HARD Music Festival Cancelled After Teen's Drug Overdose At Rave In Downtown LA
Posted on Tue Jul 13th, 2010 11:24am PDT By X17 Staff
After a 15-year-old girl who attended the Electric Daisy Carnival died of a suspected drug overdose (yup, this is the same rave in downtown LA that Lindsay Lohan went to both nights), the HARD LA music festival has been cancelled.
At the EDC there were 200 medical emergencies and 65 reported arrests, and according to the LA Times, organizers behind the HARD fest axed the show "in light of the new scrutiny and logistics demanded of large-scale electronic music concerts in Los Angeles."
Artists such as M.I.A., Die Antwoord, Flying Lotus, Sleigh Bells and others were set to perform at this year's HARD fest, and Fresh Squeezed, another Los Angeles area electronic music festival has been cancelled as well.
The publicist for Hard LA confirmed that the show has been cancelled "due to events beyond our control," but added that the HARD Summer music fest at the Los Angeles State Historic Park on August 7th 2010 will continue as scheduled. Hard LA's promoter Gary Richards said, "We’ve been working with the city for months and all our security plans were approved. The city was pleased with our plan. The LAPD had asked for some more cops, but most of this was the exact same plan as before. We just thought it would be better to put both events together. This didn’t have anything to do with security issues.â€Â
The Hard LA cancellation comes just one week after the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to establish a task force to examine and "enhance rave safety.â€Â
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At the EDC there were 200 medical emergencies and 65 reported arrests, and according to the LA Times, organizers behind the HARD fest axed the show "in light of the new scrutiny and logistics demanded of large-scale electronic music concerts in Los Angeles."
Artists such as M.I.A., Die Antwoord, Flying Lotus, Sleigh Bells and others were set to perform at this year's HARD fest, and Fresh Squeezed, another Los Angeles area electronic music festival has been cancelled as well.
The publicist for Hard LA confirmed that the show has been cancelled "due to events beyond our control," but added that the HARD Summer music fest at the Los Angeles State Historic Park on August 7th 2010 will continue as scheduled. Hard LA's promoter Gary Richards said, "We’ve been working with the city for months and all our security plans were approved. The city was pleased with our plan. The LAPD had asked for some more cops, but most of this was the exact same plan as before. We just thought it would be better to put both events together. This didn’t have anything to do with security issues.â€Â
The Hard LA cancellation comes just one week after the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to establish a task force to examine and "enhance rave safety.â€Â