Rolling Stone spoke with festival-goers who returned the Astroworld Festival grounds at NRG Park on Sunday to grieve and pay their respects
amid a hodgepodge of grieving attendees, people looking to reclaim lost items at the lost and found, and a few people hawking T-shirts they couldn’t find buyers for after the fiasco. Portions of the chain-link fence outside the festival were adorned with poster boards, glow stick necklaces shaped like hearts, stuffed animals, bows, concert Ts, and pictures of the deceased attendees.
Pond was one of many who voiced similar sentiments on Sunday. Several attendees who came to the memorial and spoke withdescribed a disorganized environment, a free-for-all where fans were pushing, shoving, and walking over one another the closer they were to the mainstage. Security and other Astroworld workers not helping much to dampen the chaos in the crowds, according to attendees.
Demarkus Bullock, a 28-year-old Houston resident who attended the festival on Friday, came to NRG Park on Sunday to pick up his phone from the lost and found. He lost it in the melee and said that he didn’t dare bend down to pick it up, lest he be trampled. Bullock recalled fans rushing toward the stage just before Scott’s set began, and he likened standing in the crowd after that to “drowning in quicksand.
“Wherever the crowd was going was where you were going,” Jarrod says. “You’d get pushed one way, then the other, you could go horizontal at times. One dude, he had to be around 18 or 19, he was getting carried while someone was yelling ‘He’s passed out, he’s passed out!’ He was crowd-surfing unconscious, and we helped him get over the rail where the security detail was. That happened maybe two or three times, and I helped maybe five or six people get over the rail to security.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Travis Scott Speaks Out After 'Mass Casualty Incident' at Astroworld Concert - E! OnlineTravis Scott is mourning the death of eight individuals who passed away amid his Astroworld Festival concert in Houston on Nov. 5.
Read more »
How Travis Scott’s $5 Million Solo Stage, Set Time May Have Contributed to Astroworld Festival DeathsA stage constructed solely for Travis Scott’s performance, and the artist’s chosen set time, may have played a role in the crowd surge that left eight Astroworld Festival attendees dead…
Read more »
Travis Scott concertgoer 'injected security guard with drug before stampede'Houston Police Chief Troy Finner spoke out following eight people dying at Travis Scott's Astroworld Festival on Friday
Read more »
Travis Scott Addresses Astroworld Tragedy in Video to Fans: 'I Could Never Imagine the Severity of the Situation'Travis Scott addressed his fans in a video posted Saturday night, following the tragedy that took place at Astroworld Festival, where eight people died.
Read more »
Roddy Ricch to Donate His Astroworld Performance Earnings to Families of VictimsRoddy Ricch says he'll donate his performance earnings from Travis Scott's Astroworld festival, where eight people died amid a crowd surge.
Read more »