Australia's biggest news website has an article that confirms that one of Europe's largest dance music promoters ID&T is bringing the Sensation dance music party to Australia for new years eve in 2008. 

From news.com.au:

 THE world's biggest dance party and a fireworks spectacular are poised to make Melbourne Australia's New Year's Eve hub.

Events giant ID&T, of Amsterdam, will hold a 10-hour New Year's Eve party for 45,000 revellers at Telstra Dome.

The $3 million party, Sensation, is set to get official support from the City of Melbourne this week.

Sensation director Duncan Stutterheim is also in talks with the Victorian Major Events Company.

"We are the world's biggest travelling club and we are reinventing New Year's Eve in Melbourne," Mr Stutterheim said. Sensation has held parties across Europe to crowds of up to 50,000 for the past eight years.

"We want to grow this event. We want to make Melbourne a New Year's Eve destination," he said.

Sensation is expected to be made an official partner in the City of Melbourne's New Year's Eve 2008 plan and will align itself with Melbourne Spring Fashion Week. A City of Melbourne spokesman said Sensation would enhance New Year's Eve celebrations in the city.

"Melbourne is the premier events and entertainment capital in Australia and stages some fantastic new year celebrations," he said. "Now it will play host to the only event of its kind in the southern hemisphere."

But the spokesman said talks were continuing and no contract with Sensation had been signed.

Sensation is overseen by Mr Stutterheim, his wife, Lisca, and a team of 20 people. The dance event will be on the same production scale as U2 tours and take five days to set up. The event will include a music, light and laser show, with live performers and DJs.

"This is not a rave. It is a cross between a pop concert, Cirque Du Soleil and a dance event," Lisca Stutterheim said.

Those attending must wear white.

In Europe, Sensation parties include a midnight fireworks spectacular and it is understood, pending permission, Mr Stutterheim proposes a significant fireworks display at the stadium.

Tickets for Sensation will go on sale on July 24.

It's great to see a new promoter making it onto the scene in Australia. With new promoters comes new networks of DJ's. We need more competition in the dance music scene over here.

I've gone over to the Sensation White website and they now have Melbourne on their world tour map for 2008. I think that is a pretty reliable source to confirm this. Once we get more information about this we'll let you know.