A night of intended musical fun turned fatal during Travis Scott’s headlining set at his 2021 Astroworld Festival.
According to the Associated Press, officials declared a “mass casualty incident” on Friday (November 5) after at least eight people were killed and countless others were injured after several parts of the audience surged to get closer to the stage.
TMZ is reporting that a 10-year-old boy is among the death tally.
“The crowd began to compress towards the front of the stage, and that caused some panic, and it started causing some injuries,” the Houston Fire Chief Samuel Peña said. “People began to fall out, become unconscious, and it created additional panic.”
Scott, who did stop his set at least twice for crowd control, has released a statement in response to the massacre, with reports of several minors still missing.
“I’m absolutely devastated by what took place last night. My prayers go out to the families and all those impacted by what happened at Astroworld Festival.
Houston PD has my total support as they continue to look into the tragic loss of life.
I am committed to working together with the Houston community to heal and support the families in need. Thank you to Houston PD, Fire Department and NRG Park for their immediate response and support.
Love You All.”
TMZ is also reporting that the deadly incident may have been caused by a deranged fan who was injecting concertgoers with some sort of drug, inducing widespread panic in the process.
Authorities are said to also be investigating the nature of the reported deaths, as at least one victim was said to have been foaming at the mouth prior to entering cardiac arrest.
HipHopDX reached out to LiveNation for further clarity on the matter and have yet to get a response as of press time.
Travis Scott's Astroworld Festival Struck By Tragedy: 8 People Dead & Hundreds Injured
Astroworld Festival also released a statement similar to the Utopia rapper’s which reads in full, “Our hearts are with the Astroworld Festival family tonight — especially those we lost and their loved ones.
We are focused on supporting local officials however we can. With that in mind, the festival will no longer be held on Saturday.
As authorities mentioned in their press conference earlier, they are looking into the series of cardiac arrests that took place. If you have any relevant information on this. Please reach out to @HoustonPolice.
Thank you to our partners at the Houston Police Department, Fire Department, And NRG Park for their response and support.”
HipHopDX contributor Mark Elibert was at the NFG Stadium for the duration of the show. His recounts can be found here. This story is still developing. HipHopDX send our condolences to everyone personally affected by this tragedy.
Travis Scott is a Satanic piece of trash. I watched all the footage… Go on Twitter and look for yourself.
The entire set had occult themes, he asked multiple times “why’s the music stopping” and there’s footage of him singing 30 feet from the security carrying a dead kid away. Like he couldn’t of shut the fuck up or even show announce of care.
I mean the entrance to the whole festival is a reference to Dante’s Inferno. Google that If you don’t know what it is.
I have never seen more disturbing shit in my life from a preformer.
And what a half ass trash apology. You can’t bring back 8 people from the dead. But you made your millions and are sure set to do another one next year. If he cared about his fans he would of capped the amount of tickets to prevent over crowding and actually call off his festival indefinitely til he can make his events safe.
Fuck TS
Are you mad boy
Not as mad as your parents must be. You are dirt and you know it. More importantly you never have anything to add to any tooic. Try reading more and posting less. Education goes a long way child. You lack substance 🙂
Choke on your educated dick boy. Nothing else needs to be said you done yourself fucked up mad twitter boy motherfucker
This was for Hermione. And she knows it
Lmao wow…gonna blame fans on drugs when fans are ALWAYS on drugs at concerts and 99.9% of the time imagine that no deaths dumbest shit ive ever heard
fentanyl blowdarts for the lulz! those peeps was jabbed up and they hearts couldn’t handle it, media gon’ mediate though ?♂️
There was kid getting resuscitated right in front of this pos and he just kept the show going, that’s just one of many incidents he ignored. Not only does his music SUCK, he sucks a person. Karma is a bitch you crusty lip ugly mahfucka. Satan finna look for a return on his investment soon
“but i got deez cheezburgus main!”
i dont really understand how travis scott can be blamed for this other than the “im white and i say so” narrative….whites are always telling people to have accountability, but it seems like the caucasoids have changed the rules again…how about this? white people…stop doing drugs…then maybe u wont get stampeded to death in a drug induced stuper….now i will brace myself for the horde of knuckle dragging caucasoids who will try to convince me otherwise….
I’m a white dude, i know im priviledged but ur literally just attacking all white people, this is NO different than peopel who make BS generalizations about the black community….if you put hate out into the world what do you expect to get back? WHy even bring race into this?
Be Better.
I’ll tell ya, he was able to see what was taking place… fans telling him too stop stop people are dying, he continues to play his shit music but he also goes and plays a rowdy song. Nah this ignorant little satanic worship punk can get locked up or at the least sued until he’s broke
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If you idiots can’t see that Travis Scott, The Kartrashians, Drake, Kanye West are all demonic, your soul may be lost. This was an occult ritual. Pure evil, pure satanism.
Stop supporting these evil clowns!
Themes the devil, Bobby! All of them.
Imagine dying at a Travis Scott concert. I mean, dying sucks but at least die at a Tupac or Michael Jackson concert because it would be worth it. But Travis Scott? C’mon.
Don’t know anything about Travis Scott, but Venues like this should be banned. There is no way security and safety can be provided to a crowd this large, nor can you tell the mental capacity of any of the attendees. Parents should weigh the possible consequences before taking or allow their children to attend such. If individuals do not have an assigned seat, then the event should not be scheduled. Is this all about money or what? What value do you put on life? I personally don’t love or like anyone that much, other than God!!!!
Nobody can’t blame Travis Scot is not his fault. Why these parents didn’t go with their teenagers? He shouldn’t have to paid anything funeral and insured peoples. If you stupid taking drugs embarrassment to your families