City officials cancelled the final day of the Electric Zoo dance music festival on Randall’s Island after two concertgoers died from apparent overdoses.  The electronic dance music festival, in its fifth year, was scheduled to conclude Sunday with headlining sets by Armin Van Buuren, Sebastiona Ingrosso, Steve Aoki and Laidback Luke. But over the first two days of the festival, two attendees died from apparent overdoses of MDMA, nicknamed molly, an illegal drug typically combined with other chemicals in Ecstasy pills, officials said.

The information released by NYC.gov over the issue:

Due to serious health risks, the Electric Zoo music festival on Randall’s Island on Sunday, September 1st has been cancelled. The City recommended cancellation and the event promoters have agreed.

During the first two days of the Electric Zoo music festival, two concert-goers have died and at least four others became critically ill and have been placed in intensive care at area hospitals. Definitive causes of death have not yet been determined, however, both appear to have involved the drug MDMA (ecstasy, or molly). The Electric Zoo organizers have worked with City officials to reduce health risks at this event, but in view of these occurrences, the safest course is to cancel the remaining day of the event