Love Parade which is considered to be one of the biggest rave – electronic – techno music festivals in the world is not going to take place this year, said DPA. An event had to occur in the German city of Bochum (located in the industrial Ruhr region), but was cancelled due to the fact that this place is not big enough for it. Bochum authorities have announced their total incapability to sustain and maintain so many people that are going to visit their city during the festival. Another reason is that there is some unexpected difficulty with the railway tracks, which are located somewhere near the city, and there is no way the city authorities will be able to fix them before the festival. Love Parade’s organizers have noted that during the recent years more and more people are trying to go to this event. In 2008 1,6 million people have visited the festival, in 1998 it absorbed nearly 800,000 visitors. Certainly, Bochum cannot sustain so many rave fans, even though some people may accuse local conservatives in halting an event.
The first Love Parade took place on July 14, 1989 in Berlin collecting only one hundred and fifty people. The late 80’s was just the beginning of the rave movement and these numbers show how everything changed since that time.
A Source: ThatsJustMusic.com
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