Further events cancelled following Mutiny deaths
Amid concerns the ‘bad batch’ of MDMA pills that claimed two lives may still be in circulation, Portsmouth has chosen to postpone upcoming events to protect public safety
News By | 31 May 2018
This weekend’s Live at the Bandstand and next week’s Undercover Skatepark will not go ahead as planned in Portsmouth, UK.
The decision to postpone the two events follows the cancelling of day two of Mutiny Festival, after Tommy Cowan, 20, and Georgia Jones, 18, lost their lives after taking a lethal dose of MDMA last week.
In a statement released by Portsmouth City Council, councillor Steve Pitt, cabinet member for culture, leisure and sport, says: “Unfortunately we have decided not to go ahead with this weekend’s bandstand events.
“This was going to be the season’s big event on Castle Field and following the tragic events at Mutiny Festival it was felt we would have to put extra measures in place to safely manage it,…
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