Another SFX festival bites the dust as Stereosonic cancelled

Australia has lost another major music festival as dance music event Stereosonic has confirmed it will not go ahead in 2016.

The festival – promoted by SFX Entertainment-owned Totem OneLove Group, which at last count was owed US$10.7 million by its bankrupt parent company – is the second SFX event canned since its going into administration on 1 February, after US Tomorrowland spin-off TomorrowWorld, which was called off early last month.

However, like TomorrowWorld, Stereosonic has only said it won’t take place this year: In a post on its Facebook page, the festival said Totem OneLove “is currently working on bringing Stereosonic fans the best festival experience possible. As part of this, we are taking a hiatus during 2016. However, we will return in 2017, bigger and better.”

Whether Stereosonic…

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