28-06-2014, 14:20
jazzboCR Wrote:EDM concerts are coming under increasingly heavy scrutiny because of incidents like this: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/27/arts/m...ncert.html << too much to expect patrons to be self-regulating but another fracas like this and you know the authorities will step in heavily.
I'm wondering if they actually will step in, jazzbo. The EDM industry is a $6 billion industry with major corporate sponsors, and after looking at a 1996 NIH study about drug and alcohol use at rock concerts, it doesn't appear that much has changed with regard to alcohol/drug usage at concerts. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8669733 My guess is that the media will make a big fuss over this, but it will be swept under the rug when EDM events are offered to cities/venues. The sound of money....
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