Man, watching that Astroworld tragedy during the Travis Scott set on Netflix just burns me up. 10 people dead because A) Travis Scott, as he always had, pushed for chaos and lack of safety at his shows (encouraging fans to rush the gates and storm into the venue and then act as chaotic and out of control as possible), and B) Live Nation as the largest concert promotor in the world basically giving in to Travis Scott and leaning into his chaos atmosphere instead of putting on a safe show for 50k people (Live Nation workers on record saying they were told that Travis likes chaos and to "lean into it"."
What a predictable and preventable tragedy. And to see the two parties responsible (Live Nation and Travis Scott) come out and just act like they each had nothing to do with it when there is clear evidence to the contrary (the show easily should have been stopped by either party) AND to have Houston police ultimately find that no single person was in any way criminally responsible for what happened is so wild and heart breaking.
At least some of these families and fiends that lost loved ones got to tell their story and show the negligence of this festival. "They sold 50000 tickets and there was no way more than 35000 could fit in there....I want this on record that I know this and don't agree with it going forward" - Live Nation employee.
Last edited by jayswin; 06-28-2025 at 11:27 PM.
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