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Rapper Travis Scott has quietly set his return to the festival stage for the first time since eight people were killed and dozens injured in a stampede at his Astroworld Festival in 2021. Scott was announced as a headliner for the Primavera Sound festival, a massive, multi-destination event that begins in Barcelona…

Members of the House Oversight Committee said Wednesday that the panel is launching an investigation into what went wrong during the Astroworld concert in Houston last month, where 10 people died and hundreds were hurt amid a crush near the stage. In a letter to Michael Rapino, CEO of Live Nation, which organized the…

Any plans Travis Scott has to return quickly to the stage following his disastrous Astroworld festival in Houston are clearly in trouble. Reports have surfaced that Scott has been removed from his headlining slot at the 2022 Coachella Music and Arts festival. He was announced in January 2020, but that edition of the…

UPDATED Nov. 14: A nine year-old boy died on Sunday after sustaining injuries from Travis Scott’s Astroworld concert in Houston, according to Houston Mayor Sylvestor Turner. Ezra Blount was in a medically induced coma shortly after receiving injury to his heart, lungs and brain after being trampled at the Houston…

UPDATED: Today Ben Crump, the lawyer best known for his representation of the family of George Floyd and Trayvon Martin, announced at a press conference that he and other attorneys filed a lawsuit on behalf of 90 people who attended Travis Scott’s Astroworld festival. Nine people have died as a result of injuries…

Houston Police Chief Troy Finner gave a press conference today that was filled with new information on the tragic loss of life during Travis Scott’s set at the Astroworld festival last weekend. Chief Finner began by saying that, out of respect for the families of victims, he would not be litigating the case in the…

Canadian rapper Drake has spoken out for the first time since the tragic incident at the Astroworld festival in Houston that left eight people dead. The musician, who guested at the Travis Scott-run concert, took to Instagram to pen a first public reaction since events unfolded on November 5. "I've spent the past few…

UPDATE 9 PM: Post Malone will replace Travis Scott as the Saturday night headliner at this weekend Day N Vegas festival, according to posts to the event’s Twitter page. The news comes amid a cascade of fallout from Scott’s performance at the Astroworld Festival in Houston on Friday, where eight people were killed and…

In the first of what promises to be many lawsuits connected to the Astroworld Festival tragedy, a Texas man is suing festival backer Travis Scott, recording artist Drake, and show producer Live Nation. Kristian Paredes, 23, from Austin, Texas, filed the complaint, as reported by DailyMail.com Sunday. The suit accuses…

UPDATED: The father of an Astroworld Festival victim whom authorities could not identify has now stepped forward and claimed his son. Axel Acosta of Washington was identified by Edgar Acosta, his father. He told Houston television station KPRC-TV that when he saw a photo from the Harris County Institute of Forensic…

Travis Scott, the rapper and organizer who attached his name to the Astroworld Festival in Houston, has spoken out again about the tragic incident that claimed eight people’s lives and injured hundreds. Scott gave his first on-camera statement in a video posted to his Instagram account late Saturday night. “I’m…

Houston Police say they are investigating reports that at least some of the deaths and injuries at the Astroworld incident on Friday may stem from drug injections. Chief of Police Troy Finner said at a press update Saturday afternoon that they are investigating reports of a possible drug spiking incident. Finner said…