Yesterday we reported of a tragedy that occurred at a South Korean outdoor concert that saw 17 people lose their lives, and sadly, similar terrible news has emerged from The Netherlands.

It has been confirmed that four people have died at the annual Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) over the weekend, as inthemix reports.

Police announced a 41-year old woman died on her way to hospital after taking a deadly ecstasy pill at an event that took place as part of the ADE. In addition to this, a 21-year old Dutch man and a 33-year old Serbian man both passed away early on Sunday morning after attending similar events.

Despite no concrete information, police too suspect their passing is to be attributed to a deadly batch of ecstasy and have publicly called anyone in possession of pills to flush them.

Unfortunately, the horrid news doesn’t stop there. It has been confirmed that a fourth person Felix Hines, the Head of Publishing at Phoenix Music International, passed away Saturday night as Music Week informs. There has been no connection to the alleged deadly mix of ecstasy.

A statement has been released from Phoenix Music International on Hines’ passing, “His extraordinary A&R talent was responsible for the signings of Riva Starr, Theo Parrish and Ragga Twins amongst others, he leaves a wife and devastated family, friends and colleagues.”

These horrific happenings have devastated the Amsterdam Dance Event community, a week-long conference held each year in the Dutch capital, comprising of over 300 talks, events and parties in 85 venues throughout the city.

ADE Director Richard Zijlma has spoken out over terror that has occurred in the past few days, “We are in close contact with all of the venues, municipalities and emergency services that are part of the ADE Festival and every precaution is taken to ensure the safety and security of the audience at all participating venues.”

“Drug use is not tolerated in any way and ADE and its partners make every effort to ensure that people are behaving responsibly at the event” he said.

In closing, he fairly continued “Ultimately there is a limit to what we can do and individuals must take responsibility for their own actions. Our thoughts are with the families and friends at this time and we would like to express our deepest sympathy to them.”

With the Aussie music festival season heating up, we can’t encourage punters to party responsibly. Look out for your mates and don’t take unnecessary risks, safety always comes first.

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