Future Music Festival in Singapore Cancelled
FMFA 2015 was scheduled to be held on 13th Friday and 14th Saturday, March at Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore.
This follows the cancellation of the third day in Malaysia last year for FMFA 2014 after a series of problems and this time around the organisers are working extra hard to sooth the issues.
Future Music Festival in Singapore Cancelled
“We are also aware of the many fans overseas that have made travel arrangements into Singapore for the festival. We are extremely sorry for the inconvenience you’ve been put through,”
The company had also appealed to Singapore’s Minister for Home Affairs Teo Chee Hean on Mar 3, but this too was also rejected.
The organisers of Future Music Festival Asia is aware of recent news articles circulating regarding next week’s event. At the moment we have gone up to the highest level to appeal for the festival to proceed. No final decision has been made as yet and we urge you to stay calm and have faith. Regardless, the show must go on.
We would also like to go on record to address the Singapore Police Force’s concerns regarding the isolated drug related incidents that happened in Malaysia last year. Isolated incidents which happened outside of Singapore cannot and do not carry any implication that FMFA is in any way linked to drug use nor is it any indication that there will be drug abuse at the event.
FMFA firmly stands behind our goal of creating a drug-free event for our festival goers to enjoy, and we are working with the best international organisations in the world with a combined 50 years of experience working on similar events to ensure that this is the case.
To the fans, at the moment, we are working relentlessly around the clock to fight for your right to party. We ask that you give us 48 hours to work on the issue at hand. An update will be provided then. In the meantime, join us in making our voices heard. Music unites, and we believe that together, we can make a stand for our right to #KeepFMFAAlive
Conclusion
FMFA started in Kuala Lumpur which had a three-year successful run but in the last year, the festival was marred by drug problems.
Concert organisers had to cancel the event on its third day last year after six Malaysians died of a drug overdose and another 16 people were hospitalised for drug-related conditions.
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