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Title: Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival
Post by: Up All Night on November 06, 2021, 09:56:51 AM
Amy Harris, a freelance photographer for The Associated Press, described an “aggressive” crowd atmosphere throughout the day because of the way fans were behaving — pushing and rushing the stage barricades and prohibited VIP and admission areas.

“It was definitely the most chaotic festival environment that I’ve been in,” Harris said. “I felt uneasy all day.”

At one point, she got trapped behind a barricade while photographing performer Don Toliver because about 300 fans rushed the area. They ended up behind the security barricade with her.

“I was scared,” she said.


https://apnews.com/article/travis-scott-astroworld-dead-injured-crowd-surge-6c697502318c50ba4b57aa1c6f71f9bf

This video has context for how the crowd was stationed in the daytime. There appears to be an area, for the VIP's near the front that has a lot of room, but probably filled up by the time the main act came onstage. What has not yet been revealed, is where exactly the crush of fans was that caused the injuries and deaths. Was it at the very front of the stage, or was it at some barrier area section before that? Also, did fans jump over barriers to get to the section near the stage? Many unanswered questions at this time.

Title: Re: Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival
Post by: ItsOver on November 06, 2021, 10:23:54 AM
Amy Harris, a freelance photographer for The Associated Press, described an “aggressive” crowd atmosphere throughout the day because of the way fans were behaving — pushing and rushing the stage barricades and prohibited VIP and admission areas.

“It was definitely the most chaotic festival environment that I’ve been in,” Harris said. “I felt uneasy all day.”

At one point, she got trapped behind a barricade while photographing performer Don Toliver because about 300 fans rushed the area. They ended up behind the security barricade with her.

“I was scared,” she said.


https://apnews.com/article/travis-scott-astroworld-dead-injured-crowd-surge-6c697502318c50ba4b57aa1c6f71f9bf

This video has context for how the crowd was stationed in the daytime. There appears to be an area, for the VIP's near the front that has a lot of room, but probably filled up by the time the main act came onstage. What has not yet been revealed, is where exactly the crush of fans was that caused the injuries and deaths. Was it at the very front of the stage, or was it at some barrier area section before that? Also, did fans jump over barriers to get to the section near the stage? Many unanswered questions at this time.


I see the concern over super-spreader events has subsided.  At least among the rap fans.

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Title: Re: Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival
Post by: KSM on November 06, 2021, 10:25:36 AM
Why so many would gather to see some jiggy with a bone through his nose is beyond comprehension.
Title: Re: Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival
Post by: Camazotz Automat on November 06, 2021, 10:36:36 AM
Who the hell is rapper Travis Scott?

The bloody reincarnation of The Beatles?

I would rather be crushed to death at a Winger concert first.  >:(

Title: Re: Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival
Post by: ItsOver on November 06, 2021, 10:47:03 AM
Why so many would gather to see some jiggy with a bone through his nose is beyond comprehension.
I’d rather attend a concert of jackhammers and screaming leaf blowers.

Title: Re: Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival
Post by: Up All Night on November 06, 2021, 11:28:17 AM
Stage at 7:24

=444
Title: Re: Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival
Post by: Up All Night on November 06, 2021, 11:29:51 AM
Who the hell is rapper Travis Scott?

He's from the Houston area. He's a rapper/rager that appeals to the young rapper/white rapper audience, if you know what I mean. Think EDM for rappers.
Title: Re: Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival
Post by: sean92008 on November 06, 2021, 12:18:28 PM
With a name like Travis Scott, I fully expected the media was covering this because it was a country artist. They kind of made it sound like it was mainstream and not rap.

Humm.
Title: Re: Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival
Post by: sean92008 on November 06, 2021, 12:19:49 PM
Who the hell is rapper Travis Scott?

The bloody reincarnation of The Beatles?

I would rather be crushed to death at a Winger concert first.  >:(



...or burned to death at a Great White show?

Too soon?
Title: Re: Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival
Post by: KSM on November 06, 2021, 12:41:11 PM
Jackhammers and Screaming Leaf Blowers.
Leaf blowers @Bart Ell
There's more than one joke to be found there and it is almost a great name for a band too.
Title: Re: Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival
Post by: ItsOver on November 06, 2021, 01:18:57 PM
With a name like Travis Scott, I fully expected the media was covering this because it was a country artist. They kind of made it sound like it was mainstream and not rap.

Humm.
Similar thought, here. How someone can consider rap as music is beyond me.  Now get off my lawn and pull your damn pants up.
Title: Re: Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival
Post by: Up All Night on November 06, 2021, 08:00:20 PM
Good reporting and interviews

Title: Re: Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival
Post by: Up All Night on November 07, 2021, 01:56:16 PM
Title: Re: Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival
Post by: Up All Night on November 08, 2021, 08:51:05 PM
Title: Re: Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival
Post by: Up All Night on November 09, 2021, 09:12:29 AM
Astroworld deaths spur calls for independent review

https://apnews.com/article/travis-scott-entertainment-business-arts-and-entertainment-police-9e3b8c0289244a16263de9136ea98c93
Title: Re: Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival
Post by: ItsOver on November 09, 2021, 09:25:51 AM
Astroworld deaths spur calls for independent review

https://apnews.com/article/travis-scott-entertainment-business-arts-and-entertainment-police-9e3b8c0289244a16263de9136ea98c93
I have an idea. Don’t attend events run by thugs and attended by thugs.
Title: Re: Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival
Post by: KSM on November 09, 2021, 09:56:09 AM
I have an idea. Don’t attend events run by thugs and attended by thugs.
Can you imagine the smell?  I've done security for much smaller events (hard rock and metal shows) and the smell that the bouncing sweating crowds emit is something horrifying unique to itself.  And that's just the GIRLS!  :o   
Title: Re: Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival
Post by: ItsOver on November 09, 2021, 10:01:15 AM
Can you imagine the smell?  I've done security for much smaller events (hard rock and metal shows) and the smell that the bouncing sweating crowds emit is something horrifying unique to itself.  And that's just the GIRLS!  :o
Ick.  Body odor, urine, vomit ... yeah, sign me up.  Old people smell on top of all that would be unbearable.

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Title: Re: Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival
Post by: FISH on November 09, 2021, 11:12:59 AM
With a name like Travis Scott, I fully expected the media was covering this because it was a country artist. They kind of made it sound like it was mainstream and not rap.

Humm.
@sean92008
TRAVIS SCOTT SUPER BOWL PERFORMANCE--Feb 3, 2019.
DRAKE helped rile crowd after 'mass casualty' began, lawsuits allege.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/
Title: Re: Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival
Post by: FISH on November 09, 2021, 11:15:48 AM
I have an idea. Don’t attend events run by thugs and attended by thugs.

@ItsOver NOT JUST THUGS. Hip-hop has a long-standing fascination with the Illuminati. The Illuminati has been referenced on tracks from Jay Z, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Drake, and even pop artists like Madonna and Beyoncé over the years.
Title: Re: Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival
Post by: ItsOver on November 09, 2021, 11:39:03 AM
@ItsOver NOT JUST THUGS. Hip-hop has a long-standing fascination with the Illuminati. The Illuminati has been referenced on tracks from Jay Z, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, Drake, and even pop artists like Madonna and Beyoncé over the years.
They’re all perverted idiots to me, whatever you call them.
Title: Re: Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival
Post by: FISH on November 09, 2021, 12:27:57 PM
They’re all perverted idiots to me, whatever you call them.
“It Was Demonic”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/11/demonic-astroworld-concert-goers-claim-show-killed-8-people-like-satanic-ritual-video/
Title: Re: Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival
Post by: Up All Night on November 13, 2021, 04:38:01 AM
What needs to happen now, is for Gayle King to step up and be allowed to interview Travis Scott, one-on-one, in a hotel room somewhere, so that he can have his tearful R. Kelly "Y'all are killing me!!" moment broadcast to the world.

 :D
Title: Re: Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival
Post by: Camazotz Automat on November 13, 2021, 07:09:37 AM
   Throughout all the coverage, and despite now being informed,  Clueless Cam keeps kneejerk thinking:

   "But why was there a surge at HIS show? And I  didn't even know he was on the road anymore."

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Title: Re: Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival
Post by: JUAN on November 13, 2021, 07:09:58 AM
Is Gayle King still Oprah’s girlfriend?
Title: Re: Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival
Post by: Camazotz Automat on November 13, 2021, 07:20:05 AM
Is Gayle King still Oprah’s girlfriend?

They had a fight over who gets to drive.
Title: Re: Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival
Post by: Gd5150 on November 13, 2021, 08:06:14 AM
Ban crowds
Title: Re: Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival
Post by: Up All Night on November 14, 2021, 07:24:25 PM
In wake of Astroworld tragedy, Texas creates new task force on concert safety

The state appears to have minimal oversight over events like the Astroworld concert. And some cities are more stringent than others.

https://www.texastribune.org/2021/11/10/astroworld-texas-concert-safety/
 
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   “Once the permit is given, all responsibilities are passed” to the event runners, said Benny Agosto, a lawyer representing two adults and two minors who said they were trampled at the concert and have sued Travis Scott; Scott’s record label, Cactus Jack; and concert promoter ScoreMore.

    When it comes to large promoters like Live Nation, officials who grant permits often trust that the companies know what they’re doing, said Steve Allen, a U.K.-based event security consultant with the firm Crowd Safety — though hundreds of people have died or been injured at Live Nation events in the past, according to the Houston Chronicle.

> Live Nation is a publicly traded company and answers to stock holders.
Title: Re: Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival
Post by: Up All Night on November 15, 2021, 02:58:58 AM
I thought it was a meme when I first saw it, but why would McDonald's Corp. link up with gutter-mouthed Travis Scott for a "Travis Scott Meal" ?


Title: Re: Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival
Post by: FISH on November 15, 2021, 06:49:36 AM
I thought it was a meme when I first saw it, but why would McDonald's Corp. link up with gutter-mouthed Travis Scott for a "Travis Scott Meal" ?



Astroworld: Boy, nine, dies days after crush at Travis Scott festival @Up All Night .

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59286623?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bbbc.news.twitter%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D&at_custom4=153DD9E4-45CA-11EC-BAC3-75D14744363C&at_custom3=%40BBCWorld&at_campaign=64&at_medium=custom7&at_custom2=twitter&at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D
Title: Re: Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival
Post by: Camazotz Automat on November 15, 2021, 09:08:49 AM
The 2020 Travis Scott action figure thought it was a Black Panther action figure.

These days, McDonald's is considering simply going back to marketing its own clown figure, instead of paying for one in the future.

But some critics fear the current rumors that Ronald may be all pimped out, despite retaining classic clown white face.

"It is triple reversed racism against clowns!" said Blinky Pants, of Chicago, before squirting this reporter with a plastic flower water bulb.

It is difficult to take him seriously.
Title: Re: Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival
Post by: KSM on November 15, 2021, 12:08:08 PM
The 2020 Travis Scott action figure thought it was a Black Panther action figure.

These days, McDonald's is considering simply going back to marketing its own clown figure, instead of paying for one in the future.

But some critics fear the current rumors that Ronald may be all pimped out, despite retaining classic clown white face.

"It is triple reversed racism against clowns!" said Blinky Pants, of Chicago, before squirting this reporter with a plastic flower water bulb.

It is difficult to take him seriously.
Title: Re: Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival
Post by: Up All Night on November 18, 2021, 11:09:12 PM
Harris County will not be conducting independent third-party investigation into Astroworld Fest

https://www.khou.com/article/news/special-reports/astroworld-festival-tragedy/harris-county-not-conducting-third-party-investigation-into-astroworld-festival/285-3d05ce7c-90a1-4a17-a642-c6092e03a6fd

Title: Re: Crowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival
Post by: Up All Night on November 30, 2021, 05:35:43 PM