Jennifer Peña started watching Travis Scott‘s first interview since the deadly Astroworld crowd rush that killed 10 people last month and couldn’t finish it. The oldest sister of 23-year-old Rudy Peña — who died from injuries he suffered at the festival — tells Rolling Stone she turned it off because …
Read More »'Unprepared and Unseasoned': Astroworld Employees On How Disorganized Festival Ended in Tragedy
Not long after the start of last Friday’s Astroworld Festival, an employee who’d been hired to interact with fans and provide information about the show learned of a change in plans. Without any additional training, the employee was rushed to the front of the stage to help with crowd control. …
Read More »'They Weren't Prepared': Experts Point to Missed Warning Signs at Astroworld
The eight deaths and dozens of injuries at the Nov. 5 Astroworld Festival in Houston’s NRG Park appear to have been preceded by a series of red flags, going back to the early days of festival founder Travis Scott‘s touring career. In 2017, Scott, always known for wild shows, went …
Read More »Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott, Tyler, the Creator to Headline Day N Vegas Festival
Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott, and Tyler, the Creator are set to headline the 2021 Day N Vegas festival, which will take place November 12th through 14th at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds. Lamar’s set was billed in a press release as his only live performance of 2021. The billing on …
Read More »RS Charts: Cardi B's 'WAP' Returns to Number One, 'Dreams' Rises to Number Three
Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion‘s “WAP” returned to Number One on the latest Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart. The collaboration was dethroned for one week by Travis Scott, Young Thug, and M.I.A.’s “Franchise” and then for a second week by 21 Savage, Metro Boomin, and Drake‘s “Mr. Right …
Read More »Kid Cudi and Travis Scott Release 'The Scotts' to Fortnite Fanfare
Sun and moon. Yin and Yang. East and West. Socrates and Plato. Kid Cudi and Travis Scott. From the start, the latter’s career has been inextricably tied to the former. Lore has it that the “Scott” in Travis Scott was inspired by Cudi’s real name, Scott Mescudi. Over the years, …
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