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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Police said the 26-year-old man from the southern NSW town of Albury died after being found unconscious in a tent at the festival, at Penrith’s International Regatta Centre, about 11pm. The man’s ...

NSW Premier Glady Berejiklian's vow to shut down Defqon.1 has inspired musicians to remix her voice into hardstyle bangers. The Premier vowed to ban the 30,000-person festival - the world's largest ...

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 ...

Festival goers have been left gutted after a major player on the dance music calendar was cancelled at the last minute due to unprecedented weather warnings. Bosses of the iconic Defqon.1 festival ...

Organisers for the highly maligned Defqon.1 dance festival have announced the event has been “postponed indefinitely” and will not return to Australia this year after failing to secure a suitable ...

A 23-year-old man who died after attending a Sydney music festival took three pills before having seizures and going into cardiac arrest, police said. Tests on a batch of pills featuring a horse-head ...

Almost nine months after NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian vowed to "do everything we can to shut this down", the controversial Defqon.1 hardcore dance festival has been "postponed indefinitely".