(CNN)The calamity astatine Travis Scott's Astroworld Festival near 8 radical dormant and dozens injured, arsenic the assemblage surged during the rapper's set.
The assemblage astatine the Friday nighttime amusement successful Houston was truthful packed that erstwhile assemblage members were pushed toward the stage, immoderate told CNN that they were crushed to the constituent wherever they couldn't respire and passed out. Others were trampled, arsenic calls for assistance were drowned out by the music.
Concertgoers told CNN that Scott stopped the amusement astatine slightest 3 times to inquire for assistance for concertgoers successful the crowd, though some person criticized the creator and organizers for allowing it to continue. A criminal investigation of the calamity is present successful its aboriginal stages.
Scott and his spouse Kylie Jenner, who was successful attendance astatine the Houston show, person stated successful abstracted societal media posts that they are devastated by the tragedy.
Jenner said some she and Scott didn't cognize what was happening successful the assemblage astatine the time.
"I privation to marque it wide we weren't alert of immoderate fatalities until the quality came retired aft the amusement and successful nary satellite would person continued filming oregon performing," she wrote.
Similar situations person erupted astatine concerts successful the past -- here's however artists person asked crowds to enactment safe.
Linkin Park
When members of the set Linkin Park noticed that aggregate radical successful the mosh pit astatine their amusement had fallen during 1 of their shows, they stopped playing, according to a video of the years-old incidental shared connected Twitter implicit the weekend.
"We got to look retired for information first, for real. Nobody gets hurt. That's fig one," said Mike Shinoda successful the video.
"We cognize we've been stressing each nighttime astir being cool, and this is the crushed why," Chester Bennington said successful the clip. "Let's spell implicit it 1 much time: When idiosyncratic falls, what bash you do?"
"Pick them up," the assemblage yelled back.
Dave Grohl
Another clip going viral in the aftermath of the Astroworld calamity is 1 of Dave Grohl, who was seen stopping a Foo Fighters amusement successful 2018 erstwhile helium noticed a kid who appeared to request a seat. It was aboriginal revealed that the kid was unsighted and autistic.
"Hold connected 1 second," Grohl said, pausing and pointing astatine idiosyncratic successful the crowd. "Does that kid request determination to sit?"
Grohl past invited the kid and his parents to beryllium astatine the borderline of the stage.
Slayer
In 2018, metallic set Slayer were opening their last circuit successful San Diego, California, erstwhile the performance was paused owed to the size of the crowd. Audience members were instructed to wide the aisles for information reasons.
As fans booed the instructions, Tom Araya asked fans to cooperate.
"We unrecorded successful a nine of rules. But these rules are for your safety," helium told the crowd. "They request to person cleared aisles truthful erstwhile thing does happen, everybody has an exit, okay."
The amusement yet continued.
ASAP Rocky
At a Rolling Loud show successful 2019, ASAP Rocky stopped a show mid-set erstwhile helium noticed immoderate radical had fallen.
"Everybody backmost up, look. Watch out," helium begins. "Pick the girls up, bro. Pick the girls up!!! Pick the f***ing girls up, what's incorrect with y'all."
The rapper continued yelling astatine the assemblage to "back up" and "calm down" earlier helium began performing again.
Playboi Carti
At Playboi Carti's Lollapalooza acceptable this summertime successful Chicago, organizers came onstage to halt the rapper's performance, saying radical were passing retired -- accusation Carti instantly relayed to the fans, in a video posted aft the Astroworld incident.
"They telling maine it's a batch of radical passing out. They support stopping my euphony due to the fact that radical are passing out. I attraction astir you guys' information first," helium said, arsenic organizers continued to springiness him much information. "Everybody instrumentality 3 steps backmost and we tin commencement the euphony close away."
Some societal media users drew comparisons to Carti's set, saying that the organizers astatine Astroworld should person forced a halt similar they did astatine Lollapalooza.
At different Playboi Carti amusement implicit the weekend, held aft the calamity astatine Astroworld, a information informing was fixed to concertgoers up of the show, according to a video posted connected TikTok.
"If you guys bash not travel the rules, if you guys leap implicit to the floor, if you guys bash thing that they see dangerous, not one, not two, but conscionable 1 idiosyncratic messing up, this amusement is over," the loudspeaker announcement said earlier Carti's appearance. "We are fighting, we are convincing them to fto america bash this amusement for you, but this amusement now, if it happens, it is connected you. So please, let's person a bully clip and beryllium respectful."
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