Corey Worthington's 10-Year Reunion Party Didn't Happen

It was the party that defined the late 2000s: a 16-year-old Melbourne guy named Corey Worthington threw a party at his parents’ place and a thousand people showed up, along with the riot police and the air wing. The story made international headlines, while at home Corey scored an interview on A Current Affair on which he wore yellow speed-dealers, a fluffy jacket, and no shirt—announcing himself as some kind of suburban hero.

“Why don’t you take your glasses off and say sorry?” asked reporter Leila McKinnon.

“Nah, I’ll leave these on,” said Corey. “I like them.”

All that was exactly 10 years ago this week, and to mark the occasion Corey was supposed to have another party. And 12,000 people said they’d go.

The party—advertised on Facebook as Corey's Party: 10 Year Reunion!—promised the who's who of 2008 megastars. “At the moment we've locked in some big names from that era that have stood the test of time,” bragged the post. “Operator Please, The Potbelleez, Sam Sparro, Gabriella Cilmi and DJs will be spinning the Ministry of Sound 2008 annual.”

The whole thing was supposed to kick off from 7 PM on Monday, at a reserve in the Melbourne suburb of Narre Warren, but then posts like this started showing up.

It became apparent quickly that the party was a bunch of lies and the Facebook thread filled with disappointment. Despite the fact that the Herald Sun had validated the event with an angry news story, it appears the thing was a joke. VICE tried hitting up the event’s moderator to see what had happened, but we got no answer.

So look, it’s pretty clear that Corey Worthington didn’t organise the party. Like many people from Narre Warren, Corey Worthington grew up to get a bunch of tattoos, and then got hitched real young. Corey doesn’t party like he used to and suburban Australia has lost its hero.