Music fest set to break more records next year

THE Future Music Festival Asia will return in March next year, expecting to break further records when it is set to expand to a three-day festival.

Purveyors of live music, Future Entertainment Australia and Livescape Asia have gotten the ball rolling for the much-anticipated music festival, expected to be the largest music gathering South-East Asia will ever see.

“We have even extended FMFA next year to three days, that’s how massive it’s going to be,” Livescape Asia public relations head Jason Kongsaid.

The festival next year will take place from March 13 to 15, 2014 at a yet to be disclosed location. Co-organisers Livescape Asia, however, hinted at the possibility of hosting the festival next year closer to city.

“There’s not much we can reveal apart from confirming that FMFA next year will return to Kuala Lumpur in 2014. However, what we can definitively say is that the festival next year is going to be even bigger than the last. We have got a line-up that is going to blow everyone’s minds away”, Kong added.

“In addition, after receiving numerous requests from fans for the festival to be held closer to the city, what I can say is that, we have heard their requests, and FMFA in 2014 will most likely have a new home.”

“We will be placing even more emphasis on the comfort of our festival-goers and have decided to cap each day to a maximum of 25,000 attendees”, Kong said.

The epic Future Music Festival Asia, which thrilled crowds of over 55,000 in March this year, has been dubbed as the largest music festival to ever hit South-East Asian shores. Malaysia is the only country to ever host Future Music Festival outside of Australia.

The Australian dates straddle five cities in Australia from Mar 1 to 10, 2014. Future Music Festival Asia 2014 is organised by Future Entertainment Australia and Livescape Asia Sdn Bhd and is supported by the Malaysian Convention & Exhibition Bureau (MYCEB).

More than 75,000 revellers are expected to attend the festival next year of which, organisers are expecting an influx of more than 20,000 international fans. According to Kong, the rapid growth of FMFA as a regionally renowned festival is credited to the various sponsors and partners, especially MYCEB and the Tourism Ministry, who have been key in working with the organisers to position Malaysia as a world-class live music destination in the region.

“Today, with the support of our partners and sponsors, we are proud to have fans from not only Malaysia, but also across the Asian region including some from as far off as Europe who are marking FMFA on their calendars on a yearly basis”, Kong said.

The full line-up for the festival in Malaysia will be revealed on Oct 3. Future Music Festival Australia has just made it’s first line-up announcement for its five venues (see www.futuremusicgroup.com.au for details), and while FMF Australia and FMF Asia’s line-ups tend to differ, the past two festivals have shown that there will be a fair amount of duplication.

To coincide with the launch and line-up announcement, Future Music Festival Asia will be launching a limited amount of tickets for sale at 3pm, Sept 28, at Rock Corner, The Gardens, Mid Valley, Kuala Lumpur. These tickets will be sold at a bargain of only RM88 for a three-day festival pass (limited to 500 tickets; one ticket per customer). The catch: ticket buyers will be buying these tickets prior to knowing who will be on the line-up in the festival’s Kuala Lumpur edition.

For more information on the ticket promotions or on Future Music Festival Asia 2014, visit www.facebook.com/futuremusicasia.

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