On the outskirts of Amsterdam, in a forest clearing still damp with morning air, throngs of hardstyle heads in chains, baggy jeans, and faux hawks press against the gates of Defqon.1, their ...

Defqon.1 is Australia’s largest hardstyle festival. Next month more than 20,000 hardcore techno, hard house and hard trance fans (self-described “weekend warriors”) will make the pilgrimage to the ...

Less than 24 hours after reducing attendance because of extreme heat, Defqon.1 has officially been canceled for the remainder of the weekend. On Friday morning, Q-dance announced the festival would ...

FOUR people have died at this hardcore dance music festival, but its evangelical fans say the infamous event was the “best day” of their lives. The electronic music festival where two young people ...

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 ...

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has vowed to stop Sydney music festival Defqon.1 after two young people died and another two were left fighting for their lives after multiple suspected overdoses.

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 ...

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 ...