After being on the verge of an EDM ban in Tornonto’s Exhibition Place, the city is making news again after Avicii’s concert in Rogers Centre on Saturday night.
At least 29 concert attendees have been hospitalized, with the majority falling ill due to alcohol consumption, even before Avicii got on stage. The sold-out concert, which garnered around 20,000 people, was an all-ages event. In addition to the hospitalizations, one patron was arrested and at least one other was treated for drug use.
Source: Toronto Star
Articles like this leave as bad taste in my mouth. i don’t want to take away from the individuals who needed medical treatment, but man has proven over and over that we will do stupid things when it comes to abusing our body with substances – – EDM music or not. Quit trying to demonize a community that literally has begun to take over the world – – better get on board, or you are going to find yourself in the lifeboat
I was at this show. There were just way too many young people there who can’t control their shit! Who lets their 15/16 year old kids go to a rave??
This is why the dance scene gets a bad rap sometimes, if you don’t know how to be safe and control yourself then you shouldn’t be there.
House music and raves are so meaningful to me, and it is a shame to see young people hurting themselves and the EDM reputation because they think its just the next big party.
I don’t discriminate, and think EDM should be open to everyone. But if you can’t be safe then get out of the way and leave the partying to the big boys!
injured “from avicii concert” LOL. try “injured because they are being idiots + don’t know how to handle themselves at a nice show”
This is simple people just need to handle their shit better. It makes edm look bad especially when the article is only a paragraph long
They need to just make shows 21 n up and there wouldn’t be as high of numbers falling
They turned up to death lol