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A Skrillex concert has left 16 people hospitalised, with many reported as drugs overdoses and a number of attendees said to be underage.
The show, at Navy Pier in Chicago at the weekend, saw the reputation of drug use in EDM further embellished - with sources telling NBC that those rushed to hospital were due to drug overdoses. Not only that, but several were said to underaged and taken to children's hospitals.
The concert's safety promoter Andrew Bazos said: "If their parents were there, they would have gone home with their parents … It’s not fair to make the promoter take care of kids who don’t know how to behave. … They’re young, and they’re often irresponsible."
He added: "We’re very strict at the doors so that people don’t bring bad things in. I personally think that the more that word gets out there, the better."
Earlier this year in an interview with The Toronto Sun, Skrillex admitted that there was a 'problem in the subculture' of EDM, but said that he masses should not be held to account of a few tragedies.
"The tragedies that get reported are within a minority of shows," he said. "And although those are tragic and shouldn’t be overlooked, you can’t blame an idea for how a culture has taken it and run with it."
Below: Photos of Skrillex live at Leeds Festival
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