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References I want to include

Wires W. (2018, September 30) Police charge 159 people with drug related offences at Sydney’s Listen Out music festival News.com.au Retrieved from: https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/music-festivals/police-charge-159-people-with-drug-related-offences-at-sydneys-listen-out-music-festival/news-story/3b5ce3d4e665836265b1c24b3d045943

• This article outlines the many controversies which occured over the course of the Listen out 2018 run, including police charges for drug possession and supply, along with a sexual assault report. Further it includes statements from the Police, and the New South Wales government on the issue of drugs at the festival. This will be mostly used in the ‘controversies’ section of the article.

Morgan, C. (2018, September 30) 'This way to the festival of drugs and booze':

Defqon. 1 deaths leave Listen Out revellers undeterred. The Sydney Morning Herald Retrieved from: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/this-way-to-the-festival-of-drugs-and-booze-defqon-1-deaths-leave-listen-out-revellers-undeterred-20180930-p506yb.html

• This article outlines the attitude of festival goers, after the death of two at the Defqon 1 festival weeks prior to Listen out, it also includes statistics of numbers of attendees and arrests made by police. Further it speaks about those who were transported from the festival to the closest hospital as they required medical attention. This information will be used for ‘details’ and ‘controversies’ sections of the articles

Thompson, A. (2019, January 10) ‘Young people deserve better’: Festivals push

government on pill testing. The Sydney Morning Herald Retrieved from:

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/young-people-deserve-better-festivals-

push-governments-on-pill-testing-20190109-p50qg2.html

• This article outlines the letter made by the Australian Festival association to the New South Wales government to reconsider its tactics for harm reduction at festivals such as it’s stance on pill testing, and it’s ‘abstinence only’ approach. This article will be used for the ‘controversies’ section of the article.

Eliezer, C. (2016, October 4) Listen out attendee figures revealed The music network

Retrieved from: https://themusicnetwork.com/listen-out-attendee-figures-revealed/

• This article outlines attendance numbers from Listen out 2016, further it also comments on arrests made by police officers at each event. This information will be useful in the ‘description’, ‘history’ and ‘controversies’ sections in the article

Fuzzy (2018) Listen out 2018 Fuzzy retrieved from:

https://www.fuzzy.com.au/events/listen-out-2018/

• This is the official fuzzy (event organisers) website that details the official locations and performers for the 2018 iteration of the event. This website will be only used for this information, as descriptions of the event may be biased as it’s published by those who promote the event. This will be used in the ‘artist lineup by year’ and ‘description’ sections.

Article demo (Listen Out)

Listen Out
Brockhampton performing at Listen Out 2017
Genre	Hip-Hop, Indie, electronic
Location(s)	Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane
Years active	6 (2013-Present)
Organised by	Fuzzy

Listen Out is a yearly outdoor music festival held in 4 Australian cities:

Fuzzy’s Listen Out festivals inaugural tour occurred in 2013, and has been a yearly event since. It consists of three stages, two of which (Atari and 909’s) have identical artist lineups. Unlike these stages however, Third base stage was used to showcase local upcoming talent from each state, with different lineups for each leg of the show. In more recent iterations of the event, these lineups have become more homogeneous with some acts performing over multiple events, however minor tweaks are made to each state's lineup. From 2013 to 2015 the festival’s third stage was sponsored by Red bull titled the ‘crate digger stage’[3]. In 2016 after Fuzzy lost it’s sponsorship from Red Bull for the event the stage was sponsored by Universal Store and re branded the "Young Bloods" stage^[4]. However, in 2017 Fuzzy formerly changed the stage’s name to “3rd Base” without the support of any sponsor. Joining Listen Out's yearly lineup are the winners of each years "Triple J Unearthed" Competition for each state and perform on either the Atari or 909 stage depending on the year.^[5]

Artist Lineup by year

Controversies

In 2018 following the deaths of two teenagers at the Defqon.1 festival, the NSW government heightened police presence at festivals, as Listen out was the next festival to occur in NSW after Defqon.1 all media attention gravitated towards the festival.^[12] As a result of the increased police presence, 159 people were charged with drug offences and 5 charged with drug supply.^[13]Pill testing was suggested by some experts as a preventative measure to lessen deaths at music festivals, this was met with a 'no tolerance policy' from NSW's premier Gladys Berejiklian.^[13] Fuzzy replied saying governments should be more open to the idea of pill testing in order to create safer festivals.^[14]

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