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Raves: Insomniac Posts Rebel Response To L.A. Times Ecstasy-Deaths Story At ... 4:20

The nation's biggest electronic dance music promoter fired back at the Los Angeles Times after the paper reported that several people have died after attending Insomniac Events and Go Ventures parties. The L.A. promoter argued that the paper's description of "deaths ... linked to Ecstasy or similar ... More >>

Raves: 14 Deaths After Insomniac, Go Ventures EDM Parties

In recent years 14 people have died from overdoses or drug-related incidents after attending raves put on by some of the nation's biggest electronic-music event promoters, Insomniac Events and Go Ventures, both based in L.A. Most of the deceased were teenagers or twentysomethings attending events t ... More >>

Did Electric Daisy Carnival's Move to Vegas Cost L.A. Millions?

See also: *NFL Failures, EDM Greed and Massive Corruption: The Inside Story of the L.A. Coliseum Scandal. The L.A. organizers of the annual Electric Daisy Carnival this week said the economic impact of their last event on the Las Vegas area was worth $207 million. Why are they telling us this? Wel ... More >>

Hand in Glove: 'Gloving' Light Shows Dominate Raves, Stir Controversy

EDC Rave Could Lose Vegas Permit if Promoter is Convicted in L.A. Scandal

< /a>Updated at the bottom with a Vegas official saying EDC's license for next year could be denied if convictions are successful in the bribery case against rave promoters in L.A. First posted at 3:24 p.m. Tuesday. Headline has changed to reflect new info. The promoter of Electric Daisy Carnival, ... More >>

EDC Vegas Sees Two Attendees Die, Including One Who Reportedly Took Ecstasy

One of the reasons Electric Daisy Carnival moved to Las Vegas last year was the scrutiny (and subsequent scandal) sparked following the ecstasy overdose death of a 15-year-old attendee in 2010. Turns out she had sneaked into the party. Since then, organizers have had to come to terms with with the ... More >>

EDC Vegas Pulls Plug on Music Due to High Winds

See also Our EDC slideshow: Photos of ravers Update at 2:48 a.m: EDC is over for the night. Organizers are waiting for crowds to thin out before making an official announcement. More details and older updates at the bottom. Electric Daisy Carnval in Las Vegas tonight was shut down temporarily as a ... More >>

Rave Promoters in Coliseum Scandal Get Access Back to Some Frozen Cash

In the case of the rave promoters accused of bilking the L.A. Coliseum out of more than a million dollars, they get to keep a little of their own money. Some of the assets of Pasquale Rotella and Reza Gerami, rival promoters who held electronic dance music parties at the Coliseum and L.A. Sports Ar ... More >>

Rave Promoters Reza Gerami, Pasquale Rotella Plead Not Guilty in Coliseum Corruption Case

Updated at the bottom with indictment details from the District Attorney's office. First posted at 12:22 p.m. Defendants in the corruption scandal at the L.A. Coliseum today pleaded not guilty today. Indictments, the details of which had yet to be revealed to the press, targeted rave promoters Rez ... More >>

Reza Gerami, Rave Promoter, And Two Coliseum Officials Arrested in Public Venue Corruption Scandal

Updated at the bottom with rave promoter Pasquale Rotella acknowledging that authorities want to arrest him. First posted at 10:59 p.m. Two former L.A. Coliseum officials and a rave promoter were arrested as part of a corruption scandal that has rocked the publicly run venue. Former Coliseum gener ... More >>

Rave Promoters Gave $40,000 to City Leader Bernard Parks' 4th of July Event: Money Magically Came Off Their L.A. Coliseum Bills

Cesar SebastianRavers at the L.A. Sports Arena.​L.A. city Councilman Bernard Parks has been an ardent supporter of the four-times-a-year raves that were fixtures at the publicly owned L.A. Coliseum and Sports Arena since 1998. Parks, a former LAPD police chief, is a law-and-order guy through- ... More >>

Reza Gerami, Owner of Rave Promotion Co. Go Ventures, Sees Home, Office Raided in Coliseum Investigation

Go VenturesReza Gerami.​District Attorney's investigators raided the home and office of rave promoter Reza Gerami, owner of Go Ventures, as part of its look into alleged improprieties at the publicly run L.A. Coliseum. Authorities served search warrants at his Malibu home and West Hills offic ... More >>

Rave Promoters Insomniac, Go Ventures Sued by L.A. Coliseum, Which Also Targets Venue Leaders Pat Lynch And Todd DeStefano

Raving at the Coliseum.​The L.A. Coliseum and its public commission announced today that it has filed suit (PDF) against a pair of rave promoters and a pair of the venue's leaders who are accused of bilking the place out of hundreds of thousands of dollars if not more. Former Coliseum general ... More >>

Moby Does Photography in Destroyed, His New Book and Culver City Exhibit Featuring Photos From Stage of His Cheering Fans

Courtesy of MobyThousands of fans raging to Moby's music.​ Picture this. You are sitting in a windowless, grey room. It's empty, apart from a chair and an old leather sofa. You hear a knock at the door; someone's there to fetch you. Five minutes later, you're standing in front of a cheering cr ... More >>

Rave Promoter, L.A. Coliseum Being Sued by Parents of Ecstasy Overdose Victim Sasha Rodriguez

Sasha Rodriguez.​Updated with reaction from the promoter, whose attorney calls the suit "completely without merit." First posted at 11:29 a.m. The parents of late teenager Sasha Rodriguez, who died of an ecstasy overdose after attending 2010's Electric Daisy Carnival rave at the publicly run ... More >>

Electric Daisy Carnival Rave Wants to Return to L.A: After Hollywood Near-Riot 'Los Angeles Times' Says Hell No

Dennis RomeroCops vs. ravers on Hollywood Boulevard.​We here at the Weekly have gotten some shit for affiliating the premier of a documentary about the controversial Electric Daisy Carnival rave with the chaos that ensued outside the theater last week. EDC organizers say a DJ's free performan ... More >>

Rave Promoter Insomniac States it Had Nothing to do With DJ Kaskade's Flash Mob Performance on Hollywood Boulevard

YouTubeKaskade DJs on the street.​See our Electric Daisy Carnival Experience slideshows on the street action and party action. The promoter behind Wednesday's screening of Electric Daisy Carnival Experience, its documentary about the controversial rave that moved from Los Angeles to Las Vegas ... More >>

Rave Standoff in Hollywood: Cops Move in to Disperse Crowds That Came to See DJ Kaskade

YouTubeKaskade spins on Hollywood Boulevard.​Updated at the bottom: LAPD detectives are investigating last night's events. A permit service source says organizers had planned to have Kaskade as a big part of the red-carpet festivities. AND EDC's promoter had earlier indicated it was hosting th ... More >>

Electric Daisy Carnival Rave Organizers Say Las Vegas Party Was a Rousing Success

Colin Young-WolffFans at EDC in Vegas.​In a statement issued late Tuesday, Insomniac Events, the L.A.-based organizer of the three-day Electric Daisy Carnival rave in Las Vegas, said it was a rousing success. This after EDC moved to Vegas following controversy for its L.A. edition at the Col ... More >>

Electric Daisy Carnival Sees Two More Possibly Ecstasy Related Deaths Connected to its Dallas Parties

Kevin TodoraEDC Dallas.​Updated with revised statement from EDC's promoters, at the bottom. Two more deaths have been possibly linked to Electric Daisy Carnival, the L.A.-bred rave that has been under fire following the death of 15-year-old Sasha Rodriguez at the Los Angeles party last year a ... More >>

Electric Daisy Carnival's L.A.-Based Organizers Vow to Fight Dallas Citations For Overcrowding

Kevin TodoraEDC tongue.​The L.A.-based organizers of a Dallas rave that saw the death of a 19-year-old patron have vowed to fight allegations of overcrowding and obstruction of justice. Dallas city inspectors issued seven citations to the promoters after the Saturday night party that some des ... More >>

Rave Promoters From Electric Daisy Carnival, Together As One Paid L.A. Coliseum Manager $10,000 a Year

Caesar SebastianEDC.​A report in today's Los Angeles Times expands the number of side jobs former L.A. Coliseum events manager Todd DeStefano had, indicating his own private companies took tens of thousands of dollars from the likes of Coca-Cola and UCLA as those entities booked events at the ... More >>

No Experience Needed to Work Security at Controversial 'Electric Daisy Carnival' Rave in Vegas

Caesar SebastianRavers at EDC.​If you're still looking for work after nearly three years of economic malaise in Southern California, a controversial L.A. rave promoter might have a job for you. An recent ad in Craigslist states that a crowd management company is hiring 700 security guards, ti ... More >>

'Beyond Wonderland' Rave in SoCal Hosts Politicians, Paris Hilton, Alleged Drug Offenders, and Maybe Even a Good Vibe

Drew Ressler / Rukes.comBeyond Wonderland was not beyond comprehension for Fiona Ma.​Updated after the jump with 13 people taken to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center. With a storm approaching and an army of cops and DEA agents, one woman named Paris Hilton, and even a few politicians in the h ... More >>

Rave Promoter Insomniac Claims Troubled 'Electric Daisy Carnival' Had Greater Impact on L.A.'s Economy Than NBA All-Star Weekend

Caesar SebastianRavers at EDC.​A study commissioned by a controversial rave promoter claims that its troubled Electric Daisy Carnival last summer "boosted economic output in Los Angeles by almost $42 million" and had a bigger economic impact on L.A. than the NBA All Star game. The study, cond ... More >>

Rave Promoter Reza Gerami Says He'll Fight (And Sue) For His Right to Party at L.A. Sports Arena

Go VenturesReza Gerami.​Much of the focus regarding raves at the publicly controlled L.A. Coliseum and Sports Arena has been trained on the promoter of last summer's controversial Electric Daisy Carnival, which attracted about 160,000 young people over two days. But there's another major prom ... More >>

Raves: Love Festival Planned For Las Vegas in May; L.A. Event Up in the Air

Caesar SebastianRavers at Love Festival in L.A.​Added: Commenters are telling us that this event is planned in addition to the party in L.A., and has happened in past years in Vegas. So calling this a "move" would not be accurate. However, if the event in August is canceled, it might be. We ch ... More >>

Raves: Electric Daisy Carnival Leaving L.A. Coliseum For Las Vegas

Caesar SebastianElectric Daisy Carnival.​Update: City council candidate Forescee Hogan-Rowles is claiming victory over raves, after the jump. See our piece about how raves could be finished at the L.A. Coliseum and Sports Arena here. After a thorough shellacking over their controversial 2010 ... More >>

David Israel, L.A. Coliseum Commission's Top Official, Says No to Electric Daisy Carnival Rave

Dennis RomeroColiseum commissioners Barry Sanders and Don Knabe.​After the L.A. Coliseum Commission voted late Tuesday to accept the resignation of its CEO, Patrick Lynch, the body's top leader said he would vote against allowing the controversial Electric Daisy Carnival rave that sparked turm ... More >>

L.A. Coliseum Commission CEO Patrick Lynch Resigns After he Let Manager Double Dip as Employee of Rave Promoter

Matthieu AubreyRavers love lasers: We're guessing Patrick Lynch doesn't.​Update: Late Tuesday afternoon the Coliseum Commission met behind closed doors and voted unanimously to accept the resignation of CEO/general manager Patrick Lynch; Ronald Lederkramer, the venue's director of finance, wa ... More >>

Paris Hilton Endorses Controversial L.A. Rave Promoter Insomniac Events

Alex CDParis Hilton raves.​It's been a rough week for raves in L.A. As the Los Angeles Times blew the lid off a strange relationship between the public Coliseum's events manager and the controversial promoter of megaraves there, a prominent Coliseum leader said a ban of the parties at the taxp ... More >>

Raves: Electric Daisy Carnival Promoter Bans LED Lights at Upcoming L.A. Area Parties

raveprints.comA raver enjoys a light show at 2007's Electric Daisy Carnival.​L.A.'s embattled mega-rave promoter Insomniac Events has banned bright LED lights from its parties, stating that they present a negative image of the events when "groups of music fans are sitting or lying on the floor ... More >>

Mother Of Sasha Rodriguez, Girl Who Died Of Ecstasy Overdose Following A Night At Electric Daisy Carnival Rave, Says Teen Didn't Know She Was Taking E

Facebook.Sasha Rodriguez didn't know she was taking E?​Sasha Rodriguez is the young raver who might have changed everything, but not before losing her life to ecstasy. After attending L.A.'s Electric Daisy Carnival in June the 15-year-old died of an apparent ecstasy overdose. Her mother, Grac ... More >>

Rave Promoter Trumpets Texas Party Success, Praises The Kind Of 'Cooperation' Not Always Seen In L.A.

Timothy NorrisInsomniac's 'EDC.'​Insomniac Events, the Los Angeles rave promoter under that was put under the media spotlight following its controversial Electric Daisy Carnival event at the Coliseum in June, is claiming victory after an electronic dance music concert in Texas apparently went ... More >>

Raves At L.A. Coliseum On Probation As Commission Continues Dance Party Inquisition

By Steve La and Dennis Romero Timoth NorrisA scene from 'EDC.'​The Los Angeles Coliseum Commission over the weekend continued a temporary moratorium on raves at the Coliseum/Sports Arena complex while allowing three previously scheduled dance parties, including one slated for next month, go o ... More >>

Promoter Of Controversial 'Electric Daisy Carnival' Rave Implements 18-And-Older Policy

'EDC' ravers.​The promoter behind the controversial Electric Daisy Carnival rave in Exposition Park last month has announced all its events will now have an 18-and-older admittance police. The 'EDC' rave, organized by Insomniac Events, attracted as many as 200,000 people and drew national head ... More >>

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