article_snippet.sent: Music fans pose during the Future Music Festival at Sydney's Randwick Racecourse in February this year .
article_snippet.sent: More than 230 people were arrested over drug-related offences at Future Music Festival events around the country, which took place in Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane between February 28 and March 9.
article_snippet.sent: In the beginning: Future Music Festival first began in 2006 as a standalone one day festival in Sydney . '
article_snippet.sent: I've been to 5 out of the last 6 futures in Sydney
article_snippet.sent: and it's always been Future Music Festival.
article_snippet.sent: Speaking to The Music  Group Chairman Michael Gudinski said: '...the cost to physically stage the events has significantly increased, even in just two years.' '
article_snippet.sent: Group Chairman Michael Gudinski believes that touring festivals will eventually be phased out altogether in Australia. '
article_snippet.sent: Australia is following a trend that’s already been seen in America where touring festivals have become a thing of the past...
article_snippet.sent: Instead, stand-alone location festivals such as Coachella and Lollapalooza are going from strength to strength.'
article_snippet.sent: On the road: the festival's huge success saw the festival travel to Brisbane, Perth, Melbourne and Adelaide from 2007 onward .
article_snippet.sent: the festival first began in 2006 as a standalone one day festival in Sydney, however the festival huge success saw the festival travel to Brisbane, Perth, Melbourne and Adelaide PerthMelbourne Adelaide from the next year onward.