EDC day 2 shutdown early

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EDC day 2 shutdown early

It appears that day 2 of this years Las Vegas based Electronic Daisy Carnival dance music festival has shut down early due to mother nature.

It was revealed to us via Jack beats news feed that there were dangerously high winds putting the large temporary stages at risk of collapsing. The duo expressed their extreme disappointment in not being able to play their set as planned.

“So mother nature managed to shut down EDC early last night with some crazy dangerous high winds. We’re totally gutted this situation stopped us from being able to perform. To all the kids that bought tickets for the event- we really hope you guys have better luck tonight! Hopefully we’ll be back at EDC next year to make up for not being able to play this time round. We’re be back later in summer for a run of North America shows, and then for a full tour in the fall- dates to come soon! Til next time x”

A full statement from the promoters was released just a matter of hours ago

Las Vegas, June 10, 2012 – At 2:45 a.m. Insomniac, the producer of Electric Daisy Carnival, Las Vegas, in consultation with public safety officials, made the decision that due to extremely high wind conditions, the crowd would be cleared away from the stage areas. The decision was made out of an abundance of caution and with fan safety in mind.

Fans inside the festival may stay until 5:30 a.m. and enjoy music from temporary sound systems located on the infield grass of the stadium.

Earlier tonight, entry of new fans was stopped and inbound traffic is being managed by the Nevada Highway Patrol and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. As of 1 a.m. there were approximately 90,000 fans that had cleared the turnstiles into the venue.

“Insomniac shares our fans’ disappointment that weather conditions changed the second night of the Electric Daisy Carnival experience,” said Insomniac CEO, Pasquale Rotella. “Our top priority has always been fan safety and we expect that Mother Nature will be more cooperative tomorrow as we prepare for an amazing day three.”

Electric Daisy Carnival is set to continue as scheduled on Sunday, June 10, 2012, with gates opening at 7 p.m. until 5:30 a.m.

A bit of a dampener to what has been so far reported as a smooth running festival!

Check out our EDC survival guide here! and see why Calvin Harris was kicked off the decks in Vegas as well!

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