8 dead after panic at Houston Astroworld music festival

NBC ^ | Nov. 6, 2021, 3:00 AM EDT | Phil Helsel

[conservative98]

At least eight people are dead after a crowd surge during the sold-out Astroworld music festival in Houston on Friday, the city's fire chief said.

Seventeen people were transported to the hospital after the crush, and 11 who were taken by ambulance were in cardiac arrest, Houston officials said. In all, more than 300 people were treated throughout the event Friday at an on-site field hospital.

Around 9:15 p.m. local time (10:15 p.m. ET) "the crowd began to compress toward the front of the stage," Fire Chief Samuel Peña said at a news conference early Saturday.

"That caused some panic, and it started causing some injuries, people began to fall out, become unconscious, and it created additional panic," the fire chief said.

Houston police Executive Assistant Chief Lt. Larry Satterwhite, who was near the front, said the situation developed quickly.

"It seems like it happened with just over the course of a few minutes —suddenly we had several people down on the ground experiencing some type of cardiac arrest or some type of medical episode," he said. "We immediately started doing CPR."

About 50,000 people were at the event at NRG Park, which was being put on by rapper and producer Travis Scott and kicked off Friday. The festival, which is in its third year, was expected to be a two-day event, but officials said that Saturday's lineup had been canceled.

[LastDayz]

But.... but... but.... I thought a 6’ distance was supposed to be maintained at all times.

[Old Yeller]

Sounds like a third world event.

Yeah. Annual pilgrimage to Mecca.

[Wilderness Conservative]

NRG Park? Is that really the name?

[cgbg]

Royal blood includes lifetime immunity from all disease—that is part of CRT training—off to the re-education camp for you!

[GranTorino]

Were the dead vaccinated though?

[GranTorino]

Were the dead vaccinated though?

[Pollard]

I recognize one name, Earth, Wind & Fire.

[maddog55]

Went to see Jamey Johnson at a small venue couple weeks ago. Hadn’t been to a concert in several years. People are azzholes plan and simple. Fat bxtch beside my wife in her 50s screamed and hollered every song, people in front of us in there 60s (which we are) talked the entire time and were on their phones.

Let’s go Brandon and FJB rang out but you don’t do that when the singer is talking about the next song.

I finally got up and stated in a very loud voice what a bunch of moronic F’n azzholes.

We moved to to an upper area where we stood to watch. People there talked non stop and didn’t even watch the performance.

We finally walked out totally disgusted.

Never again..

We stopped going to movies many years ago for the same reason.

[deport]

NRG Park is a complex in Houston, Texas, USA, named after the energy company NRG Energy. It is located on Kirby Drive at the South Loop West Freeway. This complex of buildings encompasses 350 acres of land and consists of four venues: NRG Stadium, NRG Center, NRG Arena and the NRG Astrodome.

Travis Scott performs at Day 1 of the Astroworld Music Festival at NRG Park on Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, in Houston

[maddog55]

Went to see Jamey Johnson at a small venue couple weeks ago. Hadn’t been to a concert in several years. People are azzholes plan and simple. Fat bxtch beside my wife in her 50s screamed and hollered every song, people in front of us in there 60s (which we are) talked the entire time and were on their phones.

Let’s go Brandon and FJB rang out but you don’t do that when the singer is talking about the next song.

I finally got up and stated in a very loud voice what a bunch of moronic F’n azzholes.

We moved to to an upper area where we stood to watch. People there talked non stop and didn’t even watch the performance.

We finally walked out totally disgusted.

Never again..

We stopped going to movies many years ago for the same reason.

[moovova]

Weaves strewn all over the ground...

[Roccus]

History DOES repeat.

Anyone remember this Sean Combs (Puff Daddy, Pee Diddy, whatefer) catastrophe from 30 years ago?

https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1991-12-30-1991364006-story.html

[SaraJohnson]

Beat me to it. That’s why we can’t have nice things anymore.

[MikelTackNailer]

Cardiac arrest(s) from a crowd crush? Never heard of that during the mosh pit era.

It was a Wunnerful Champaign Music mosh pit.

[The MAGA-Deplorian]

The full music lineup is listed below in A-Z order and available online at AstroworldFest.com:

21 Savage
Baby Keem
Bad Bunny
BIA
Chief Keef
Don Toliver
Earth, Wind & Fire
Houston All-Stars
Lil Baby
Master P
Roddy Ricch
Sheck Wes
Sofaygo
SZA
Teezo Touchdown
Toro Y Moi
Travis Scott
Tame Impala
Young Thug
Yves Tumor

How black people went from the Temptations, Marvin Gaye and the OJays to this crap is the main indicator of where they are culturally! Earth, Wind and Fire I guess is there to pull the token over 60 crowd I guess, because I can’t see anyone going to this would even be remotely interested in them.

[hanamizu]

Modern Day “Woodstock”

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The description reminded me of Altamont. Wasn’t next to the stage, but off to one side. Packed in so tightly that I really had no control over my body. They were trying to push the crowd back. Falling in that situation meant a death by trampling. But there was no ‘rush’, it was all in slow motion.

[Capt_Hank]

The dumbing-down of the black community, starting in schools. An example, Chester-Upland School District, Chester, PA. In the past, starting in 3rd grade, you could learn to play a musical instrument. Going up in the grades, you were exposed to the marching band, symphony orchestra, and concert band. You heard and was taught real music. You knew the different instruments and their sounds.

Chester High School, was known for two things, the band and the basketball team. Well, the School District decided years ago to stop the music program, but the basketball team support is still going strong.

This RAP CRAP, is the worst thing to happen. I won’t call it music, I call it NOISE. I feel sorry for the people hurt, but it did cull the herd.

[Capt_Hank]

The dumbing-down of the black community, starting in schools. An example, Chester-Upland School District, Chester, PA. In the past, starting in 3rd grade, you could learn to play a musical instrument. Going up in the grades, you were exposed to the marching band, symphony orchestra, and concert band. You heard and was taught real music. You knew the different instruments and their sounds.

Chester High School, was known for two things, the band and the basketball team. Well, the School District decided years ago to stop the music program, but the basketball team support is still going strong.

This RAP CRAP, is the worst thing to happen. I won’t call it music, I call it NOISE. I feel sorry for the people hurt, but it did cull the herd.

[KittyKares]

Kind of makes one wonder if they were vaxxed and had some heart vulnerabilities.

[caww]

Actually you can’t park that many standing people together without “pressure”...crowds like that have to be divided up. There was a guy that spoke about this today....says they should know better than having allowed this.