Some sad news out of Philadelphia today. This weekend a Zeds Dead show in Philadelphia was shut down before the duo even took stage, with reports of people passing out due to overdose. The all-ages show took place at the Electric Factory and, according to philly.com, as many as nine people had passed out at the event, although they could not confirm those reports.
After the fiasco that was All Mixed Up at the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island, NY on Halloween, which was also an all ages event, promoters really need to reconsider their choices when making an event all ages. Obviously there are concert-goers under 18 years of age who can behave themselves, but rarely do you see any news like this coming out of 18+ events. When something like this happens nobody wins; the scene looks bad, those who were being responsible are angry, it makes the promoters look bad, and worst of all people get hurt. For this instance in Philly it seems it was a case of bad drugs going around. We do not condone the use of substances but please, for the love of God, if you or someone you know plans on taking something make sure you know exactly what it is you are taking so something like this does not happen again.
We will update this post with any more information we find out about this upsetting news.
wow lol yes these kind of events defiantly should be at least 18+ dumbass kids ruin it for everybody, Most of my crew will avoid a show if it is all ages even if its somebody we would really like to see..
How unfortunate for the responsible under 18’s. I remember how shitty it was not being able to see my favorite artists a couple of years ago when I was still a minor, all because of assholes like this. Whatever, I guess this is what natural selection is for, right?
That’s not natural selection lmao
This really fucking sucks being a minor who actually goes for the love of the music and not to completely get as fucked up as I can. Yes drugs are a problem in the EDM community but blaming it solely on minors is bullshit, I constantly see the 25 year old frat bros passed out or being carried out of the concerts and you’re saying it is all the 16 year olds. And the OD’s at Zeds Dead varied from 16 to 25… age isn’t the problem, the problem is kids feel safe going around at this concerts buying drugs from that you cannot tell if they are cut or not… from a complete stranger.
problem isnt with all ages…. tons of all ages shows go on without a problem this was become of one or two individuals selling bad shit people ranged from 15-25 going to hospital… all ages isnt even a factor … dig a little deeper…
Its a shame we can’t hardly enjoy our drugs anymore with all this music everywhere…#)