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Uploaded Your Tomorrowland Pictures On Instagram With ‘#EDM’? The Photo Sharing Platform Has Some Bad News For You

August 5, 2015

Searching for #EDM will no longer yield any results after Instagram blocks the hashtag completely. The monotonous use of the abbreviated form of Electronic Dance Music has finally been taken note of by Inst...

Should Bindis Be Banned From Music Festivals?

Anupama Khedkar

July 30, 2015

FS News

After Native American headdresses, this twitter campaign says that banning bindis at music festivals should be the next step. There has been copious amounts of talk about cultural appropriation at music fes...

Festival Bans Douchebaggery: No Shirts; No Entry

Anupama Khedkar

June 11, 2015

FS News

Summer Session 2015 says no to shirtlessness in hopes of eradicating douchebaggery. Summer Session Festival, Darwin, Australia just dropped their new 'no shirt removal' policy to reduce douchebag behavior a...

Sunburn And Supersonic May Not Be Held In Goa This Year

Anupama Khedkar

June 3, 2015

FS News, Local

The Indian Government says hell-no to hosting electronic dance music festivals on Goa beaches anymore. The Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) puts their proverbial foot down and says no to the la...

Cannes Film Festival Bans Selfies

Dhriti Menon

April 20, 2015

FS News, International

We're not sure how they're gonna regulate this ban, though. Cannes Film Festival is just around the corner, with countless film-buffs, critics, stars and fans gearing up for one of the most important events ...

Coachella And Lollapalooza Ban Selfie Sticks At Festival

Anupama Khedkar

March 30, 2015

FS News, International

Two of States' gigantic festivals say 'hell no!' to the popular contraption. Here's why. It began somewhere in 1995, when someone picked it out of a list titled "Useless Chinese Inventions". If only they kne...

San Diego Festival Says No To Rave Attire

Anupama Khedkar

March 10, 2015

FS News, International

CRSSD, a festival held on the breathtaking shores of San Diego, has decided to ban typical rave attire from its grounds. The trend of raving has become more mainstream than the music itself. At least th...

Next Year’s Lollapalooza Will Be A ‘No Smoking’ Gathering

Prem Gupta

September 12, 2014

FS News, International

The Chicago civic authority has voted to ban all forms of smoking in and around Lollapalooza and Pitchfork venues (Image Courtesy: Huffington Post) Chicagoans won’t be able to light a cigarette, or use a v...

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