Travis Scott announces a 2023 tour, his first since the Astroworld crowd-crush tragedy
Live Nation Middle East, which assured Travis Scott fans that his July 28 ‘Utopia’ show would go on despite controversy, canceled it due to construction issues.
At Scott’s Astroworld Festival in Houston in November 2021, 10 people died and hundreds more were injured in the crowd crush as fans flowed toward the stage to see the rapper perform. The concert was declared a mass casualty event at 9:38 p.m., but Scott performed until 10:15 p.m.
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