“Anyone trying to make any personal benefit let alone light out of the Ebola
situation is reprehensible.”

One invitee to the event on Facebook told The Telegraph that a message was
subsequently added, saying that a “discretionary donation” of £10 could be
given on the door, and the money would go to Doctors Without Borders in aid
of Ebola victims.

Mr Dannatt said: “We need all the money we can get to go into fighting Ebola
and the human consequences of it.

“But if it is a discretionary donation – attaching a charity’s name to the
branding of a night – that’s not charity, that’s just wrong.”

An image on the Facebook page features the words “Saturday Night Ebola Fever”
with “Ebola” in a font style usually seen on posters for horror films.

A spokesman for Momxdad said: “The theme is Saturday Night Fever, not Ebola.
This has always been about charity, we wouldn’t want to make fun of people
dying.

“Calling the event ‘Saturday Night Ebola Fever’ is just a play on words. We
are not trivialising it, we intended this to be a helpful thing.

“If it has not come across that way maybe we should not go ahead with it.”

The Scotch of St James, located in the heart of Mayfair, first opened in 1965
and gained popularity as a venue for live music venue for up and coming rock
bands.

Hendrix played his first ever UK gig there just a year after it opened, and
the club went on to host bands such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The
Who, The Moody Blues and Stevie Wonder.

A spokesman for The Scotch said: “We are aware events company Momxdad is
hosting a charity Halloween event this Saturday to raise money that would go
towards helping victims of Ebola.

“They are estimated to make roughly £1,500 (from donations which will be
taken on entry) which would go to Doctors without Borders.

“We support Momxdad’s charity Halloween event as we take the Ebola crisis very
seriously, and would like to help as much as we can on our part to stem the
spread of Ebola.”