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More than 125 people are suing Travis Scott for $750 million after the opening night of his Astroworld festival left 10 fans dead and hundreds injured. At the time of the November 5 tragedy, a section of the 50,000-strong crowd began rushing towards the stage during the 30-year-old rapper's performance.…
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A nine-year-old boy has become the youngest person to die after being crushed in the deadly crowd surge at Travis Scott's Astroworld festival. According to the family's attorney, Ben Crump, young Ezra Blount from Dallas succumbed to his injuries on Sunday, November 14, at Texas children's hospital in Houston -…
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Police audio recordings have revealed that officers had called to each other for the Astroworld concert to be stopped as people were being crushed in the crowd. A crowd surge at the sold-out festival of 50,000 people on November 5 left nine people dead and hundreds injured, among them a…
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A dog belonging to the ninth victim of Astroworld's deadly crowd surge last week has been suffering from the loss of the 22-year-old Texas A&M student. Bharti Shahani succumbed to her injuries on Wednesday, November 10, and the following day, her grieving family confirmed the tragic news at a press conference.…
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Ezra Blount's father is speaking out for the first time since his nine-year-old son was gravely injured at the Astroworld Festival last week. The boy is now on life support as he continues to fight for his life in hospital. As reported by CNN, the opening night of the two-night…
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Medical staff at Travis Scott's Astroworld have come under fire after the festival's ninth victim was revealed to be the woman seen being dropped on her head in a viral video from the concert. Bharti Shahani, a 22-year-old Texas A&M student, died on Wednesday, November 10, following injuries she sustained…
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A 22-year-old student has died after sustaining serious injuries during the deadly crowd surge at Travis Scott's Astroworld Festival. As reported by The Washington Post, Bharti Shahani, a Texas A&M student, succumbed to her injuries on Wednesday, November 10, taking the Astroworld death toll to nine. Shahani's family confirmed the…
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Employees at Travis Scott's Astroworld festival were reportedly told to refer to dead festival-goers as "smurfs". According to an event planning document written by concert organizer Scoremore and obtained by CNN, the Event Operations Plan for the two-day festival at NRG Park in Houston, Texas, told staff to avoid using…
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A man who attended Travis Scott's 2017 concert and was left completely paralyzed has spoken out about the recent tragedy that took place at the rapper's Astroworld festival. As reported by BBC News, panic ensued on the opening night of the Texas festival as the crowd rushed and pushed towards…
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A 2011 video of Adele pausing mid-concert to help a fan is being reshared on social media... The clip, which shows the now-33-year-old singer directing medics to help a member of the audience who had fainted, has resurfaced online following the eight deaths and many injuries that occurred at Travis…
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Drake has broken his silence over the tragedy that took place at Travis Scott's Astroworld festival on Friday, November 5, after eight people lost their lives during a crowd surge. As reported by BBC News, panic ensued on the opening night of the Texas festival as the crowd rushed and…
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Travis Scott should have "absolutely" halted his show to try to prevent the deadly crowd surge at the concert if he knew about the chaos that was unfolding, a local fire chief said on Tuesday, November 8. As reported by BBC News, panic ensued on the opening night of the…
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The family of a 16-year-old girl who died following the crowd surge at the Astroworld festival has spoken out about how she'd "still be alive" if Travis Scott's team had shut down the concert sooner. Per CNN, the opening night of the two-night festival - which was founded by Scott…
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A video has surfaced online showing the moment Travis Scott spotted an ambulance in the crowd during his performance at the Astroworld festival. The first night of the planned two-night festival took place on Friday, November 5, at the NRG Park in Houston, Texas. However, the event - which is…
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The family of a nine-year-old boy who is now in a coma following the crowd surge at the Astroworld festival has revealed that they are "praying for a miracle". As reported by CNN, the opening night of the two-night festival - which was founded by 30-year-old rapper Travis Scott -…
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Alec Baldwin's daughter Ireland has compared the social media reaction to the recent deaths at the Astroworld festival to the shooting on the set of Rust. In an Instagram post that has since been deleted, the model, 26, spoke out against the spread of "misinformation" on social media platforms in…
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Travis Scott will pay the funeral costs of the eight people who died at his Astroworld festival on Friday, November 5, his representatives said in a statement. As reported by BBC News, panic ensued on the opening night of the Texas festival as the crowd rushed and pushed towards the…
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One of the victims of Friday's Astroworld festival mass casualty in Houston, Texas, has been identified as Mirza Danish Baig. The 27-year-old reportedly died attempting to save his fiancée, 25-year-old Olivia Swingle, per his brother, Ammar Baig. The crowd surge took place on the opening night of the festival, which…
