Travis Scott is set to refund all attendees of his Astroworld Festival following the tragic deaths of eight people during the Houston concert on Friday (November 5), according to Variety.
The 30-year-old rapper has also canceled an upcoming performance in Las Vegas, where he was scheduled to headline the Day N Vegas festival on Saturday (November 13). Variety sources say Travis is “too distraught to play” in the aftermath of the tragic events that unfolded at his own festival at Houston’s NRG Park last week.
At least eight people died, ranging from ages 14 to 27, and hundreds more were injured during Travis Scott’s headlining set on Friday night after portions of the approximately 50,000-strong crowd surged to the front of the stage. Accounts from concert-goers detail horrific scenes of people being crushed, trampled on and falling unconscious.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner confirmed 25 people were transferred to local hospitals from the venue, while around 300 people were treated on the festival grounds at a makeshift treatment facility.
In a more sinister twist to the still-developing story, the Houston Police Department confirmed a security guard was injected with some kind of drug while attempting to restrain a concert-goer during the chaos. Emergency personnel were able to revive the security guard after administering Narcan, a prescription medicine used to treat opioid overdoses.
However, investigators have yet to piece together a complete picture of the events that resulted in eight fatalities and hundreds more casualties.
“Nothing is off the table in terms of persons who were there, people who fainted, people who were transported,” Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said. “As far as a crowd surge, all of those things are being looked at. It’s way too early to draw any conclusions.”
Houston Police Chief Personally Warned Travis Scott About Astroworld Crowd's 'Energy' Prior To Tragedy
Travis Scott, who has come under scrutiny for continuing his Astroworld performance for 37 minutes as the horrific events unfolded, addressed the tragedy on social media over the weekend.
“I want to send out prayers to the ones that was lost last night,” he said in a video posted to his Instagram Story on Saturday (November 6). “I could just never imagine the severity of the situation… I’m honestly just devastated.”
Travis Scott has already been named in a lawsuit over the Astroworld Festival tragedy. A man named Manuel Souza is seeking $1 million in damages, accusing the Cactus Jack rapper and festival organizers Live Nation and ScoreMore of both negligence and gross negligence.
He claims the horrific events were “predictable and preventable” had organizers paid more attention to several red flags in the days leading up to the event, while accusing Travis of “[making] the conscious decision to let the show go on, despite the extreme risk of harm to concertgoers that was escalating by the moment.”
Drake, who was brought out as a special guest during Travis Scott’s headlining Astroworld set, has also been hit with a $1 million lawsuit by another concert attendee named Kristian Paredes, who has claimed the “SICKO MODE” collaborators “helped incite the crowd that night.”
Travis Scott is going to have to reconsider everything. Unfortunately he got set up for this. How many positive messages in his music? He’s dancing in front of fire saying all kinds of vulgar and confrontational things – that’s all the world sees
the sad part is this was very predictable in terms of bad vibes and crowd getting riled maybe even folks getting hurt or crushed – if you would have brought up this possibility to Travis online last week you would have got some sad face emoji and “you mad?” as a reply
This sounds like a plot almost. Very weird situation. I hope they investigate what happened. This is almost terrorist-like. It almost sounds like it was a plot against either Travis himself, or some broader plot.
dude – this could happen at any big show where there is a mosh pit. the difference is the energy was bad and it went wrong. They went out of their way to create a nightmare scenario with the visuals and the music and got exactly what they wanted. when those 8 people were getting crushed not one person was thinking help our fellow man – they were selfish and “raging” who’s responsible? the entertainer onstage. Travis Scott should be on suicide watch because it’s over for him. He’s done forever. He’s like Jim Jones the doomsday preacher from the 70s now
I’ve been to plenty of shows and festivals etc. It’s commonplace to get dosed at events such as this whether it’s with some funny smelling blunt or some one spiking your drink. However usually it’s not against your will or a total surprise. So I can’t buy the “someone dosed the crowd” excuse then there would have been mayhem long after the show ended from crazed fans
Oh well, all that McDonald’s money should cover it.
oh well? real compassionate, shithead. i hope the families sue that friggin guy into oblivion
I know I keep commenting I will stop. But when people were complaining about Travis Scott and his stupid bummer trap vibe all you every got was with either “you’re old” or get over it” But this was exactly the type of sht people were worried about. Now it’s going to be ten times harder for rappers with talent to get a festival slot. These clowns make it harder for the talented among us and let me point it out today.
stupid bummer trap vibe – being promoted to underage kids as pop music – forgot that important point. Dude is 30 we all know his main audience is pre-teen girls who adore Kylie-Kim and white suburban boy who watch Adult Swim and consider themselves world sophisticates at 13
Travis got set up? OK, but did Travis stop the show when he saw the ambulance? Did Travis stop the show after people where telling him that people are laying dead? NO, with those few brain cells in his head he thought it was cool and got hyped up. If there is 1 artis we should CANCEL then it’s TRAVIS SCOTT!
PS Da Baby Rocks!