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SINGAPORE — Future Music Festival and its Asian edition Future Music Festival Asia (FMFA) have been canned, according to organisers today (April 2).
In a statement to Australian media, organisers The Mushroom Group said that carrying on the festival “simply doesn’t make financial sense anymore”.
“We’re very sad to say that we’ve decided 2015 was the last year for Future Music Festival.
“Despite the considerable critical acclaim of the 2015 festival, the last two years of ticket sales for the festival have underperformed.”
Livescape Asia, responsible for the Asian edition of the music festival, also posted on FMFA’s Facebook page: “All good things must come to an end... We ask that you don’t mourn FMFA, but rather look back, remember and keep the memories you’ve had at FMFA alive.”
Future Music Festival first began in 2006 as a one day independent festival in Sydney. It subsequently grew to more Australian cities and the first Asian edition was held in Kuala Lumpur in 2012.
In recent years, both the Australian and Asian editions of the festival have made headlines for several drug incidents.
Australian police this year seized 7,500 ecstasy pills headed towards the Brisbane edition, while 52 people were arrested for drug-related offences during the Melbourne leg.
In Asia, the 2014 edition of FMFA was cancelled on the third day of the event after six Malaysians had died of drug overdose and another 16 people were hospitalised for drug-related reasons. This year’s edition of FMFA, which was scheduled for March 13 and 14, was cancelled after Singapore authorities rejected two appeals for a public entertainment licence, citing “serious concerns” over potential drug abuse.
The Mushroom Group chairman Michael Gudinski told ABC News that a new festival concept is being developed to replace Future Music Festival on the music calendar.
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