Astroworld Festival Disaster

[GNL]

Have we heard about this truly sad and gruesome story?

Travis Scott's Astroworld: Eight killed after crowd surge at Texas festival

Panic broke out after the crowd began to press towards the stage at Travis Scott's Astroworld Festival.

www.google.com

8 dead and 300 injured (including children) at the AstroWorld Festival in Texas organised by Travis Scott (rapper, part of the Kardashian extended universe) and LiveNation.

It seems that people were being crushed and trampled due to overcrowding, and attempts to alert organisers to it were ignored.

This thread goes into some detail:



Now there's claims that security were spiked with Fentanyl and passed out, which cynics might say sounds like organisers trying to come up with a way to avoid culpability

Astroworld: Criminal investigation into Texas festival crowd surge

Eight people died after a deadly crowd surge during a performance by rapper Travis Scott.

www.bbc.com

 

[Iguana]

Awful. Makes you not want to go to big events like this

 

[Jark]

apparently he promotes RAGE CULTURE which is essentially the crowd being out of control and vile.

I don't know who will pay for this but I hope everyone culpable does. why are kids allowed to go to a Travis Scott festival anyway? it should be 16+ at the very least.