November 6, 20214 yr I wonder what the stage area layout was like. You can let 10s of thousands into a giant parking lot/festival area but you need to account that 99% want to get close to the stage or at least have a decent view.
November 6, 20214 yr What does suck is since 2015 at his concerts Travis Scott encourages people to rush the stage. Just google his name and rush the stage and you can find any number of articles from 2015, 2017 and 2019 where he encourages this behavior from the crowd.
November 6, 20214 yr "Festival Seating" at concerts should be illegal. I was crushed against the stage about 4 rows back at a Rush concert in Seattle. Had to literally fight my way to the edge and gtfo.
November 6, 20214 yr Seeing this video and others like it from earlier in the day is pretty chilling bc crowd was already nuts well before the concert.
November 6, 20214 yr 2 minutes ago, RPM said: "Festival Seating" at concerts should be illegal. I was crushed against the stage about 4 rows back at a Rush concert in Seattle. Had to literally fight my way to the edge and gtfo. This.
November 6, 20214 yr Its amazing how people listen to Travis Scott but not Zro, Slim Thug , Scarface, Lil Keke, Paul Wall, Big Pokey, etc CounterPoint.gif
November 6, 20214 yr 4 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said: Its amazing how people listen to Travis Scott but not Zro, Slim Thug , Scarface, Lil Keke, Paul Wall, Big Pokey, etc CounterPoint.gif Travis Scott wisely hooked up with one of the Jenner/Kardashian Klan. Good list, but Paul Wall sucks. Scarface not making it big is a small tragedy. Edited November 6, 20214 yr by billfromlaketravis
November 6, 20214 yr 7 minutes ago, RPM said: "Festival Seating" at concerts should be illegal. I was crushed against the stage about 4 rows back at a Rush concert in Seattle. Had to literally fight my way to the edge and gtfo. Yep. I will never get in that type of situation again. I’ll watch from the cheap seats…damn.
November 6, 20214 yr 1 minute ago, billfromlaketravis said: Travis Scott wisely hooked up with one of the Jenner/Kardashian Klan. Caitlyn Jenner?
November 6, 20214 yr I'm claustrophobic so there is a zero percent chance that I would ever be close enough to the stage to get crushed like that. I get wanting to see your "idol" or favorite group as close as possible, but I don't get putting yourself into a crowd like that. It's gross being that close to people I don't know anyway.
November 6, 20214 yr Popular Post 1 minute ago, Hate said: I'm claustrophobic so there is a zero percent chance that I would ever be close enough to the stage to get crushed like that. I get wanting to see your "idol" or favorite group as close as possible, but I don't get putting yourself into a crowd like that. It's gross being that close to people I don't know anyway. I just watch from my private sky box so a poor person doesn’t graze my arm.
November 6, 20214 yr 1 minute ago, Hate said: I'm claustrophobic so there is a zero percent chance that I would ever be close enough to the stage to get crushed like that. I get wanting to see your "idol" or favorite group as close as possible, but I don't get putting yourself into a crowd like that. It's gross being that close to people I don't know anyway. Years ago I had it happen at the Galveston Mardis Gras - (but never had any issues in New Orleans). Anyway, there were chicks with us and I was pretty scared for them. It was hard enough for me to get to a side street. I think until it happens to you, it is a little hard to imagine the force of a crowd.
November 6, 20214 yr 4 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said: At least everyone is vaccinated. 🙄 ....Well........... they at least had a card I'm sure.....
November 6, 20214 yr 4 minutes ago, Js1 said: I just watch from my private sky box so a poor person doesn’t graze my arm. This. I am anti general population at events like this.
November 6, 20214 yr 4 minutes ago, Js1 said: I just watch from my private sky box so a poor person doesn’t graze my arm. Hell.. that's a win win for all of us then....
November 6, 20214 yr 2 minutes ago, Bevo said: Years ago I had it happen at the Galveston Mardis Gras - (but never had any issues in New Orleans). Anyway, there were chicks with us and I was pretty scared for them. It was hard enough for me to get to a side street. I think until it happens to you, it is a little hard to imagine the force of a crowd. Agree as I’ve been in a few situations where you have not choice but to move with the crowd. Many festivals or sport events go too cheap on security and crowd control. They think that putting security at the front is enough, when the problem can be with the people in the back pushing forward.
November 6, 20214 yr 20 minutes ago, Nicole44 said: Seeing this video and others like it from earlier in the day is pretty chilling bc crowd was already nuts well before the concert. I guess he'd be cool with people dying if it was an artist he liked more.
November 6, 20214 yr 11 minutes ago, Bevo said: Years ago I had it happen at the Galveston Mardis Gras - (but never had any issues in New Orleans). Anyway, there were chicks with us and I was pretty scared for them. It was hard enough for me to get to a side street. I think until it happens to you, it is a little hard to imagine the force of a crowd. I am now a balcony only Mardi Gras person. Instead of consorting with the riffraff on equal terms, I choose to lob trinkets to the rabble in exchange for small sexual favors.
November 6, 20214 yr 54 minutes ago, Hate said: My son is a Travis Scott fan and has been wanting to go to Astroworld. He's 13 so there is no chance I'm letting hi go yet, but I'll have to use this as a teachable moment about what can happen if you go to a Travis Scott show. Maybe he'll rethink it. This could happen at any concert, not just Travis Scott.
November 6, 20214 yr 2 minutes ago, Pancho said: This could happen at any concert, not just Travis Scott. Steely Dan?
November 6, 20214 yr This could happen at any concert, not just Travis Scott. Of course it can. But my son doesn’t want to go to any other concert and I have no desire to go to a Travis Scott show along with him until he is old enough to go on his own.
November 6, 20214 yr 35 minutes ago, Nicole44 said: Seeing this video and others like it from earlier in the day is pretty chilling bc crowd was already nuts well before the concert. It should have been canceled right then. Pretty obvious bad shit was going to happen.
November 6, 20214 yr Just now, Pancho said: This could happen at any concert, not just Travis Scott. Yep. Absolutely. No question. When it comes to liability (criminal or civil) Scott may have a specific problem in that he’s encouraged his crowds to rush the stage on numerous occasions. There is going to be a lot of blame going around for sure. But this has happened at all types of concerts etc…with this type of set up. It’s a terrifying thing to be in and hopefully lessons will be learned here. It’s tragic that people just wanted to have a good time and didn’t come home from a concert. When you see all the videos from earlier in the day it’s hard to imagine this not happening. So tragic.
November 6, 20214 yr 49 minutes ago, elfenix said: Gonna guess Apple won't be showing this It was streaming live. That’s probably why they didn’t want to stop it.
November 6, 20214 yr 44 minutes ago, RPM said: "Festival Seating" at concerts should be illegal. I was crushed against the stage about 4 rows back at a Rush concert in Seattle. Had to literally fight my way to the edge and gtfo. Should have gone to a Calm concert instead. HA! /alf
November 6, 20214 yr 9 minutes ago, bschoolprof said: Steely Dan? Is that a 1950s doo-wap singing group?
November 6, 20214 yr 8 minutes ago, Hate said: Of course it can. But my son doesn’t want to go to any other concert and I have no desire to go to a Travis Scott show along with him until he is old enough to go on his own. Uncle Pancho will take him. (And by take him I mean let him watch on tv while I’m there so he can get a glimpse of what concert life is like with Travis Kardashian.)
November 6, 20214 yr 11 minutes ago, bschoolprof said: Steely Dan? I'll hamstring a bitch if they get in my way.... gonna see Steely Dan next month BTW.
November 6, 20214 yr “Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said over 360 police officers and 241 security officers were stationed at the event Friday. Pena and Finner said many questions remain and an investigation into the mass fatality event is ongoing. “Nobody could have dreamed of this, but we’re here. I think it’s very important that none of us speculate. Nobody has the answers tonight,“ Finner said. “I want to thank Live Nation. I want to thank NRG, HFD, our frontline police officers. Nobody has had the opportunity to review any video. And Live Nation has told us that they will allow us to review the video. I want to say this because there’s a lot of rumors going around and if you don’t have the facts, you don’t have the evidence, I’m not going to speak against that. We have hurting families out here.”
November 6, 20214 yr 6 minutes ago, Pancho said: Uncle Pancho will take him. (And by take him I mean let him watch on tv while I’m there so he can get a glimpse of what concert life is like with Travis Kardashian.) If I had known it was streaming I would have let him watch it. Maybe next year?
November 6, 20214 yr 53 minutes ago, Nicole44 said: Seeing this video and others like it from earlier in the day is pretty chilling bc crowd was already nuts well before the concert. All of that for a fucking Travis Scott concert? Really? My former co-worker's three daughters went to this event, I'm worried about them.
November 6, 20214 yr 6 minutes ago, Nicole44 said: “Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said over 360 police officers and 241 security officers were stationed at the event Friday. "We had literally two hundred thousand police officers there. You can't place any liability with us."
November 6, 20214 yr 3 minutes ago, FOXHOUND said: All of that for a fucking Travis Scott concert? Really? My former co-worker's three daughters went to this event, I'm worried about them. As mentioned it can happen anywhere. But ya the crowd was already out of control well before the music started. Twitter from last night is heartbreaking with people posting pics of loved ones that they hadn’t located/heard from. One of those is a picture of a guy who can later be seen being worked on by paramedics in other videos/pictures. Where I get pissed is seeing the fuckers dancing on top of the ambulances in the crowd trying to get to victims. Fuck those assholes. Edited November 6, 20214 yr by Nicole44
November 6, 20214 yr 24 minutes ago, bschoolprof said: Steely Dan? Hey most of those rascal scooters don’t have brakes! All gas!
November 6, 20214 yr This shit was fucked from the start when those assholes stormed the gates at like 3 in the afternoon. Was bound to get worse from there. Sad for the families of those victims. Let the lawsuits commence..
November 6, 20214 yr 19 minutes ago, Pancho said: Is that a 1950s doo-wap singing group? It’s a metal dildo from a Wells book.
November 6, 20214 yr 35 minutes ago, Pancho said: This could happen at any concert, not just Travis Scott. Even a jazz odyssey?
November 6, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, Hate said: I'm claustrophobic so there is a zero percent chance that I would ever be close enough to the stage to get crushed like that. I get wanting to see your "idol" or favorite group as close as possible, but I don't get putting yourself into a crowd like that. It's gross being that close to people I don't know anyway. Never knew I was claustrophobic until I got caught in a crowd crush at a wet t-shirt contest during spring break in Matomoros in ‘93. Since then, I can barely get on an airplane. I was a hair’s breadth from a full in panic attack waiting to get into George Strait’s last show at the Dome - and that crowd was pretty orderly. This story triggers me badly.
November 6, 20214 yr 25 minutes ago, Nicole44 said: “Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said over 360 police officers and 241 security officers were stationed at the event Friday. Pena and Finner said many questions remain and an investigation into the mass fatality event is ongoing. “Nobody could have dreamed of this, but we’re here. I think it’s very important that none of us speculate. Nobody has the answers tonight,“ Finner said. “I want to thank Live Nation. I want to thank NRG, HFD, our frontline police officers. Nobody has had the opportunity to review any video. And Live Nation has told us that they will allow us to review the video. I want to say this because there’s a lot of rumors going around and if you don’t have the facts, you don’t have the evidence, I’m not going to speak against that. We have hurting families out here.” You don’t usually see so many thank you’s for a mass casualty event…
November 6, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, Hate said: I'm claustrophobic so there is a zero percent chance that I would ever be close enough to the stage to get crushed like that. I get wanting to see your "idol" or favorite group as close as possible, but I don't get putting yourself into a crowd like that. It's gross being that close to people I don't know anyway. Shit doesn’t happen at jimmy buffet concerts. Just saying..
November 6, 20214 yr Live Nation was the promoter. Expect concert ticket prices and fees to go up shortly.
November 6, 20214 yr Ok, but what about the part of the story that says there were two separate incidents? One the crushing stampede incident and the other a cardiac event later?
November 6, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, South Austin said: Well fuck me. All this time I thought Travis Scott was white. Sounds like a shooting guard at Virginia, Gonzaga or some Mid-major school.
November 6, 20214 yr 4 minutes ago, jeevsie said: Ok, but what about the part of the story that says there were two separate incidents? One the crushing stampede incident and the other a cardiac event later? This is where the HFD chief was talking about rumors but here you go. Very scary if true: 7:30 AM PT -- A source connected to Astroworld tells TMZ, someone in the crowd went crazy and began injecting people with some sort of drug, which caused panic and then a surge. The source says authorities are trying to determine if those who went into cardiac arrest were the ones injected. We're told one of those who died is a 10-year-old. The source says it appears to be a targeted attack. We have not confirmed this report, but the source is a key person involved in the festival. https://www.tmz.com/2021/11/06/travis-scott-astroworld-concert-stampede-dead-drake/
November 6, 20214 yr 5 hours ago, Telegraph_it said: Damn. And it didn’t start out great either. Appearance by @immamacat 1:37 in his Rockets jersey.
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