Astroworld, but eight people are out of this world?

Astroworld, let’s talk about it. 

Disclaimer: I did not attend this event, I am just highly opinionated. 

I want to shine some light on this event because I feel like this needs to be discussed and thoroughly dissected. For starters, for the people who did attend this concert, I can’t imagine what they are feeling right now. And as for the families who have lost their child, my heart is absolutely crushed, and no matter what anyone says or does for the families who have lost their loved ones nothing will amount to innocent lives being taken from pure stupidity and a situation that could have been easily prevented.  

If you don’t already know, there was a Travis Scott festival on November 7th, in Houston. Tragically, the Mayor of Houston, Sylvester Turner, confirmed that eight people had died, one being a fourteen-year-old boy and twenty-five individuals were transferred to the hospitals from the venue. On top of that, thirteen remain hospitalized including five people who are under the age of 18. 

I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about what happened at the Astroworld festival this weekend and truly I’m more taken back with what has happened to humanity in our world. I don’t know where we went wrong. I can’t fathom the fact that many individuals went to see their favorite artist perform and instead woke up in a hospital bed traumatized for the rest of their lives. It is not normal for people to die at concerts and in many instances could have been avoided if people still knew how to be good people or at least be wary of their surroundings and be empathetic of others. I’m not making this a post to talk about who’s to blame but rather to shed some light on this situation. There were so many people that night who fought for everyone’s life around them. People screaming at the top of their lungs on stage to save people’s lives and people risking their own lives in order to save someone else’s. And I guess what I’m trying to say is that is what we need to get back to, caring for one another. 

I am completely disgusted with the number of videos I have seen where people are dancing on ambulances and essentially blocking their pathway when they could have potentially saved someone’s life and got them to the hospital in a safe manner. Not to mention Travis Scott encouraging the intense fan behavior and continuing to perform. I am not a lawyer, however, I did pay attention to consumer economics, and with a refresher of my notes, there are two instances where injury law is considered effective. One is the duty to mitigate damages, meaning if you have the ability to lessen or perhaps lower injuries or keep them from being aggravated/exacerbated it’s your duty to do it. The second instance is the premises liability cause, which requires notice and knowledge of the situation. I don’t know about you, but I have seen numerous videos taken by fans showing that Travis had in fact, noticed and had knowledge of someone that was dying or someone that was already dead and if he would have just made an announcement and let people know that those individuals needed medical attention or the EMS it could have saved lives and actually helped him from not being sued by so many angry fans. 

But honestly imagine the people who trampled the individuals on the floor fighting for their lives to get up, just going about their lives today as if nothing has happened. Many will say they were unaware of what was going on around them. But let’s change this. If anything, this situation has opened my eyes. There have been plenty of artists that have stopped their shows due to a fan being passed out, let alone dead. Even rapper artists similar to Travis Scott. For example, the $uicideboy$ explains at the beginning of their concert proper crowd etiquette, “first things first if you see someone fall down, you stop, and help them back up.” It is literally such a simple task and a reminder I guess is needed nowadays. We also have Logic, Billie Ellish, even Trippie Red, and Asap Rocky stopping their own concerts due to a fan passing out and directing the crowd to calm down and telling the people beside them to pick those who have passed out, up and bring them water. Madison Beer even takes it a step further and takes care of her fan herself and gives her her own water, tells the crowd to scoot back, and tells her authority to allow the girl all her water and all her food backstage. I know I am missing a few artists too, it is really not that hard, Travis needs to learn from his peers.