Last Friday (September 1), the organizers of Electric Zoo were forced to cancel the entire first day of this year’s festival when its main stage failed a New York City safety inspection just hours before the gates at Randall’s Island were scheduled to open.
In a statement explaining the cancellation, EZoo’s promoter, Made Events, blamed it on “global supply chain disruptions [that] have impacted industries worldwide.” But a report published on Wednesday, September 6 by Billboard cites “touring industry sources” who claim that the real reason for the fiasco was Made Events’ failure to pay its 2022 vendors, leading to a lack of seasoned live music professionals willing to work the event.
Last July, Made Events was purchased by the same Swiss investment firm that owns Avant Gardner, a Brooklyn venue complex that has also had its fair share of serious legal issues of late.
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