0:00.0	The key to happiness. I'm Jason Horton. I'm Rebecca Leib. And this is Ghost Town.
0:20.1	We love talking about music festivals here on Ghost Town and it's been a minute,
0:23.7	so I thought I'd tell you the tale of Tomorrow World. No, it's not an off-brand Disney ride.
0:29.4	It's an EDM festival that ended in utter disaster. Please pardon me while I sound incredibly old,
0:36.0	when I tell you about the mudslide hellscape of Tomorrowland in the woods of the Chattahuji Hills.
0:41.6	Tomorrowland is a spinoff of the Belgian EDM festival Tomorrowland, and like I said,
0:46.5	is held in Chattahuji Hills, Georgia, about 40 minutes from downtown Atlanta. It began in 2013
0:52.7	and is the brainchild of lifestyle incorporated, formerly known as SFX Entertainment Incorporated,
0:58.5	will get there, and organized and produced by EDM promoter ID&T, another company owned subsidiary
1:04.4	of lifestyle. In 2013, the first Tomorrowland honestly went okay. I know what you're thinking.
1:10.6	Is Chattahuji Hills Georgia some kind of top secret EDM hotbed or something? No, it's not. The site
1:16.4	was specifically chosen due to its resemblance to boom Belgium, or Tomorrowland is traditionally held,
1:22.0	and is actually still being held today. Lifestyle or then SFX wanted Tomorrow World to be the next
1:28.0	chapter of the Tomorrowland Festival franchise, so the first Tomorrow World would take the main
1:32.4	stage design from 2012's Tomorrowland, and really do it up. And what's a music festival without a theme?
1:38.6	The theme of Tomorrowland 2013 was Book of Wisdom. I mean, you're listening to Ghost Town,
1:43.6	so I'm sure you're awaiting the irony. Don't worry, it's coming. The first tone deaf move,
1:47.6	the organizers of Tomorrowland pulled is that it became the first EDM festival following the tragedy
1:52.7	of New York's electronic zoo festival, where our festival goers Jeffrey Russ and Olivia Rotando
1:58.2	died from hypothermia and an overdose of MDMA. After that, it was surprising why Tomorrow World
2:03.7	organizers were confused why their target audience wasn't chomping at the bit to hit another EDM
2:08.3	festival, and why their ticket sales were low. Adding to the unconventional location and a higher
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