public morale has never been so low. If we are to survive as a nation united, we need a champion. Now more than ever. Let this be his christening.”

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