Future Music Festival was an annual music festival featuring Australian and international artists held in

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and as of 2012 also

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. The festival was usually held in late February - early March and has been headlined by notable acts including

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, New Order,

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and most recently

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. Several weeks after the 2015 edition of the festival, Mushroom Group announced their decision to scrap any future editions of the festival, however they offered hope for a new festival to take its place.

History

The festival began in 2006 as a one-day independent festival at Sydney's Royal Randwick Racecourse. In 2007 it evolved into a massive travelling festival like the Big Day Out and Soundwave which visited Brisbane, Perth, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. In December 2011, Future Entertainment announced that the Future Music Festival would expand out to Asia for the 2012 festival with a show held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia which was headlined by The Chemical Brothers. The Asian leg of the festival has a similarity to the one in Australia with a mixture of local and international acts. In 2014,

Future Music Festival Asia Future Music Festival Asia, often abbreviated as FMFA, was an annual music festival featuring local and international artists held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The festival was a franchise of Future Entertainment's successful Future Music Festiva ...

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was unexpectedly cancelled on the third day after a festivalgoer died. These were believed to be related to

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s. Malaysian authorities abruptly closed the event. A year later, post-mortem results showed that six deaths at the festival had been due to

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Artist lineups

2006 line-up

Armin Van Buuren Armin Jozef Jacobus Daniël van Buuren ( , ; born 25 December 1976) is a Dutch DJ and record producer from Leiden, South Holland. Since 2001, he has hosted '' A State of Trance'' (ASOT), a weekly radio show, which is broadcast to nearly 40&n ...

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* Technasia (live) *Pee Wee * Jumping Jack *

Nik Fish Sydney born Nik Fish is an Australian DJ. Nik Fish's position as a leading Australian DJ is reinforced by his skill, determination, drive, passion and many years of hard work. His career began on radio in the early 90s as a presenter of his own ...

* Amber Savage * Erick Morillo *

David Guetta Pierre David Guetta ( , ; born 7 November 1967) is a French DJ and music producer. He has over 10 million album and 65 million single sales globally, with more than 10 billion streams. In 2011, 2020 and 2021, Guetta was voted the number one D ...

* Steve Angello * Tocadisco *Ben Morris * Goodwill *Shamus * Ali B * Lee Coombs *

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Kid Kenobi Kid Kenobi or Jesse Thomas Desenberg is an Australian DJ, sound mixer, music journalist and dance music artist. Together with Hook N Sling (a.k.a. Anthony Maniscalco), he was nominated for the 2007 ARIA Award for Best Dance Release for their s ...

& MC Shureshock * Funktrust DJs *

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* Blackstrobe (live) * Coburn * Bang Gang DJs *

Sneaky Sound System Sneaky Sound System is an Australian dance music group formed in late 2001 by Angus McDonald on guitar, MC Double D (Daimon Downey) on vocoder and vocals, Damien Hesse (DJ) and Nick Broadhurst on saxophone. They were joined in 2004 by Connie ...

Van She Van She are an electropop band formed in 2002 in Sydney, Australia, with Matt Van Schie (pronounced Van Ski) on bass guitar/vocals, Tomek Archer on drums/sequencer, Michael Di Francesco on synth/guitar and Nicholas Routledge on vocals/guitar. ...

* Max Graham * James Lavelle * Ben Korbel * Daniel C *

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* Robbie Lowe *Trix *

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* Goodfella * Johnny Rad * Brenden Fing * Jeff Drake * John Glover

2007 line-up

Carl Cox Carl Cox (born 29 July 1962) is a British house and techno club DJ, as well as radio DJ and record producer. He is based in Hove, Sussex, England. Cox has won and been nominated for numerous awards. He has performed at numerous clubs and ...

* Ferry Corsten * Felix Da Housecat *

Nick Warren Nicholas John Warren (born 24 October 1968) is an English DJ and record producer. He is best known as a member of the electronic music duo Way Out West, his record label and global live events brand, The Soundgarden, and for his albums release ...

* X-Press 2 * LTJ Bukem & MC Conrad * Tom Novy *

Fedde Le Grand Fedde Le Grand (; born 7 September 1977) is a Dutch house DJ, record producer and remixer from Utrecht. Biography In 2006, his single " Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit" reached the top five on the Dutch Top 40, number one in the UK Singles Chart ...

Josh Wink Joshua Winkelman (born April 20, 1970), better known by his stage name Josh Wink, is an American electronic dance music DJ, label owner, producer, and remixer. He is a native of Philadelphia, United States. A pioneering DJ in the American rav ...

* Princess Superstar * The Egg (LIVE) * Chris Lake * Sander Van Doorn * Rex The Dog (LIVE) * Joachim Garraud * DJ Falcon *

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* Sebastien Leger * Bassbin Twins *JDS * Ali b *

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(LIVE) * Midnight Juggernauts (LIVE) *

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* Riot in Belgium * Bang Gang DJs *

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* Dirty South * Goodwill *

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2008 line-up

Robbie Rivera & DJ Yoda withdrew from the 2008 lineup.

2009 line-up

No one was withdrawn from the lineup.

2010 line-up

No one was withdrawn from the lineup.

2011 line-up

Etienne De Crecy withdrew from the 2011 lineup.

2012 line-up

Jessie J cancelled her Perth show in 2012.

2013 line-up

Avicii cancelled his first weekend of the festival. The same went for Rita Ora and Magda. Also, DJ Fresh withdrew from the 2013 lineup. Borgore did not go to Malaysia at that time for the festival.

2014 line-up

Deadmau5 - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis -Pharrell Williams - Phoenix - Hardwell - Knife Party - Eric Prydz - Rudimental - Tinie Tempah - Chase & Status - Sub Focus - Netsky - 2 Chainz - Kaskade - Dada Life - Porter Robinson - Naughty Boy - Paul van Dyk - Markus Schulz - ATB - Chuckie - Arty - R3Hab -

Martin Garrix Martijn Gerard Garritsen (; born 14 May 1996), known professionally as Martin Garrix and also as Ytram and GRX, is a Dutch disc jockey and music producer who was ranked number one on ''DJ Mag''s Top 100 DJs list for three consecutive years—201 ...

- Baauer - Monsta - Helena - Adventure Club - Carnage - Bassjackers - Deniz Koyu - Dannic - Dyro - Cut Copy - Stafford Brothers - Timmy Trumpet - Walden - Tenzin - Will Sparks - Sven Vath - Dubfire* - Maya Jane Coles* - Paul Kalkbrenner* - Gesaffelstein Live - Brodinski - Kaytranada* - Gorgon City - Guy Gerber*

2015 line-up

Drake - Avicii - Knife Party - The Prodigy -

Afrojack Nick Leonardus van de Wall (; born 9 September 1987), better known as Afrojack, is a Dutch DJ, music producer and remixer from Spijkenisse, South Holland. In 2007, he founded the record label Wall Recordings; his debut album '' Forget the Worl ...

- Timmy Trumpet - Nero - Darude - Example - Die Antwoord - Sigma - 2 Chainz - Kiesza - Tchami - Blasterjaxx - Robin Schulz - Klingande - Gorgon City - Carnage - Bassjackers - Yellow Claw - Throttle - Cocoon presents Sven Väth - Art Department - Apollonia : Shonky - Dan Ghenacia - Dyed Soundorom - Hilltop Hoods -

References

External links

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Future Entertainment

Future Entertainment on Facebook

Future Music Festival 2010

About Future Music Festival in Russian
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