The last raindance event (21st june) at the
Drome (now known as the SE1) ended in tragedy when 2
ravers died. This resulted in a
moral panic not seen since the
death of
Leah Betts. Initialy, the
police theorised that the deaths were the result of
contaminated pills, and all the newspapers snapped this up. However, everyone who was at the event, complained of the extreme heat (110 F) and lack of water, and pointed to this as the more likely cause of the deaths. They were right. The pills the unfortunate ravers had taken were pure MDMA, and the deaths were a resiult of
heatstroke and
dehydration. 4 different parties are being apportioned blame on the message boards assosciated with the UK
rave scene;
The SE1 club for providing insufficent ventilation & water, and employing corrupt
doormen who let people in through the fire exits, resulting in overcrowding
Raindance, the rave organisers, for not ensuring the saftey of the club, and for booking it to capacity when there had been previous problems with overcrowding
The ravers themselves for taking
e at all when previous deaths had been caused by it
Southwark council for closing the fire exits, hence worsening ventilation, suposedly due to complaints from local residents