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The organisers of the Defqon. 1 have promised a raft of harm minimisation measures including hugs, Facebook buddies and drug amnesty bins should this year’s postponed event go ahead. Defqon. 1 ...

An inquest has heard how an emergency doctor shouted for an ambulance twice as he attempted to revive Joseph Pham whose mouth was “wired shut” before his death at Defqon. 1 music festival. He also ...

Ms Nguyen collapsed at the Defqon. 1 festival near Penrith on September 15 last year and died in hospital from MDMA toxicity. The final moments of the young festival-goers have been laid out in ...

Defqon.1 may not be going ahead this year, but now a group of punters have decided to take matters into their own hands and stage a protest rave. A Facebook event called ‘OFFICIAL STREET PARADE – ...

Organisers announced yesterday via their website and social media that Defqon.1 would not be returning to Australia in 2019. Crowds at last year’s Defqon.1 festival. Picture: Instagram RELATED: Inside ...

Following the deaths of 2 attendees last year from suspected drug overdoses, Q-Dance the promoters for the Defqon.1 hardstyle festival announced that the venue, Sydney International Regatta Centre, no ...

In a statement released in the events Facebook page this afternoon, organisers Q-Dance said it was unable to find an alternate venue in time. “Warriors, it is with great sadness to inform you that ...

Nigel Pauljevic died after collapsing at the Defqon 1 music festival in western Sydney in 2015. (AAP) Popular music festival Defqon.1 has been postponed indefinitely with organisers claiming the NSW ...

Sydney's Deqfqon.1 festival will not return to Australia this year, according to its ogranisers, who say the event's venue in western Sydney has "withdrawn their support". Defqon.1 has been held at ...