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20-Year-Old Festival Attendee Pleads Guilty After Getting Caught with 114 Pills In Her Underwear

Your EDM StaffFebruary 15, 2019

A hopeful attendee of Defqon 1 recently pled guilty after trying to smuggle 114 capsules of MDMA into the music festival. She wasn't let past the front gate w...

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Australia Levies New “Police & Safety” Fee On Festival, Effectively Shutting It Down

Matthew MeadowFebruary 11, 2019

Australia's history with electronic music and nightlife in general is a troubled one, and the country government consistently does very little to actually help ...

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REPORT: Over 30 People Treated For ODs Following Multiple Weekend Festivals in Australia

Karlie PowellJanuary 28, 2019

More devastating news out of Australia, as over 30 people have been treated in the hospital after a weekend of music festivals in Sydney and regional Victoria...

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Leading Australian Doctors Call For Pill Testing Following Five Recent Festival Deaths

Karlie PowellJanuary 21, 2019

Top doctors in Australia are calling for pill testing at music festivals and other events. Territory leaders have denied approval of such testing -- despite mul...

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Pill Testing Debate Stirs In Australia Following 2 Music Festival Deaths Over NYE

Karlie PowellJanuary 2, 2019

Two recent deaths at Australian music festivals over New Year’s Eve weekend have people calling for pill testing at such events. However, government official...

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What So Not Hits Up 7 House Parties In 1 Night & This Is The Result [TRAILER]

Karlie PowellDecember 28, 2018

Following the crackdown on nightlife across his country, What So Not just threw a run of free shows for fans in Australia. During the series of events he's c...

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What So Not Calls On Fans To Help Him Throw An Entirely Free Show

Karlie PowellDecember 15, 2018

What So Not might have some larger than life productions, but he seems really down to earth. For his next show, he plans on making it entirely free and he's wil...

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Over $40 Million In MDMA Found In Sausage-Making Machines

Matthew MeadowOctober 8, 2018

Drug smugglers are having to become more and more creative with their methods of transportation. A new report from the Australian Border Force states that offi...

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FestivalX Cancels All 4 Dates Across 4 Cities Citing “Artist Availability”

Karlie PowellOctober 4, 2018

A brand new EDM festival concept known as FestivalX will not go on as planned. In an official statement, organizers note "changes in artist availability" have f...

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Skrillex Dropped A New Demo At Listen In Adelaide

Matthew MeadowOctober 3, 2018

I've lost track of how many times in 2018 I've written about new Skrillex material never to be released, or Swedish House Mafia announcing their return in so ma...

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Skrillex B2B Fisher Happened Last Night At This After Party [VIDEO]

Karlie PowellSeptember 29, 2018

Somewhere in Australia Skrillex and Fisher went back to back to shut down the club last night. Part of us is dying inside because we missed out and the other p...

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“Don’t Stop the Festival” Says Father of Son who Overdosed and Died at Defqon.1

Miguel TostSeptember 17, 2018

When tragedy struck at Defqon.1 with the overdose of a 26-year-old in 2015, a father lost his son. Now, that same father has called on local leaders not to shut...

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