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David Guetta, Swedish House Mafia Storm Electric Daisy Carnival

Las Vegas debut of long-running fest goes off without a hitch

The Electric Daisy Carnival electronic music festival in Las Vegas
Denise Truscello for RollingStone.com
By Jonathan Ringen
June 28, 2011 1:30 PM ET

You’d think there’s no way Las Vegas could be more brightly illuminated, more dedicated to the pursuit of pleasure, more accommodating of radically skin-baring fashion. But for three balmy nights kicking off June 24th, all the things that make Vegas Vegas were massively amplified as the Electric Daisy Carnival landed on the sprawling grounds of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway a half-hour outside of town. More than 150 of the planet’s biggest DJs and electronic acts – including Tiesto, David Guetta and Swedish House Mafia, who each headlined a night on the Titanic-sized pyro-and-laser equipped main stage – played for 240,000 of the happiest, most surreally accessorized (giant inflatable banana? check.) and nakedest music fans in America.

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