The tragedy at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Pageant left eight individuals lifeless and dozens injured, as the group surged in the course of the rapper’s set.
The gang on the Friday evening present in Houston was so packed that when viewers members have been pushed towards the stage, some instructed CNN that they have been crushed to the purpose the place they could not breathe and handed out. Others have been trampled, as requires assist have been drowned out by the music.
Concertgoers instructed CNN that Scott stopped the present not less than thrice to ask for assist for concertgoers within the crowd, although some have criticized the artist and organizers for permitting it to proceed. A legal investigation of the tragedy is now in its early levels.
Scott and his accomplice Kylie Jenner, who was in attendance on the Houston present, have said in separate social media posts that they’re devastated by the tragedy.
Jenner mentioned each she and Scott did not know what was occurring within the crowd on the time.
“I wish to make it clear we weren’t conscious of any fatalities till the information got here out after the present and in no world would have continued filming or performing,” she wrote.
Comparable conditions have erupted at concert events previously — here is how artists have requested crowds to remain secure.
LINKIN PARK
When members of the band Linkin Park seen that a number of individuals within the mosh pit at their present had fallen throughout one among their reveals, they stopped taking part in, in keeping with a video of the years-old incident shared on Twitter over the weekend.
“We obtained to look out for security first, for actual. No person will get damage. That is primary,” mentioned Mike Shinoda within the video.
“We all know we have been stressing all evening about being cool, and that is the rationale why,” Chester Bennington mentioned within the clip. “Let’s go over it yet one more time: When somebody falls, what do you do?”
“Decide them up,” the group yelled again.
DAVE GROHL
One other clip going viral within the wake of the Astroworld tragedy is one among Dave Grohl, who was seen stopping a Foo Fighters present in 2018 when he seen a toddler who appeared to want a seat. It was later revealed that the kid was blind and autistic.
“Maintain on one second,” Grohl mentioned, pausing and pointing at somebody within the crowd. “Does that child want someplace to take a seat?”
Grohl then invited the kid and his mother and father to take a seat on the fringe of the stage.
SLAYER
In 2018, metallic band Slayer have been opening their closing tour in San Diego, California, when the live performance was paused because of the dimension of the group. Viewers members have been instructed to clear the aisles for security causes.
As followers booed the directions, Tom Araya requested followers to cooperate.
“We stay in a society of guidelines. However these guidelines are in your security,” he instructed the group. “They should have cleared aisles so when one thing does occur, all people has an exit, okay.”
The present finally continued.
ASAP ROCKY
At a Rolling Loud efficiency in 2019, ASAP Rocky stopped a efficiency mid-set when he seen some individuals had fallen.
“Everyone again up, look. Be careful,” he begins. “Decide the women up, bro. Decide the women up!!! Decide the f***ing ladies up, what’s improper with y’all.”
The rapper continued yelling on the crowd to “again up” and “relax” earlier than he started performing once more.
PLAYBOI CARTI
At Playboi Carti’s Lollapalooza set this summer season in Chicago, organizers got here onstage to halt the rapper’s efficiency, saying individuals have been passing out — data Carti instantly relayed to the followers, in a video posted after the Astroworld incident.
“They telling me it is lots of people passing out. They maintain stopping my music as a result of individuals are passing out. I care about you guys’ security first,” he mentioned, as organizers continued to offer him extra data. “Everyone take three steps again and we are able to begin the music straight away.”
Some social media customers drew comparisons to Carti’s set, saying that the organizers at Astroworld ought to have compelled a cease like they did at Lollapalooza.
At one other Playboi Carti present over the weekend, held after the tragedy at Astroworld, a security warning was given to concertgoers forward of the present, in keeping with a video posted on TikTok.
“When you guys don’t comply with the foundations, when you guys bounce over to the ground, when you guys do something that they take into account harmful, not one, not two, however only one particular person messing up, this present is over,” the loudspeaker announcement mentioned earlier than Carti’s look. “We’re combating, we’re convincing them to allow us to do that present for you, however this present now, if it occurs, it’s on you. So please, let’s have a superb time and be respectful.”
