17 deaths and 100+ overdoses: a year in live EDM

After a deadly 12 months in dance music, EDM promoters meet to discuss the survival of the genre

News By | 19 May 2016

The main stage at Hard Summer 2015, at which two people died from drug overdoses © Live Nation/Hard

While many are by now used to hearing about drug deaths at electronic dance music (EDM) events, with tragedies such as the six fatalities at Future Music Festival Asia 2014 and, more recently, the…

five at Time Warp 2016 in Buenos Aires looming large in the popular view of the genre, the last 12 months have been particular deadly for EDM festivalgoers, with no less than 17 deaths – six in 2016 alone – and over 100 reported non-fatal overdoses.

In addition to Time Warp, Live Nation’s …

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