If rumours and reports are anything to go by, Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott have decided to separate ahead of their son's 1st birthday. Back in 2019, they parted ways after dating each other for two years and welcoming a baby. During the pandemic in 2020, they rekindled their romance. In 2021, they welcomed their second child together. And now, according to reports, they have, once again, called it quits due to undisclosed reasons.

"Kylie and Travis are off again, they were supposed to spend the holidays together, but she went to Aspen to be with her family and friends up there," the insider told US Weekly. "This has happened so many times before, they’re known to be on again off again, but always remain friends and great co-parents."

The 25-year-old makeup mogul is yet to comment on the speculations.&nbsp;

Rumours of their separation started when Jenner took her 4-year-old daughter Stormi to Aspen for New Year celebrations with Hailey Bieber, Justin Bieber and Stassie Karanikolaou. Back in December 2022, however, the two seemed pretty close at Scott's Miami gig, which also featured 50 Cent.&nbsp;

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In February 2022, Scott and Jenner welcomed a baby boy, whom they initially named Wolf. However, Jenner later clarified that Wolf is a nickname and that they've changed their son's name as it didn't seem fit for him. She is yet to reveal the little one’s official moniker.

"We just really didn’t feel like it was him. Just wanted to share because I keep seeing Wolf everywhere," the reality TV personality wrote in an Instagram Story, at the time.

Right at the beginning of 2023, Jenner released her '2022 Year in Review' video on YouTube and for her millions of fans, she revealed all of her favourites from the year gone by. Speaking about her favourite trip of the year, Kylie said in the video, "My favourite trip of 2022. My birthday trips are always really special. We went to the Bahamas. Before that, we did a really fun London trip to see Travis perform and I brought my kids. It was a lot of fun."

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If rumours and reports are anything to go by, Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott have decided to separate ahead of their son's 1st birthday. Back in 2019, they parted ways after dating each other for two years and welcoming a baby.

If rumours and reports are anything to go by, Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott have decided to separate ahead of their son's 1st birthday. Back in 2019, they parted ways after dating each other for two years and welcoming a baby. During the pandemic in 2020, they rekindled their romance. In 2021, they welcomed their second child together. And now, according to reports, they have, once again, called it quits due to undisclosed reasons. "Kylie and Travis are off again, they were supposed to spend the holidays together, but she went to Aspen to be with her family and friends up there," the insider told US Weekly. "This has happened so many times before, they’re known to be on again off again, but always remain friends and great co-parents." The 25-year-old makeup mogul is yet to comment on the speculations. Rumours of their separation started when Jenner took her 4-year-old daughter Stormi to Aspen for New Year celebrations with Hailey Bieber, Justin Bieber and Stassie Karanikolaou. Back in December 2022, however, the two seemed pretty close at Scott's Miami gig, which also featured 50 Cent. Also read: Hailey Bieber weighs in on nepotism debate in the most fashionable way In February 2022, Scott and Jenner welcomed a baby boy, whom they initially named Wolf. However, Jenner later clarified that Wolf is a nickname and that they've changed their son's name as it didn't seem fit for him. She is yet to reveal the little one’s official moniker. "We just really didn’t feel like it was him. Just wanted to share because I keep seeing Wolf everywhere," the reality TV personality wrote in an Instagram Story, at the time. Right at the beginning of 2023, Jenner released her '2022 Year in Review' video on YouTube and for her millions of fans, she revealed all of her favourites from the year gone by. Speaking about her favourite trip of the year, Kylie said in the video, "My favourite trip of 2022. My birthday trips are always really special. We went to the Bahamas. Before that, we did a really fun London trip to see Travis perform and I brought my kids. It was a lot of fun." WATCH WION LIVE HERE You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here.

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A year after the fatal Astrolworld festival crowd crush incident left many dead, Kylie Jenner showed up to support Travis Scott at his London concert. The beauty mogul was accompanied by her 4-year-old daughter Stormi and the two were twinning in matching pants as they enjoyed the rapper giving a power-packed performance on the stage.&nbsp;

Kylie Jenner shared adorable pictures and videos from the concert on her official Instagram handle. In no time, the post started going viral.&nbsp;

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While Scott was performing on the stage, a concert-goer threw an object on the stage but it missed Scott. And, the rapper seemed pretty pissed by the incident.

The&nbsp;show at The O2 marked Travis' return to a concert as a headliner after a year. He last performed at the Astroworld concert which turned out to be the deadliest American concert since the 2017 mass shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas. The&nbsp;Houston concert was headlined by Scott last year and was a joint venture between the rapper and promoters ScoreMore Shows and Live Nation.

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As Scott was performing on the stage, a crowd surge claimed several lives and left many injured. According to reports, cries for help were heard around 9:30 pm. Around that time, some exuberant concert-goers began pushing to move forward during the performance. And, almost 50,000 people were present at the venue when the incident took place. Twenty-five people were reportedly hospitalized at the time and eight were confirmed dead on the spot.

Along with the four-year-old, Kylie and Travis share a son,&nbsp;Wolf Webster, whom they welcomed this February. On the music front, Travis recently announced his upcoming residency Road To Utopia, which is set to take place at Resorts World in Las Vegas.

A year after the fatal Astrolworld festival crowd crush incident left many dead, Kylie Jenner showed up to support Travis Scott at his London concert. The beauty mogul was accompanied by her 4-year-old daughter Stormi and the two were twinning in matching pants as they enjoyed the rapper giving a power-packed performance on the stage.

A year after the fatal Astrolworld festival crowd crush incident left many dead, Kylie Jenner showed up to support Travis Scott at his London concert. The beauty mogul was accompanied by her 4-year-old daughter Stormi and the two were twinning in matching pants as they enjoyed the rapper giving a power-packed performance on the stage. Kylie Jenner shared adorable pictures and videos from the concert on her official Instagram handle. In no time, the post started going viral. Kylie Jenner & Stormi together at Travis Scott’s show tonight in London at The O2 💜 pic.twitter.com/BcSgDgbjhw — WeTalkMusic 🎧 (@We_Talk_Music) August 6, 2022 While Scott was performing on the stage, a concert-goer threw an object on the stage but it missed Scott. And, the rapper seemed pretty pissed by the incident. The show at The O2 marked Travis' return to a concert as a headliner after a year. He last performed at the Astroworld concert which turned out to be the deadliest American concert since the 2017 mass shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas. The Houston concert was headlined by Scott last year and was a joint venture between the rapper and promoters ScoreMore Shows and Live Nation. Also read: Drake performs with Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne at Young Money Reunion concert; fans go bonkers As Scott was performing on the stage, a crowd surge claimed several lives and left many injured. According to reports, cries for help were heard around 9:30 pm. Around that time, some exuberant concert-goers began pushing to move forward during the performance. And, almost 50,000 people were present at the venue when the incident took place. Twenty-five people were reportedly hospitalized at the time and eight were confirmed dead on the spot. Along with the four-year-old, Kylie and Travis share a son, Wolf Webster, whom they welcomed this February. On the music front, Travis recently announced his upcoming residency Road To Utopia, which is set to take place at Resorts World in Las Vegas.

Kylie Jenner arrives at Travis Scott's London concert with 4-year-old Stormi

Time and again, singers have proved that for them, their fans' safety is paramount. May be because the Travis Scott Astroworld tragedy is still fresh in their minds. After that deadly crowd surge that left several dead, singers have now become more concerned and serious about the concertgoers. Recently Adele stopped her Hyde Park gig four times to help fans in distress. Here are some other singers who stopped their live concerts to ensure crowd safety.

'Your security is my responsibility,' Singers who stopped concert to protect fans

Last year, Travis Scott got embroiled in controversy over the crowd surge on the night of November 5, 2021, during his Astroworld concert which took the life of 10 people. Now as Travis was set to return to the stage months after staying away from the media glare, but looks like his fans have to wait more.&nbsp; 
 
Scott was set to perform at the Day N Vegas festival at the weekend of September 2-4, but now the labour day concert has been cancelled by the organizers due to some issues in logistics, timing and production.&nbsp;

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According to The Hollywood Reporter, on Friday, the organizers said: "We`re sorry to announce that a combination of logistics, timing and production issues have forced us to cancel Day N Vegas for 2022.'' 
 
Further, they noted, &nbsp;"The refund process will begin immediately, and funds will appear back to your account within the next 2-4 weeks." 
The three-day festival was set to headlined by Travis Scott, SZA and J. Colearti, with the performance by 21 Savage, Baby Keem, Summer Walker, H.E.R., Jhene Aiko, Trippie Redd, Jorja Smith, Pusha T, Joji, Amine.&nbsp;

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For the unversed, Travis in May gave an electrifying performance alongside Migos' Quavo' at Miami club E11EVEN during the Miami Grand Prix weekend.

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Last year, Travis Scott got embroiled in controversy over the crowd surge on the night of November 5, 2021, during his Astroworld concert which took the life of 10 people.

Last year, Travis Scott got embroiled in controversy over the crowd surge on the night of November 5, 2021, during his Astroworld concert which took the life of 10 people. Now as Travis was set to return to the stage months after staying away from the media glare, but looks like his fans have to wait more. Scott was set to perform at the Day N Vegas festival at the weekend of September 2-4, but now the labour day concert has been cancelled by the organizers due to some issues in logistics, timing and production. In pics: July guide for binge-watch - Stranger Things', 'Vikram' & more! According to The Hollywood Reporter, on Friday, the organizers said: "We`re sorry to announce that a combination of logistics, timing and production issues have forced us to cancel Day N Vegas for 2022.'' Further, they noted, "The refund process will begin immediately, and funds will appear back to your account within the next 2-4 weeks." The three-day festival was set to headlined by Travis Scott, SZA and J. Colearti, with the performance by 21 Savage, Baby Keem, Summer Walker, H.E.R., Jhene Aiko, Trippie Redd, Jorja Smith, Pusha T, Joji, Amine. 'The Boys' Season 3 Episode 7 review: A corker of an episode sets up an exciting finale For the unversed, Travis in May gave an electrifying performance alongside Migos' Quavo' at Miami club E11EVEN during the Miami Grand Prix weekend. (With inputs from the agency)

Travis Scott's first festival since Astroworld tragedy gets canceled

American singer and songwriter Billie Eilish, on Saturday evening, was forced to put her concert on pause after fans got into difficulties at London`s O2 arena.

According to Deadline, hot temperatures inside the auditorium meant some fans risked becoming squashed and overwhelmed, something she spotted and halted her music.

Sometime later fans were seen looking after each other and Eilish was able to resume her concert after a few minutes.

The 20-year-old Oscar-winning star had previously stopped a show in Atlanta after noticing a spectator was having breathing difficulties, and put out a call for an inhaler.

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Later this month, Eilish will be headlining this year`s Glastonbury Festival, making her the youngest solo headliner in the event`s history.

As per Deadline, crowd safety has been the subject of increased scrutiny following the tragedy at Travis Scott`s Astroworld Festival last year, when 10 spectators were killed during a crush at the concert in Houston.

An inquiry into the circumstances of the disaster is ongoing.

American singer and songwriter Billie Eilish, on Saturday evening, was forced to put her concert on pause after fans got into difficulties at London`s O2 arena. According to Deadline, hot temperatures inside the auditorium meant some fans risked becoming squashed and overwhelmed, something she spotted and halted her music.

American singer and songwriter Billie Eilish, on Saturday evening, was forced to put her concert on pause after fans got into difficulties at London`s O2 arena. According to Deadline, hot temperatures inside the auditorium meant some fans risked becoming squashed and overwhelmed, something she spotted and halted her music. Sometime later fans were seen looking after each other and Eilish was able to resume her concert after a few minutes. The 20-year-old Oscar-winning star had previously stopped a show in Atlanta after noticing a spectator was having breathing difficulties, and put out a call for an inhaler. Also read: Post Malone says he once smoked 80 cigarettes a day but is now down to 40 Later this month, Eilish will be headlining this year`s Glastonbury Festival, making her the youngest solo headliner in the event`s history. As per Deadline, crowd safety has been the subject of increased scrutiny following the tragedy at Travis Scott`s Astroworld Festival last year, when 10 spectators were killed during a crush at the concert in Houston. An inquiry into the circumstances of the disaster is ongoing.

Billie Eilish pauses London concert after fans suffer from heat

Travis Scott has landed himself in another legal battle as he faces a lawsuit filed by a Rolling Loud Miami concertgoer who claims she was severely injured during the May 2019 incident. The American rapper is being accused of causing the 2019 stampede at Rolling Loud in Miami, by blatantly ignoring police demands to stop the 'dangerous' and 'uncontrollable' concert.&nbsp;

As per Billboard, Scott was added last month as a defendant to an existing lawsuit filed against Rolling Loud's organizers in 2020 by the woman. Scott is being sued for this amidst hundreds of ongoing legal claims over the deadly Astroworld festival.&nbsp;

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The rapper allegedly disregarded a plea by the police, who rushed backstage after Scott began his set, asking him to stop his performance. "Despite his being ordered by the authorities to cease his continued incitement of the crowd, Travis Scott continued to verbally and physically incite the crowd to engage in a mosh pit and other hazardous activities," Love's lawyers wrote.&nbsp;

"Despite the fact that Travis Scott was aware of and could clearly see concertgoers being injured, suffocating, losing consciousness, fighting, and being trampled, he continued his performance while authorities were forced to attempt to render aid to these injured concertgoers. However, the rapper's representative called the new accusations a "blatant, cynical attempt to attack Travis" over a "3-year-old incident that is deliberately misrepresented."&nbsp;

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"They claimed that the stampede at Rolling Loud was caused by a false report of an active shooter that caused panic in the crowd." As even the complaint makes clear, this incident was related to a false report of a shooting mid-show, completely unrelated to Travis's performance. This cheap opportunism is based on a blatant lie that`s easy to detect. And it is particularly telling that this plaintiff`s lawyer didn't even assert a claim against Travis when he originally filed the complaint on behalf of his client more than two years ago or in four prior versions of that complaint," Scott's representative added.&nbsp;

Apart from Scott, the case also named contractor Sequel Tour Solutions as a defendant. When it was filed in 2020, it originally constituted names of various Rolling Loud organizers, but they were dropped from the case earlier this year.&nbsp;

Travis Scott has landed himself in another legal battle as he faces a lawsuit filed by a Rolling Loud Miami concertgoer who claims she was severely injured during the May 2019 incident.

Travis Scott has landed himself in another legal battle as he faces a lawsuit filed by a Rolling Loud Miami concertgoer who claims she was severely injured during the May 2019 incident. The American rapper is being accused of causing the 2019 stampede at Rolling Loud in Miami, by blatantly ignoring police demands to stop the 'dangerous' and 'uncontrollable' concert. As per Billboard, Scott was added last month as a defendant to an existing lawsuit filed against Rolling Loud's organizers in 2020 by the woman. Scott is being sued for this amidst hundreds of ongoing legal claims over the deadly Astroworld festival. Also Read: Ukraine can win the war, says American actor Liev Schreiber The rapper allegedly disregarded a plea by the police, who rushed backstage after Scott began his set, asking him to stop his performance. "Despite his being ordered by the authorities to cease his continued incitement of the crowd, Travis Scott continued to verbally and physically incite the crowd to engage in a mosh pit and other hazardous activities," Love's lawyers wrote. "Despite the fact that Travis Scott was aware of and could clearly see concertgoers being injured, suffocating, losing consciousness, fighting, and being trampled, he continued his performance while authorities were forced to attempt to render aid to these injured concertgoers. However, the rapper's representative called the new accusations a "blatant, cynical attempt to attack Travis" over a "3-year-old incident that is deliberately misrepresented." Also Read: Justin Bieber is returning to India for a concert after 5 years on this date "They claimed that the stampede at Rolling Loud was caused by a false report of an active shooter that caused panic in the crowd." As even the complaint makes clear, this incident was related to a false report of a shooting mid-show, completely unrelated to Travis's performance. This cheap opportunism is based on a blatant lie that`s easy to detect. And it is particularly telling that this plaintiff`s lawyer didn't even assert a claim against Travis when he originally filed the complaint on behalf of his client more than two years ago or in four prior versions of that complaint," Scott's representative added. Apart from Scott, the case also named contractor Sequel Tour Solutions as a defendant. When it was filed in 2020, it originally constituted names of various Rolling Loud organizers, but they were dropped from the case earlier this year.

Rapper Travis Scott faces lawsuit for causing stampede at 2019 Rolling Loud festival

Looks like troubles are&nbsp;not over for Travis Scott.&nbsp; 
 
A few days after Scott returned to stage after staying away for almost six months since the Atroworld tragedy, a new lawsuit is all over the headline. This one comes from a woman who has&nbsp;sued the rapper&nbsp;claiming that she lost her unborn child during the Astroworld debacle. 
 
His name is among the several other defendants who are accused of 'wrongful&nbsp;death' by the Ohio woman Shanazia Williamson, who claims she suffered injuries during the chaos at the Astroworld last year that resulted in her miscarriage.

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Williamson, who was expecting a child&nbsp;last year, attended the event with her husband Jarawd Owens and sustained 'major injuries'&nbsp;during the crowd surge on the night of November 5, 2021. 
 
As per TMZ, Williamson says in the lawsuit that the defendants', "failure to plan, design, manage, operate, staff, and supervise the event was a direct and proximate cause of Shanazia's injuries and death of her and Jarawd's (her partner) unborn child." 
 
Last year, she first filed the lawsuit for injuries she sustained during the crowd&nbsp;surge at the music concert when Travis was performing.&nbsp;

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As per the law in Texas,&nbsp;US, the fetus&nbsp;that dies due to negligence or wrongdoing of anyone are liable for wrongful death lawsuits and allows parents to sue the defendant who they think is responsible for their child's death.&nbsp;

Following the deadly tragedy that cost the lives of ten&nbsp;people, hundreds of lawsuits have been filed by festivalgoers against the 'Antidote' rapper.

Looks like troubles are not over for Travis Scott. A few days after Scott returned to stage after staying away for almost six months since the Atroworld tragedy, a new lawsuit is all over the headline.

Looks like troubles are not over for Travis Scott. A few days after Scott returned to stage after staying away for almost six months since the Atroworld tragedy, a new lawsuit is all over the headline. This one comes from a woman who has sued the rapper claiming that she lost her unborn child during the Astroworld debacle. His name is among the several other defendants who are accused of 'wrongful death' by the Ohio woman Shanazia Williamson, who claims she suffered injuries during the chaos at the Astroworld last year that resulted in her miscarriage. Travis Scott performs for the first time in public after Astroworld tragedy Williamson, who was expecting a child last year, attended the event with her husband Jarawd Owens and sustained 'major injuries' during the crowd surge on the night of November 5, 2021. As per TMZ, Williamson says in the lawsuit that the defendants', "failure to plan, design, manage, operate, staff, and supervise the event was a direct and proximate cause of Shanazia's injuries and death of her and Jarawd's (her partner) unborn child." Last year, she first filed the lawsuit for injuries she sustained during the crowd surge at the music concert when Travis was performing. 'Your security is my responsibility': A look at artists who stopped their concerts to protect their fans As per the law in Texas, US, the fetus that dies due to negligence or wrongdoing of anyone are liable for wrongful death lawsuits and allows parents to sue the defendant who they think is responsible for their child's death. Following the deadly tragedy that cost the lives of ten people, hundreds of lawsuits have been filed by festivalgoers against the 'Antidote' rapper.

Travis Scott Astroworld Tragedy: Woman sues rapper for 'wrongful death' of her unborn child

After staying away from the media glare for almost six months since the&nbsp;Astrowold tragedy, Travis Scott has returned to the stage.&nbsp; 
 
The rapper took the stage for the first time since the deadly tragedy that cost the lives of ten&nbsp;people.&nbsp; 
 
Travis gave an electrifying performance alongside Migos' Quavo' at Miami club E11EVEN during the Miami Grand Prix weekend.

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The singer took the stage at midnight around 3:30 A.M (local time) and performed for almost 45 minutes.

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Before starting his performance, he entered with the bottle of tequila as he tossed cash towards the cheering crowd, “Everybody owes me a shot,” he said as per Page Six. ''We need every stripper to report to the f–king stage right now. We need every bottle reported to this motherf–kin floor.'' 
 
The singer performed several superhits like 'Antidote','Sicko Mode','Bubbly', 'Goosebumps', 'Butterfly Effect,'&nbsp;'Pick Up the Phone' among others.

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He was also set to perform at the Coachella 2022 afterparty in April, but at last, was removed from the lineup.&nbsp;

As per the reports 10 victims, aged 9 to 27 years old, died of compression asphyxia at Travis&nbsp;Scott’s Astroworld music festival in Houston, last year.&nbsp;

After staying away from the media glare for almost six months since the Astrowold tragedy, Travis Scott has returned to the stage. The rapper took the stage for the first time since the deadly tragedy that cost the lives of ten people.

After staying away from the media glare for almost six months since the Astrowold tragedy, Travis Scott has returned to the stage. The rapper took the stage for the first time since the deadly tragedy that cost the lives of ten people. Travis gave an electrifying performance alongside Migos' Quavo' at Miami club E11EVEN during the Miami Grand Prix weekend. Your security is my responsibility': A look at artists who stopped their concerts to protect their fans The singer took the stage at midnight around 3:30 A.M (local time) and performed for almost 45 minutes. Travis Scott and Quavo performing Pick Up The Phone last night in Miami pic.twitter.com/A8hZQL4O6d — TRAVIS SCOTT FAN PAGE 🎪 RodeoTheAlbum (@RodeoTheAlbum) May 8, 2022 × Before starting his performance, he entered with the bottle of tequila as he tossed cash towards the cheering crowd, “Everybody owes me a shot,” he said as per Page Six. ''We need every stripper to report to the f–king stage right now. We need every bottle reported to this motherf–kin floor.'' The singer performed several superhits like 'Antidote','Sicko Mode','Bubbly', 'Goosebumps', 'Butterfly Effect,' 'Pick Up the Phone' among others. Travis Scott performing at the club in Miami with Quavo 🍾🔥 pic.twitter.com/AICTry7xTz — Wave Check🌊 (@thewavecheckk) May 8, 2022 × He was also set to perform at the Coachella 2022 afterparty in April, but at last, was removed from the lineup. As per the reports 10 victims, aged 9 to 27 years old, died of compression asphyxia at Travis Scott’s Astroworld music festival in Houston, last year.

Travis Scott performs for the first time in public after Astroworld tragedy

Travis Scott will finally be making a public appearance since the debacle of Astroworld where many died owing to suffocation during his concert. Announcing his first festival appearance since the tragedy, Travis will be seen at three installments of the Primavera Festival in South America.

This time, the festival will be held at Sao Paulo, Brazil. It launched in Spain and then expanded to Southern California and South America.&nbsp;

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Meanwhile, the singer has kept it low since the Astroworld tragedy where ten people died during his headlining set. This happened in November. He was then supposed to perform at Coachella too but it was cancelled in the wake of the tragedy. His slots were then taken over by the Swedish House Mafia and the Weeknd.

Travis Scott will finally be making a public appearance since the debacle of Astroworld where many died owing to suffocation during his concert. Announcing his first festival appearance since the tragedy, Travis will be seen at three installments of the Primavera Festival in South America.

Travis Scott will finally be making a public appearance since the debacle of Astroworld where many died owing to suffocation during his concert. Announcing his first festival appearance since the tragedy, Travis will be seen at three installments of the Primavera Festival in South America. This time, the festival will be held at Sao Paulo, Brazil. It launched in Spain and then expanded to Southern California and South America. The event will also feature other artists including Bjork, Lorde and Arctic Monkeys among others. Olivia Wilde served child custody notice on stage during CinemaCon by Jason Sudeikis Travis Scott is also speculated to perform at “major” summer festivals and this is one of the first ones announced. Post Malone new album ‘Twelve Carat Toothache’ to release on this date Meanwhile, the singer has kept it low since the Astroworld tragedy where ten people died during his headlining set. This happened in November. He was then supposed to perform at Coachella too but it was cancelled in the wake of the tragedy. His slots were then taken over by the Swedish House Mafia and the Weeknd.

Travis Scott announces first festival appearance since Astroworld concert tragedy

Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott are revealing the name of their <a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-mommy-of-two-kylie-jenner-welcomes-second-child-with-travis-scott-451150">baby boy</a>! 
 
The makeup mogul who gave birth to her second child on February 2, took to her Instagram stories on Friday and shared the name of her and Travis Scott`s newborn son--'Wolf Webster'.&nbsp; 
 
Taking to her Instagram stories, Jenner simply wrote “Wolf Webster” with a heart emoji on a black background. 
 
Earlier, the 24-year-old shared a black and white photo of 4-year-old daughter Stormi's hand holding the hand of her little sibling.

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In her caption, she simply wrote the baby's birth date, "2/2/22," along with a blue heart emoji, &nbsp;hinting that she had welcomed a son. She also tagged Travis Scott, who commented on the post with a series of brown heart emojis and one blue, confirming that they had welcomed a son. 
 
The baby was born on, February 2 – the day after their first child Stormi‘s birthday, which is February 1. 
 
Last year, Kylie announced that she was expecting a baby with her boyfriend, the rapper Travis Scott. The couple also has a 4-year-old daughter, Stormi Webster. 
Kylie and Travis have been dating on and off since 2017.&nbsp; 
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Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott are revealing the name of their baby boy! The makeup mogul who gave birth to her second child on February 2, took to her Instagram stories on Friday and shared the name of her and Travis Scott`s newborn son--'Wolf Webster'.

Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott are revealing the name of their baby boy! The makeup mogul who gave birth to her second child on February 2, took to her Instagram stories on Friday and shared the name of her and Travis Scott`s newborn son--'Wolf Webster'. Taking to her Instagram stories, Jenner simply wrote “Wolf Webster” with a heart emoji on a black background. Earlier, the 24-year-old shared a black and white photo of 4-year-old daughter Stormi's hand holding the hand of her little sibling. In her caption, she simply wrote the baby's birth date, "2/2/22," along with a blue heart emoji, hinting that she had welcomed a son. She also tagged Travis Scott, who commented on the post with a series of brown heart emojis and one blue, confirming that they had welcomed a son. The baby was born on, February 2 – the day after their first child Stormi‘s birthday, which is February 1. Last year, Kylie announced that she was expecting a baby with her boyfriend, the rapper Travis Scott. The couple also has a 4-year-old daughter, Stormi Webster. Kylie and Travis have been dating on and off since 2017.

Kylie Jenner, Travis Scott reveal surprising name of their baby boy

Kanye West has threatened to withdraw from the upcoming music festival Coachella if singer Billie Eilish doesn't apologise to Travis Scott.&nbsp; 
 
Kanye has called out Eilish for dissing Scott for the Astroworld tragedy.&nbsp; 
 
Taking to his Instagram handle, West shared a picture of a news article that reads Eilish dissed Scott at her concert after she stopped the show to give her fan an inhaler saying, "I wait for the people to be okay before I keep going." 
 
Kanye seemed to have read in between lines and felt her comment was in reference to Scott, who kept his show going at the tragic Astroworld event while people in the front of the stage were being crushed.&nbsp; 
 
The music festival left 10 individuals dead and hundreds injured in November.&nbsp; 
 
Speaking in support of Scott, Kanye wrote, "Come on Billie we love you please apologize to Trav and to the families of the people who lost their lives no one intended this to happen."

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He added, "Trav didn`t have any idea of what was happening when he was on stage and was very hurt by what happened and yes Trav will be with me at Coachella but now I need Billie to apologize before I perform." 
 
While Eilish hasn't issued an apology, she did leave her response to West's allegations in his comments section.&nbsp; 
"Literally never said a thing about Travis. Was just helping a fan," the 20-year-old replied. 
 
West and Eilish are scheduled to headline the Coachella Music and Arts Festival over two weekends on April 15-17 and 22-24.&nbsp;

Kanye West has threatened to withdraw from the upcoming music festival Coachella if singer Billie Eilish doesn't apologise to Travis Scott. Kanye has called out Eilish for dissing Scott for the Astroworld tragedy.

Kanye West has threatened to withdraw from the upcoming music festival Coachella if singer Billie Eilish doesn't apologise to Travis Scott. Kanye has called out Eilish for dissing Scott for the Astroworld tragedy. Taking to his Instagram handle, West shared a picture of a news article that reads Eilish dissed Scott at her concert after she stopped the show to give her fan an inhaler saying, "I wait for the people to be okay before I keep going." Kanye seemed to have read in between lines and felt her comment was in reference to Scott, who kept his show going at the tragic Astroworld event while people in the front of the stage were being crushed. The music festival left 10 individuals dead and hundreds injured in November. Speaking in support of Scott, Kanye wrote, "Come on Billie we love you please apologize to Trav and to the families of the people who lost their lives no one intended this to happen." View this post on Instagram A post shared by ye (@kanyewest) × He added, "Trav didn`t have any idea of what was happening when he was on stage and was very hurt by what happened and yes Trav will be with me at Coachella but now I need Billie to apologize before I perform." While Eilish hasn't issued an apology, she did leave her response to West's allegations in his comments section. "Literally never said a thing about Travis. Was just helping a fan," the 20-year-old replied. West and Eilish are scheduled to headline the Coachella Music and Arts Festival over two weekends on April 15-17 and 22-24.

Kanye West claims he will drop out of Coachella if Billie Eilish doensn't apologise to Travis Scott

Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott welcomed their second child together.&nbsp; 
 
The 24-year-old shared a black and white photo of 4-year-old daughter Stormi's hand holding the hand of her little sibling.

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In her caption, she simply wrote the baby's birth date, "2/2/22," along with a blue heart emoji, &nbsp;hinting that she had welcomed a son. She also tagged Travis Scott, who commented on the post with a series of brown heart emojis and one blue, confirming that they had welcomed a son.

<img alt="Kylie" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="b0cae5cb-050a-4556-a521-30e27802f167" src="//cdn.wionews.com/sites/default/files/inline-images/happy%2030th%20birthday%20-%202022-02-07T114341.442.jpg" /> 
 
The baby was born on, February 2 – the day after their first child Stormi‘s birthday, which is February 1. 
 
Last year, Kylie announced that she was expecting a baby with her boyfriend, the rapper Travis Scott. The couple also has a 4-year-old daughter, Stormi Webster.

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Soon after the post was shared, her fans, followers and family members were quick to comment. Her sister Kourtney Kardashian added to the post "Mommy of two life", 
and Kylie's mother and manager, Kris Jenner, commented "Angel Pie". The founder of Kylie cosmetics&nbsp;is the youngest sibling of the Kardashian-Jenner clan.&nbsp; 
 
Kylie and Travis have been dating on and off since 2017.&nbsp;

Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott welcomed their second child together. The 24-year-old shared a black and white photo of 4-year-old daughter Stormi's hand holding the hand of her little sibling.

Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott welcomed their second child together. The 24-year-old shared a black and white photo of 4-year-old daughter Stormi's hand holding the hand of her little sibling. Dwayne Johnson distances from Joe Rogan controversy after finding he used the 'N-word' In her caption, she simply wrote the baby's birth date, "2/2/22," along with a blue heart emoji, hinting that she had welcomed a son. She also tagged Travis Scott, who commented on the post with a series of brown heart emojis and one blue, confirming that they had welcomed a son. The baby was born on, February 2 – the day after their first child Stormi‘s birthday, which is February 1. Last year, Kylie announced that she was expecting a baby with her boyfriend, the rapper Travis Scott. The couple also has a 4-year-old daughter, Stormi Webster. Kuwait bans 'Death on the Nile' film with Israeli actress Gal Gadot Soon after the post was shared, her fans, followers and family members were quick to comment. Her sister Kourtney Kardashian added to the post "Mommy of two life", and Kylie's mother and manager, Kris Jenner, commented "Angel Pie". The founder of Kylie cosmetics is the youngest sibling of the Kardashian-Jenner clan. Kylie and Travis have been dating on and off since 2017.

Mommy of two! Kylie Jenner welcomes second child with Travis Scott

It’s not happening in the near future! We are talking about the collaboration that was supposed to go through between rapper Travis Scott and luxury label Christian Dior. The deal has been put off given the circumstances created after the <a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-astroworld-tragedy-travis-scott-organisers-sued-for-750m-430297">Astroworld tragedy</a> as many were injured and died during the rapper’s concert.&nbsp;

Dior announced that the line they were developing with Travis Scott’s Cactus brand would be “postponed indefinitely”. In a statement issued, the luxury fashion brand said, “Out of respect for everyone affected by the tragic events at Astroworld, Dior has decided to postpone indefinitely the launch of products from the Cactus Jack collaboration originally intended to be included in its summer 2022 collection.”

It was also reported that Travis Scott’s team and Dior came to a mutual decision to not go ahead with the collaboration right now.&nbsp;

The collaboration was scaled to have a high-profile launch in January, had it gone through. It would have marked Dior’s first collaboration with a musician.&nbsp;

<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-astroworld-tragedy-did-the-simpsons-know-all-along-about-travis-scotts-concert-mishap-428968">Did 'The Simpsons' know all along about Travis Scott's concert mishap?</a>

&nbsp;The Astroworld tragedy has led to a lot of loss for Travis Scott after it ended in November and led to the death of 10 people from what has been reported to be compression asphyxia. Hundreds were injured at the event.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/hollywood/news-travis-scotts-astroworld-tragedy-timelines-are-major-focus-in-investigation-of-houston-concert-deaths-428388">Travis Scott's Astroworld tragedy: Timelines are major focus in investigation of Houston concert deaths</a>

Among other deals, Nike put an <a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-astroworld-tragedy-travis-scotts-collaboration-with-popular-shoe-brand-put-on-hold-429937">indefinite hold </a>on Air Max 1 sneakers in collaboration with the rapper. Anheuser-Busch announced its line of Scott’s Cacti hard seltzers was being discontinued after less than a year. Some of Scott’s many other commercial deals, like a McDonalds promotion, had already expired before the festival. He has also been removed as a headliner for the Coachella Festival that is due in April.&nbsp;

It’s not happening in the near future! We are talking about the collaboration that was supposed to go through between rapper Travis Scott and luxury label Christian Dior.

It’s not happening in the near future! We are talking about the collaboration that was supposed to go through between rapper Travis Scott and luxury label Christian Dior. The deal has been put off given the circumstances created after the Astroworld tragedy as many were injured and died during the rapper’s concert. Dior announced that the line they were developing with Travis Scott’s Cactus brand would be “postponed indefinitely”. In a statement issued, the luxury fashion brand said, “Out of respect for everyone affected by the tragic events at Astroworld, Dior has decided to postpone indefinitely the launch of products from the Cactus Jack collaboration originally intended to be included in its summer 2022 collection.” It was also reported that Travis Scott’s team and Dior came to a mutual decision to not go ahead with the collaboration right now. The collaboration was scaled to have a high-profile launch in January, had it gone through. It would have marked Dior’s first collaboration with a musician. Did 'The Simpsons' know all along about Travis Scott's concert mishap? The Astroworld tragedy has led to a lot of loss for Travis Scott after it ended in November and led to the death of 10 people from what has been reported to be compression asphyxia. Hundreds were injured at the event. Travis Scott's Astroworld tragedy: Timelines are major focus in investigation of Houston concert deaths Among other deals, Nike put an indefinite hold on Air Max 1 sneakers in collaboration with the rapper. Anheuser-Busch announced its line of Scott’s Cacti hard seltzers was being discontinued after less than a year. Some of Scott’s many other commercial deals, like a McDonalds promotion, had already expired before the festival. He has also been removed as a headliner for the Coachella Festival that is due in April.

Another leading brand puts collaboration with Travis Scott on hold in the wake of Astroworld tragedy

The 10 people who died in a stampede at rapper Travis Scott`s concert at the Astroworld Festival in Houston last month accidentally suffocated, the Harris County medical examiner ruled on Thursday. 
 
The<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-not-sorry-travis-scott-denies-responsibility-for-astroworld-tragedy-435398"> victims</a>, aged 9 to 27 years old, died of compression asphyxia, the examiner's report concluded, essentially crushed to death in the crowd surrounding the stage. Another 300 people were injured among the audience of 50,000 people. 
 
Victims were trapped and hemmed in by barricades on three sides, unable to escape as thousands of fans rushed toward the stage while Scott performed. Eyewitnesses said spectators fell to the ground and some were trampled by the crowd.

<a href="http://13.235.153.162/photos/amid-travis-scott-concert-tragedy-a-look-at-other-singers-who-stopped-their-concerts-to-protect-their-fans-428422" hreflang="en">'Your security is my responsibility': A look at artists who stopped their concerts to protect their fans</a> 
 
The medical examiner ruled out homicide, or death caused by another person, in all 10 cases. “This re-opens a fresh wound for many families who are still trying to make sense of what happened," said Harris County`s top executive Lina Hidalgo. 
 
"Bharti Shahani suffered a horrific death as she was suffocated within a massive crowd," said attorney James Lassiter, who represents the Shahani family. The findings "confirm Bharti`s family`s worst fears," he said.

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A spokesperson for Scott declined immediate comment. His attorney and representatives for Live Nation did not reply to requests for comment. 
A Houston police spokesperson declined immediate comment. The medical examiner`s finding could shape the direction of a police criminal investigation into the tragedy, which has shaken Houston and raised issues about crowd control and security at entertainment mega-events. 
 
There have been no charges filed by police but at least 200 lawsuits including several by family members of the deceased have been filed against 29-year-old Scott, festival promoter Live Nation Entertainment, the NRG Park concert venue, and others involved in the event. 
 
The family of Mirza Danish Baig, 27, sued organizers for negligence and wrongful death, alleging they failed to stop the show "when it was obvious they had lost complete control of the situation," according to their lawyer. At least two other families also filed negligence lawsuits. 
 
Compression asphyxia is caused by a force from the front or back preventing the lungs from expanding, said Dr. Ron Albarado, an acute care trauma surgeon, at UT Health Houston. Deaths can occur in about 15-20 minutes in a crowd surging back and forth, he said. 
 
What Scott and organizers knew of the unfolding tragedy before ending the concert is part of the police investigation. The concert continued for more than 30 minutes after it was declared a mass casualty event, and after police told the promoter to halt it, Houston Chief Troy Finner has said. 
 
Scott was unaware of the full extent of what had happened until the next morning, his attorney has said, and the rapper offered to help with the families` funeral expenses. Festival director and executive producers, not Scott, were responsible for deciding when to end the concert, his attorney has said.

The 10 people who died in a stampede at rapper Travis Scott`s concert at the Astroworld Festival in Houston last month accidentally suffocated, the Harris County medical examiner ruled on Thursday.

The 10 people who died in a stampede at rapper Travis Scott`s concert at the Astroworld Festival in Houston last month accidentally suffocated, the Harris County medical examiner ruled on Thursday. The victims, aged 9 to 27 years old, died of compression asphyxia, the examiner's report concluded, essentially crushed to death in the crowd surrounding the stage. Another 300 people were injured among the audience of 50,000 people. Victims were trapped and hemmed in by barricades on three sides, unable to escape as thousands of fans rushed toward the stage while Scott performed. Eyewitnesses said spectators fell to the ground and some were trampled by the crowd. 'Your security is my responsibility': A look at artists who stopped their concerts to protect their fans The medical examiner ruled out homicide, or death caused by another person, in all 10 cases. “This re-opens a fresh wound for many families who are still trying to make sense of what happened," said Harris County`s top executive Lina Hidalgo. "Bharti Shahani suffered a horrific death as she was suffocated within a massive crowd," said attorney James Lassiter, who represents the Shahani family. The findings "confirm Bharti`s family`s worst fears," he said. Travis Scott dropped from Coachella 2022 following Astroworld tragedy A spokesperson for Scott declined immediate comment. His attorney and representatives for Live Nation did not reply to requests for comment. A Houston police spokesperson declined immediate comment. The medical examiner`s finding could shape the direction of a police criminal investigation into the tragedy, which has shaken Houston and raised issues about crowd control and security at entertainment mega-events. There have been no charges filed by police but at least 200 lawsuits including several by family members of the deceased have been filed against 29-year-old Scott, festival promoter Live Nation Entertainment, the NRG Park concert venue, and others involved in the event. The family of Mirza Danish Baig, 27, sued organizers for negligence and wrongful death, alleging they failed to stop the show "when it was obvious they had lost complete control of the situation," according to their lawyer. At least two other families also filed negligence lawsuits. Compression asphyxia is caused by a force from the front or back preventing the lungs from expanding, said Dr. Ron Albarado, an acute care trauma surgeon, at UT Health Houston. Deaths can occur in about 15-20 minutes in a crowd surging back and forth, he said. What Scott and organizers knew of the unfolding tragedy before ending the concert is part of the police investigation. The concert continued for more than 30 minutes after it was declared a mass casualty event, and after police told the promoter to halt it, Houston Chief Troy Finner has said. Scott was unaware of the full extent of what had happened until the next morning, his attorney has said, and the rapper offered to help with the families` funeral expenses. Festival director and executive producers, not Scott, were responsible for deciding when to end the concert, his attorney has said.

Deaths at Travis Scott concert due to accidental suffocation, medical examiner says

Travis Scott is no longer a part of the lineup for Coachella 2022 music concert following the Astroworld tragedy that led to the deaths of many of his fans.&nbsp;

As reported by Variety, the musician has been removed after a Change.org petition started online, demanding his removal from Coachella’s lineup. Almost ten people died after the crowd rampaged during his headlining set in November.&nbsp;

The petition has gathered nearly 60,000 signatures, pressing the Coachella organisers to take cognisance of the public’s demand.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/hollywood/news-travis-scotts-astroworld-tragedy-timelines-are-major-focus-in-investigation-of-houston-concert-deaths-428388">Travis Scott's Astroworld tragedy: Timelines are major focus in investigation of Houston concert deaths</a>

Reports suggest that the Coachella festival informed Travis Scott’s agent, Cara Lewis of the Cara Lewis Group, of its intent to pull him out and that it would pay a kill fee for the cancellation, typically 25 per cent.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-astroworld-tragedy-travis-scott-organisers-sued-for-750m-430297">Travis Scott, organisers sued for $750m</a>

Currently, Coachella is the biggest music festival in North America, with a capacity of 125,000. The 2022 edition is already sold out.

Travis Scott is no longer a part of the lineup for Coachella 2022 music concert following the Astroworld tragedy that led to the deaths of many of his fans. As reported by Variety, the musician has been removed after a Change.

Travis Scott is no longer a part of the lineup for Coachella 2022 music concert following the Astroworld tragedy that led to the deaths of many of his fans. As reported by Variety, the musician has been removed after a Change.org petition started online, demanding his removal from Coachella’s lineup. Almost ten people died after the crowd rampaged during his headlining set in November. The petition has gathered nearly 60,000 signatures, pressing the Coachella organisers to take cognisance of the public’s demand. Travis Scott's Astroworld tragedy: Timelines are major focus in investigation of Houston concert deaths Reports suggest that the Coachella festival informed Travis Scott’s agent, Cara Lewis of the Cara Lewis Group, of its intent to pull him out and that it would pay a kill fee for the cancellation, typically 25 per cent. Travis Scott, organisers sued for $750m Currently, Coachella is the biggest music festival in North America, with a capacity of 125,000. The 2022 edition is already sold out.

Travis Scott dropped from Coachella 2022 following Astroworld tragedy

From the return of cinema`s favourite spy to 'Friends'&nbsp;reuniting, an array of stories dominated entertainment news headlines this year. Below are some of the biggest stories. 
 
* After several delays, the release of James Bond movie 'No Time To Die'&nbsp;gave pandemic-hit cinemas a much-needed boost. 
 
Studios shuffled schedules and in some cases, films were released simultaneously in cinemas and on streaming platforms. 
 
New York's Broadway and London's West End re-opened, albeit with COVID safety measures in place. Live music also returned. 
 
* Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish took the top prizes at the Grammy Awards while Beyonce became the most awarded female artist in Grammy history, with a total of 28 wins. 
 
The Oscars saw "Nomadland" scoop best picture and best director for Chinese-born Chloe Zhao, making her the first Asian woman and only the second woman ever to win the prize. 
 
* US&nbsp;television network NBC dropped its broadcast of the 2022 Golden Globes after a backlash over the ethics of the HFPA group which hands out the annual film and television awards and its lack of diversity. The group has said it has made sweeping changes and will hold its ceremony in January. 
 
* Now living in California, Prince Harry and wife Meghan sent shock waves when, in an interview with Oprah Winfrey, Meghan accused Britain’s royal family of raising concerns about how dark the skin of the couple`s first child would be. 
 
She said the stress of life as a royal newlywed had pushed her to the brink of suicide. 
 
* Pop star Britney Spears regained control of her personal life and money when a judge ended a 13-year conservatorship after a long legal battle. 
 
* Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed when a gun held by actor Alec Baldwin fired off a live bullet on the set of Western "Rust". Baldwin said the revolver went off when he was cocking the gun. The incident is being investigated. 
 
* Ten people died in a stampede at Travis Scott`s Astroworld Festival in Houston. Lawsuits were filed against the rapper and promoters. 
 
* On television, the cast of "Friends" reunited for a tearful TV special. South Korean Netflix series "Squid Game" became a global sensation. 
 
* In music, ABBA released their first album in 40 years. Adele stormed the charts with comeback record "30". Swift released re-recorded albums to take back control of her early catalogue. 
 
* Billionaire Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, now known as Ye, announced their divorce. Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck rekindled their romance after nearly 20 years. 
 
* Criminal cases during the #MeToo era saw former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein extradited from New York to Los Angeles to face trial on rape and sexual assault charges. 
 
Singer R. Kelly was convicted by a federal jury of sex trafficking. 
 
* The world said goodbye to Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, actors Christopher Plummer, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Cicely Tyson, Helen McCrory and Olympia Dukakis, comedian Jackie Mason, rapper DMX, The Supremes co-founder Mary Wilson, TV interviewer Larry King, Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt, fashion designers Alber Elbaz and Virgil Abloh and composers Stephen Sondheim and Mikis Theodorakis. Record producer Phil Spector died in prison.

From the return of cinema`s favourite spy to 'Friends' reuniting, an array of stories dominated entertainment news headlines this year. Below are some of the biggest stories.

From the return of cinema`s favourite spy to 'Friends' reuniting, an array of stories dominated entertainment news headlines this year. Below are some of the biggest stories. * After several delays, the release of James Bond movie 'No Time To Die' gave pandemic-hit cinemas a much-needed boost. Studios shuffled schedules and in some cases, films were released simultaneously in cinemas and on streaming platforms. New York's Broadway and London's West End re-opened, albeit with COVID safety measures in place. Live music also returned. * Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish took the top prizes at the Grammy Awards while Beyonce became the most awarded female artist in Grammy history, with a total of 28 wins. The Oscars saw "Nomadland" scoop best picture and best director for Chinese-born Chloe Zhao, making her the first Asian woman and only the second woman ever to win the prize. * US television network NBC dropped its broadcast of the 2022 Golden Globes after a backlash over the ethics of the HFPA group which hands out the annual film and television awards and its lack of diversity. The group has said it has made sweeping changes and will hold its ceremony in January. * Now living in California, Prince Harry and wife Meghan sent shock waves when, in an interview with Oprah Winfrey, Meghan accused Britain’s royal family of raising concerns about how dark the skin of the couple`s first child would be. She said the stress of life as a royal newlywed had pushed her to the brink of suicide. * Pop star Britney Spears regained control of her personal life and money when a judge ended a 13-year conservatorship after a long legal battle. * Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed when a gun held by actor Alec Baldwin fired off a live bullet on the set of Western "Rust". Baldwin said the revolver went off when he was cocking the gun. The incident is being investigated. * Ten people died in a stampede at Travis Scott`s Astroworld Festival in Houston. Lawsuits were filed against the rapper and promoters. * On television, the cast of "Friends" reunited for a tearful TV special. South Korean Netflix series "Squid Game" became a global sensation. * In music, ABBA released their first album in 40 years. Adele stormed the charts with comeback record "30". Swift released re-recorded albums to take back control of her early catalogue. * Billionaire Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, now known as Ye, announced their divorce. Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck rekindled their romance after nearly 20 years. * Criminal cases during the #MeToo era saw former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein extradited from New York to Los Angeles to face trial on rape and sexual assault charges. Singer R. Kelly was convicted by a federal jury of sex trafficking. * The world said goodbye to Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts, actors Christopher Plummer, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Cicely Tyson, Helen McCrory and Olympia Dukakis, comedian Jackie Mason, rapper DMX, The Supremes co-founder Mary Wilson, TV interviewer Larry King, Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt, fashion designers Alber Elbaz and Virgil Abloh and composers Stephen Sondheim and Mikis Theodorakis. Record producer Phil Spector died in prison.

Tearful reunions, music comebacks and pop freedom: News that rocked showbiz in 2021

Every so often, something so awful and senseless happens that it’s hard to fully absorb it. An apartment building collapses as residents sleep within. A movie star’s prop gun fires a real bullet on a film set, killing a young mother. A concert crowd morphs into a melee that leaves people dead and injured.

After each such catastrophe, there looms a question: What’s the real story of what happened here? Amid a stream of facts and rumors via breaking news alerts, the loudest answers often come from two camps: Let’s call them the conspiracists and the reformists.

One rants about shadowy schemes, nefarious figures, unseen hands and global cabals. The other preaches the gospel of rationality, a doctrine holding that even if all is not yet known, all is eventually knowable, and that if sensible rules are followed, chaos can be prevented.

Take Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival, where a crowd surge this month left at least 10 people dead and hundreds injured. “It was like hell,” one attendee said. Some conspiracists were quick to assert another view: The concert wasn’t just “like” hell. It was, rather, an elaborate satanic ritual, perhaps designed to summon a portal to hell.

The signs were all there, they tweeted. There was the stage that looked like an inverted cross. There was the fact that the Church of Satan was founded on April 30, 1966 — 666 months and six days before the night of the concert, Nov. 5, 2021. And that date was also the 66th birthday of Kris Jenner, the mother of Kylie Jenner, Mr. Scott’s girlfriend. These outlandish ideas are not relegated to the fringes of the internet; some videos making such claims have millions of views. A single comment on one of these posts (“The music industry is demonic and collects souls”) garnered tens of thousands of likes on its own.

A conspiracist’s natural habitats are TikTok, Reddit, Facebook and YouTube, fertile ground for planting seeds of paranoia and fear through seconds-long clips and doctored photos. After the Astroworld tragedy, a prominent QAnon figure reportedly articulated the mantra of a conspiracist: “There is NO such thing as ‘coincidence.’ Ever.”

Enter the reformist, for whom a catastrophe comes down to predictable human error. According to the reformist, the cause of the crowd surge at Astroworld was a series of egregious mistakes: inadequate planning, a set of safety measures not properly put in place, or a performer who should have stopped the show sooner.

Crisis could have been averted if only the proper procedures had been followed, the reformist argues on CNN or MSNBC, in an op-ed or Twitter thread. With sober policy prescriptions and technocratic resolve, the reformist suggests, we can bring to heel the chaos that is human existence. We need only follow the rules — and their smart advice.

The dichotomy between figures embodying either chaos or order goes back millenniums, and exists in cultures around the world. It is exemplified by the pairing of the ancient Greek gods Dionysus, the god of wine, revelry and mayhem, and Apollo, the god of the sun, temperance and rational thinking. Philosophers, Nietzsche most notably, have long commented on the relationship between the Apollonian and the Dionysian.

We humans need narratives to process what happens around us or in the world at large. As the popular historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari has said: “The truly unique trait of Sapiens is our ability to create and believe fiction. All other animals use their communication system to describe reality. We use our communication system to create new realities.”

Both the conspiracists and the reformists are engaged in this utterly human process. By connecting events and facts, and tying red strings between them on their metaphorical pin boards, the conspiracist and the reformist each develop a thesis about what happened. Stories help us live with each other and with ourselves, and in the wake of great and sudden suffering, we need something to keep us going.

It might be difficult to see how a story about a satanic blood sacrifice helps people live with themselves. But the conspiracist’s story offers a kind of clemency for the people involved, and perhaps for humankind at large. The image of concertgoers booing a woman who climbed a platform to try to stop the show at Astroworld is difficult to stomach. It can be easier to believe that the events that transpired were a satanic plot than to see them as a result of mundane human indifference.

The soothing quality of the reformist’s story is even easier to identify. Their program of measured improvement offers hope for progress and the promise of control. For that, the reformist attitude is to be admired. If it’s true that “the story in which you believe shapes the society that you create,” as Mr. Harari recently said in an interview, then reformists, with their efforts to eliminate systemic malfunctions, are working toward a better world, or at the very least, a more safe and just one.

The conspiracist and the reformist tend to double down on the narratives valued by their respective communities. The reformist lives in a world where expertise and problem-solving have cultural cachet. The conspiracist lives in world where spirituality and belief in higher powers can answer a lot of the big questions.

Of course the distinctions between the reformist and the conspiracist, between the Apollonian and the Dionysian, are not absolute. Within any one person, the lines blur: Many of us can be reformists and conspiracists, prone to mysticism in some areas and beholden to reason in others. A tree may fall and nearly kill you, leading you to believe that this was a sign from the universe that you must live life to the fullest and appreciate each day — even as you email the city council about hiring more arborists.

There are problems with the stories that both conspiracists and reformists peddle. The conspiracist’s story, taken to its extreme, would have us believe that there is nothing we can do about accidents or problems because they are spawned by devils and cabals, malevolent forces beyond our control. The extreme version of the reformist’s story, by contrast, would have us believe that there’s nothing we can’t do about accidents or problems, that reason can secure us total control over our environment, and even over ourselves.

The truth is that catastrophes occupy the gray space between the darkness of the conspiracist’s narrative and the light of the reformist’s narrative. We are more in control than the conspiracists think; we are less in control than the reformists think.

American history offers many examples of conspiracists and reformists differing in their interpretation of events, from the Salem witch trials to the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Or take two other horrors of recent months: the fatal shooting on the set of the film “Rust,” and the Surfside condo building collapse. Both inspired conspiracy theories, and both inspired lectures and expert analyses of societal failures. Surely, more could have been done to prevent these tragedies — there were procedural and administrative failures in both instances — but we can only ever reduce the possibility of disaster, not eliminate it completely.

There’s a risk here, of course, of false equivalence. Though the conspiracist and the reformist have much in common, the consequences of their stories are obviously quite different. Conspiracy theories such as those advanced by QAnon adherents can breed apathy or extremism or undermine civil society, and they have led to violence and threats of violence.

Reformist narratives might be sanctimonious, but they tend to come from a desire to protect people and improve the world. Still, they can lead to excess caution, such as an unwillingness to discuss an eventual end to masking mandates at schools in some blue states, even when it’s not yet clear what effects two years of masking will have on children.

The true problem with the conspiracist and the reformist, however, is that by telling stories about a catastrophe’s meaning, they assent to the premise of the question, to the hubristic notion that the world should bend itself to human reasoning, that its nature and events and accidents will align with our storytelling. Each camp acts as if its stories are natural discoveries, rather than constructed narratives.

And what’s often lacking in both these camps is humility and empathy. Living in the gray area requires a healthy dose of both.

Empathy is what’s required, for example, to narrow the gulf on Covid: the conspiracist deniers and anti-vaxxers on one side, and the double-masked-and-triple-vaxxed reformists on the other, each railing against anyone whose choices they disagree with.

What would Covid messaging have looked like if humility had been built into the stories we told about masks and vaccines? If we had understood them to be highly effective preventive measures, rather than either silver bullets or ruses, would they have mutated into symbols, into sharp ideological lines dividing the nation?

Humility is a useful quality, too, when regarding the disaster of human-wrought climate change: It’s required to accept that a great deal of damage has already been done, and that our ability to mitigate future damage is already limited. Admitting so doesn’t mean abandoning the fight altogether.

What’s the harm, you might ask, of stories that make some sense of the senseless? Perhaps none. But they can rob us of the opportunity to sit with our feelings, to grieve our losses, to rage at the chaos of the universe, at our animal helplessness, at the random unfairness of life. Both conspiracists and reformists tell stories that explain the “why” before we’ve even processed the “what.”

Every so often, something so awful and senseless happens that it’s hard to fully absorb it. An apartment building collapses as residents sleep within. A movie star’s prop gun fires a real bullet on a film set, killing a young mother.

Every so often, something so awful and senseless happens that it’s hard to fully absorb it. An apartment building collapses as residents sleep within. A movie star’s prop gun fires a real bullet on a film set, killing a young mother. A concert crowd morphs into a melee that leaves people dead and injured. After each such catastrophe, there looms a question: What’s the real story of what happened here? Amid a stream of facts and rumors via breaking news alerts, the loudest answers often come from two camps: Let’s call them the conspiracists and the reformists. One rants about shadowy schemes, nefarious figures, unseen hands and global cabals. The other preaches the gospel of rationality, a doctrine holding that even if all is not yet known, all is eventually knowable, and that if sensible rules are followed, chaos can be prevented. Take Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival, where a crowd surge this month left at least 10 people dead and hundreds injured. “It was like hell,” one attendee said. Some conspiracists were quick to assert another view: The concert wasn’t just “like” hell. It was, rather, an elaborate satanic ritual, perhaps designed to summon a portal to hell. The signs were all there, they tweeted. There was the stage that looked like an inverted cross. There was the fact that the Church of Satan was founded on April 30, 1966 — 666 months and six days before the night of the concert, Nov. 5, 2021. And that date was also the 66th birthday of Kris Jenner, the mother of Kylie Jenner, Mr. Scott’s girlfriend. These outlandish ideas are not relegated to the fringes of the internet; some videos making such claims have millions of views. A single comment on one of these posts (“The music industry is demonic and collects souls”) garnered tens of thousands of likes on its own. A conspiracist’s natural habitats are TikTok, Reddit, Facebook and YouTube, fertile ground for planting seeds of paranoia and fear through seconds-long clips and doctored photos. After the Astroworld tragedy, a prominent QAnon figure reportedly articulated the mantra of a conspiracist: “There is NO such thing as ‘coincidence.’ Ever.” Enter the reformist, for whom a catastrophe comes down to predictable human error. According to the reformist, the cause of the crowd surge at Astroworld was a series of egregious mistakes: inadequate planning, a set of safety measures not properly put in place, or a performer who should have stopped the show sooner. Crisis could have been averted if only the proper procedures had been followed, the reformist argues on CNN or MSNBC, in an op-ed or Twitter thread. With sober policy prescriptions and technocratic resolve, the reformist suggests, we can bring to heel the chaos that is human existence. We need only follow the rules — and their smart advice. The dichotomy between figures embodying either chaos or order goes back millenniums, and exists in cultures around the world. It is exemplified by the pairing of the ancient Greek gods Dionysus, the god of wine, revelry and mayhem, and Apollo, the god of the sun, temperance and rational thinking. Philosophers, Nietzsche most notably, have long commented on the relationship between the Apollonian and the Dionysian. We humans need narratives to process what happens around us or in the world at large. As the popular historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari has said: “The truly unique trait of Sapiens is our ability to create and believe fiction. All other animals use their communication system to describe reality. We use our communication system to create new realities.” Both the conspiracists and the reformists are engaged in this utterly human process. By connecting events and facts, and tying red strings between them on their metaphorical pin boards, the conspiracist and the reformist each develop a thesis about what happened. Stories help us live with each other and with ourselves, and in the wake of great and sudden suffering, we need something to keep us going. It might be difficult to see how a story about a satanic blood sacrifice helps people live with themselves. But the conspiracist’s story offers a kind of clemency for the people involved, and perhaps for humankind at large. The image of concertgoers booing a woman who climbed a platform to try to stop the show at Astroworld is difficult to stomach. It can be easier to believe that the events that transpired were a satanic plot than to see them as a result of mundane human indifference. The soothing quality of the reformist’s story is even easier to identify. Their program of measured improvement offers hope for progress and the promise of control. For that, the reformist attitude is to be admired. If it’s true that “the story in which you believe shapes the society that you create,” as Mr. Harari recently said in an interview, then reformists, with their efforts to eliminate systemic malfunctions, are working toward a better world, or at the very least, a more safe and just one. The conspiracist and the reformist tend to double down on the narratives valued by their respective communities. The reformist lives in a world where expertise and problem-solving have cultural cachet. The conspiracist lives in world where spirituality and belief in higher powers can answer a lot of the big questions. Of course the distinctions between the reformist and the conspiracist, between the Apollonian and the Dionysian, are not absolute. Within any one person, the lines blur: Many of us can be reformists and conspiracists, prone to mysticism in some areas and beholden to reason in others. A tree may fall and nearly kill you, leading you to believe that this was a sign from the universe that you must live life to the fullest and appreciate each day — even as you email the city council about hiring more arborists. There are problems with the stories that both conspiracists and reformists peddle. The conspiracist’s story, taken to its extreme, would have us believe that there is nothing we can do about accidents or problems because they are spawned by devils and cabals, malevolent forces beyond our control. The extreme version of the reformist’s story, by contrast, would have us believe that there’s nothing we can’t do about accidents or problems, that reason can secure us total control over our environment, and even over ourselves. The truth is that catastrophes occupy the gray space between the darkness of the conspiracist’s narrative and the light of the reformist’s narrative. We are more in control than the conspiracists think; we are less in control than the reformists think. American history offers many examples of conspiracists and reformists differing in their interpretation of events, from the Salem witch trials to the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Or take two other horrors of recent months: the fatal shooting on the set of the film “Rust,” and the Surfside condo building collapse. Both inspired conspiracy theories, and both inspired lectures and expert analyses of societal failures. Surely, more could have been done to prevent these tragedies — there were procedural and administrative failures in both instances — but we can only ever reduce the possibility of disaster, not eliminate it completely. There’s a risk here, of course, of false equivalence. Though the conspiracist and the reformist have much in common, the consequences of their stories are obviously quite different. Conspiracy theories such as those advanced by QAnon adherents can breed apathy or extremism or undermine civil society, and they have led to violence and threats of violence. Reformist narratives might be sanctimonious, but they tend to come from a desire to protect people and improve the world. Still, they can lead to excess caution, such as an unwillingness to discuss an eventual end to masking mandates at schools in some blue states, even when it’s not yet clear what effects two years of masking will have on children. The true problem with the conspiracist and the reformist, however, is that by telling stories about a catastrophe’s meaning, they assent to the premise of the question, to the hubristic notion that the world should bend itself to human reasoning, that its nature and events and accidents will align with our storytelling. Each camp acts as if its stories are natural discoveries, rather than constructed narratives. And what’s often lacking in both these camps is humility and empathy. Living in the gray area requires a healthy dose of both. Empathy is what’s required, for example, to narrow the gulf on Covid: the conspiracist deniers and anti-vaxxers on one side, and the double-masked-and-triple-vaxxed reformists on the other, each railing against anyone whose choices they disagree with. What would Covid messaging have looked like if humility had been built into the stories we told about masks and vaccines? If we had understood them to be highly effective preventive measures, rather than either silver bullets or ruses, would they have mutated into symbols, into sharp ideological lines dividing the nation? Humility is a useful quality, too, when regarding the disaster of human-wrought climate change: It’s required to accept that a great deal of damage has already been done, and that our ability to mitigate future damage is already limited. Admitting so doesn’t mean abandoning the fight altogether. What’s the harm, you might ask, of stories that make some sense of the senseless? Perhaps none. But they can rob us of the opportunity to sit with our feelings, to grieve our losses, to rage at the chaos of the universe, at our animal helplessness, at the random unfairness of life. Both conspiracists and reformists tell stories that explain the “why” before we’ve even processed the “what.”

Conspiracist or reformist: Which one are you when disaster strikes?

Things are not looking well for Travis Scott.

 
On Monday, global high-street footwear and apparel brand Nike made an announcement about their upcoming customised shoe launch with the rapper: they are pushing its release otherwise scheduled for December 16.&nbsp;

 
This move comes just days after Travis Scott's gig at Astroworld turned into a bloody stampede, claiming young lives and leaving hundreds injured.&nbsp;

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As per reports, the brand will be postponing the release of its Air Max 1 x Cactus Jack shoe--which was done in collaboration with Scott--"out of respect for everyone impacted by the tragic events at the Astroworld Festival."

 
Nike is yet to delve more details.

 
Travis Scott and Nike started collaborating back in 2017 with Air Force 1 custom-designed shoe collection being their first project together. It was then followed up with AF-1 with his baby blue Cactus Jack Air Jordan 4 with red accents in June 2018.&nbsp;

 
Travis Scott has worked on other partnerships with the brand other than the shoe collection in the last few years. His other&nbsp;Nike collaborations include the Air Jordan 33, the Air Jordan 1, Air Jordan 6, another pair of Air Forces, and the SB Dunk.

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On November 5, a crowd surge at the Astroworld Festival proved fatal for 10 attendants and left more than 300 people were injured.&nbsp;

 
Reportedly, over 36 lawsuits have been filed against Scott and concert organisers following the tragic incident.

 
The victims who lost their lives to the stampede were Ezra Blount, 9, Jacob Jurinek, 21, John Hilgert, 14, Brianna Rodriguez, 16, Franco Patino, 21, Axel Acosta, 21, Rudy Pena, 23, Madison Dubiski, 23, Danish Baig, 27, and Bharti Shahani, 22.

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Things are not looking well for Travis Scott. On Monday, global high-street footwear and apparel brand Nike made an announcement about their upcoming customised shoe launch with the rapper: they are pushing its release otherwise scheduled for December 16.

Things are not looking well for Travis Scott. On Monday, global high-street footwear and apparel brand Nike made an announcement about their upcoming customised shoe launch with the rapper: they are pushing its release otherwise scheduled for December 16. This move comes just days after Travis Scott's gig at Astroworld turned into a bloody stampede, claiming young lives and leaving hundreds injured. Also read: Puneeth Rajkumar to be honoured with Karnataka Ratna award As per reports, the brand will be postponing the release of its Air Max 1 x Cactus Jack shoe--which was done in collaboration with Scott--"out of respect for everyone impacted by the tragic events at the Astroworld Festival." Nike is yet to delve more details. Travis Scott and Nike started collaborating back in 2017 with Air Force 1 custom-designed shoe collection being their first project together. It was then followed up with AF-1 with his baby blue Cactus Jack Air Jordan 4 with red accents in June 2018. Travis Scott has worked on other partnerships with the brand other than the shoe collection in the last few years. His other Nike collaborations include the Air Jordan 33, the Air Jordan 1, Air Jordan 6, another pair of Air Forces, and the SB Dunk. Also read: Watch new 'Spider Man: No Way Home' trailer as it unveils villainous multiverse On November 5, a crowd surge at the Astroworld Festival proved fatal for 10 attendants and left more than 300 people were injured. Reportedly, over 36 lawsuits have been filed against Scott and concert organisers following the tragic incident. The victims who lost their lives to the stampede were Ezra Blount, 9, Jacob Jurinek, 21, John Hilgert, 14, Brianna Rodriguez, 16, Franco Patino, 21, Axel Acosta, 21, Rudy Pena, 23, Madison Dubiski, 23, Danish Baig, 27, and Bharti Shahani, 22. Also read: Malian rapper Dr Keb freed three months after kidnapping

Astroworld tragedy: Travis Scott's collaboration with popular shoe brand put on hold

An attorney for the family of a 9-year-old boy who was trampled at a<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/hollywood/news-travis-scotts-astroworld-tragedy-timelines-are-major-focus-in-investigation-of-houston-concert-deaths-428388"> Travis Scott concert in Houston </a>and was on life support for a week said that the child had died from his injuries on Sunday. 
 
The death of Ezra Blount brought the total number of those <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/at-least-8-dead-many-hurt-in-stampede-at-travis-scotts-astroworld-music-festival-in-us-427128">killed during a stampede </a>at last week`s Astroworld Festival to ten, ranging in age from 9 to 27. 
 
The deaths took place when the Grammy Award-nominated rapper Scott appeared before a crowd of 50,000 at NRG Stadium. The scene grew out of control as fans surged toward the stage.

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"The Blount family tonight is grieving the incomprehensible loss of their precious young son," said attorney Ben Crump. "This should not have been the outcome of taking their son to a concert." 
 
Trump has said that any one of several concert officials could have prevented deaths and injuries by stopping the show and turning on the house lights when the chaos in the crowd became apparent. 
 
Crump and other attorneys for those hurt at the festival have filed scores of <a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/travis-scott-has-been-charged-twice-before-for-inciting-violence-at-his-concert-428762">lawsuits&nbsp;against Scott </a>and the organizers, alleging negligence in crowd control, failure to provide proper medical attention and a lack of emergency preparations, among other issues. 
 
Scott on Thursday asked victims and their families to reach out to him, saying he "desperately wishes to share his condolences and provide aid," according to a statement. The rapper earlier offered to pay for funeral costs and mental health counseling.

An attorney for the family of a 9-year-old boy who was trampled at a Travis Scott concert in Houston and was on life support for a week said that the child had died from his injuries on Sunday.

An attorney for the family of a 9-year-old boy who was trampled at a Travis Scott concert in Houston and was on life support for a week said that the child had died from his injuries on Sunday. The death of Ezra Blount brought the total number of those killed during a stampede at last week`s Astroworld Festival to ten, ranging in age from 9 to 27. The deaths took place when the Grammy Award-nominated rapper Scott appeared before a crowd of 50,000 at NRG Stadium. The scene grew out of control as fans surged toward the stage. Astroworld tragedy: Did 'The Simpsons' know all along about Travis Scott's concert mishap? "The Blount family tonight is grieving the incomprehensible loss of their precious young son," said attorney Ben Crump. "This should not have been the outcome of taking their son to a concert." Trump has said that any one of several concert officials could have prevented deaths and injuries by stopping the show and turning on the house lights when the chaos in the crowd became apparent. Crump and other attorneys for those hurt at the festival have filed scores of lawsuits against Scott and the organizers, alleging negligence in crowd control, failure to provide proper medical attention and a lack of emergency preparations, among other issues. Scott on Thursday asked victims and their families to reach out to him, saying he "desperately wishes to share his condolences and provide aid," according to a statement. The rapper earlier offered to pay for funeral costs and mental health counseling.

Travis Scott's Astroworld tragedy: Nine-year-old succumbs to injuries, death toll rises to 10

Rapper Travis Scott on Thursday asked victims of the stampede at his Astroworld Festival in Houston to contact him directly to provide them with help. 
 
Scott`s representatives said in a statement that families who would like assistance in any way should contact his team through a dedicated email address. 
 
Nine people died on or after the concert on Friday where Scott was headlining. Dozens more were injured in a crush of fans near the front of the venue. 
 
Scott had already offered to pay for the funeral costs of those killed and for free mental health counselling. 
 
His representatives said on Thursday that Scott and his team "have been actively exploring routes of connection with each and every family affected by the tragedy through the appropriate liaisons. 
 
"He is distraught by the situation and desperately wishes to share his condolences and provide aid to them as soon as possible, but wants to remain respectful of each family’s wishes on how they’d best like to be connected." 
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Rapper Travis Scott on Thursday asked victims of the stampede at his Astroworld Festival in Houston to contact him directly to provide them with help. Scott`s representatives said in a statement that families who would like assistance in any way should contact his team through a dedicated email address.

Rapper Travis Scott on Thursday asked victims of the stampede at his Astroworld Festival in Houston to contact him directly to provide them with help. Scott`s representatives said in a statement that families who would like assistance in any way should contact his team through a dedicated email address. Nine people died on or after the concert on Friday where Scott was headlining. Dozens more were injured in a crush of fans near the front of the venue. Scott had already offered to pay for the funeral costs of those killed and for free mental health counselling. His representatives said on Thursday that Scott and his team "have been actively exploring routes of connection with each and every family affected by the tragedy through the appropriate liaisons. "He is distraught by the situation and desperately wishes to share his condolences and provide aid to them as soon as possible, but wants to remain respectful of each family’s wishes on how they’d best like to be connected."

Travis Scott asks victims of Astroworld stampede to contact him for help

The Astroworld festival turned deadly<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/at-least-8-dead-many-hurt-in-stampede-at-travis-scotts-astroworld-music-festival-in-us-427128"> last Friday leaving 9 dead and hundreds injured</a>. The festival was headlined by Travis Scott, who was accused by concert attendees for not stopping his performance even as people were crushed in front of him as the crowd surged ahead towards the stage.&nbsp; 
 
According to several media reports, this is not the first time that a concert of the rapper has turned violent. Scott, reportedly, has been charged twice before for encouraging his fans to taunt security and safety guidelines at his shows.&nbsp; 
 
Friday's Astroworld tragedy has made many question Scott's conducts in his previous concerts. Many have been taking to social media to discuss and share videos from other live performances from the rapper in which he encouraged rule-breaking and even violence at his shows.&nbsp;

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The tragedy has once again reminded many that the performer has been in serious legal trouble for his conduct at past shows. There have been specific incidents that took place in 2015 and 2017 -in which he pleaded guilty to charges stemming from directives he gave his crowds at two separate shows.&nbsp; 
 
In 2015, Scott was sentenced to one year of court supervision after pleading guilty to reckless conduct charges after telling a crowd at Chicago’s Lollapalooza music festival. Scott reportedly asked fans to vault security barricades. Fortunately, no one was injured at that time. 
 
The same year, it was reported that Scott encouraged his followers to jump the barricade separating the crowd from the photographer pit almost as soon as he took the stage at the Hot 97’s Summer Jam Festival.&nbsp; 
 
Videos from the incident show Scott telling the crowd that there was not enough security to stop them all from hopping the fence, eventually leading to a brief tussle with Security that ended in them being overwhelmed and the crowd taking up the space near the stage.&nbsp; 
 
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Scott had also made headlines for kicking a cameraman off his stage who had no option but to be on stage as the crowd filled up the press bit on the rapper's behest. When he was asked about it later and pointed that the cameraman was just doing his job, Scott said, "that's what a press pit is for," without acknowledging that that pit was flooded with people.&nbsp; 
 
In 2017, he was arrested after he encouraged fans to bypass security and rush the stage, leaving a security guard, a police officer and several others injured during a concert in Arkansas. 
 
Interestingly, Scott's concerts have been dangerous all along - even when the rapper is not directly instructing his audience to break rules. At the 2019 Astroworld concert, three people were injured and taken to the hospital with leg injuries after getting trampled outside the show. Reports stated that when the gates opened, a stampede broke out with many trying to gate crash the ticketed event.&nbsp; 
 
9 people so far have been reported as dead in the aftermath of the tragedy that took place on Friday. The youngest victim was only 14 years old.&nbsp;

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The Astroworld festival turned deadly last Friday leaving 9 dead and hundreds injured. The festival was headlined by Travis Scott, who was accused by concert attendees for not stopping his performance even as people were crushed in front of him as the crowd surged ahead towards the stage.

The Astroworld festival turned deadly last Friday leaving 9 dead and hundreds injured. The festival was headlined by Travis Scott, who was accused by concert attendees for not stopping his performance even as people were crushed in front of him as the crowd surged ahead towards the stage. According to several media reports, this is not the first time that a concert of the rapper has turned violent. Scott, reportedly, has been charged twice before for encouraging his fans to taunt security and safety guidelines at his shows. Friday's Astroworld tragedy has made many question Scott's conducts in his previous concerts. Many have been taking to social media to discuss and share videos from other live performances from the rapper in which he encouraged rule-breaking and even violence at his shows. Astroworld: Indian student Bharti Shahani becomes 9th victim to lose her life following the concert The tragedy has once again reminded many that the performer has been in serious legal trouble for his conduct at past shows. There have been specific incidents that took place in 2015 and 2017 -in which he pleaded guilty to charges stemming from directives he gave his crowds at two separate shows. In 2015, Scott was sentenced to one year of court supervision after pleading guilty to reckless conduct charges after telling a crowd at Chicago’s Lollapalooza music festival. Scott reportedly asked fans to vault security barricades. Fortunately, no one was injured at that time. The same year, it was reported that Scott encouraged his followers to jump the barricade separating the crowd from the photographer pit almost as soon as he took the stage at the Hot 97’s Summer Jam Festival. Videos from the incident show Scott telling the crowd that there was not enough security to stop them all from hopping the fence, eventually leading to a brief tussle with Security that ended in them being overwhelmed and the crowd taking up the space near the stage. Watch: Scott performs at Astroworld festival as crowds chant 'stop the show' Scott had also made headlines for kicking a cameraman off his stage who had no option but to be on stage as the crowd filled up the press bit on the rapper's behest. When he was asked about it later and pointed that the cameraman was just doing his job, Scott said, "that's what a press pit is for," without acknowledging that that pit was flooded with people. In 2017, he was arrested after he encouraged fans to bypass security and rush the stage, leaving a security guard, a police officer and several others injured during a concert in Arkansas. Interestingly, Scott's concerts have been dangerous all along - even when the rapper is not directly instructing his audience to break rules. At the 2019 Astroworld concert, three people were injured and taken to the hospital with leg injuries after getting trampled outside the show. Reports stated that when the gates opened, a stampede broke out with many trying to gate crash the ticketed event. 9 people so far have been reported as dead in the aftermath of the tragedy that took place on Friday. The youngest victim was only 14 years old. 'Your security is my responsibility': A look at artists who stopped their concerts to protect their fans

Travis Scott has been charged twice before for inciting violence at his concert

Determining the accurate time frame of events when eight people were trampled to death at a Friday night <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/at-least-8-dead-many-hurt-in-stampede-at-travis-scotts-astroworld-music-festival-in-us-427128">concert in Houston</a> is an early focus of the criminal investigation, the city's police chief said on Wednesday. 
 
A stampede of fans during rap star Travis Scott's Astroworld Festival killed eight and injured scores who attended the concert in Houston`s NRG Park. Two of the injured are hospitalized in very critical condition, Police Chief Troy Finner told a news conference.

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Investigators are looking into the timing of events including what producers knew about serious injuries to fans before the decision to end the show at about 10:10 p.m. 
 
A high-ranking member of the production team was told cardiopulmonary resuscitation was being performed on one or more attendees, Finner said.

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The timing of events has shifted from what was initially understood, the chief said, adding: "I'm not going to discuss timelines because I don`t have all the facts." 
 
At least 50 lawsuits have been filed against producer Live Nation Entertainment Inc and Scott because of deaths and injuries related to Friday`s concert. 
 
Finner walked back comments from a prior briefing on security staffing and an alleged needle attack on a private security guard. On Saturday, Finner put the number of private security personnel at 755 and said police were looking into reports of the needle attack.

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Police interviewed the security guard reported to have been struck by a needle while helping a fan. But the guard disputed he was injected in the neck by someone in the crowd, Finner said. 
 
Finner said the number of private guards was being reviewed and that the earlier figure no longer holds. "Some of the records presented to us were just not good records," he said. 
 
He promised a comprehensive investigation even as local officials called for an independent probe because the police department deployed 500 officers to the concert. While the FBI has offered to help, Houston police are in charge of the criminal probe, Finner said. 
"When I say we`re looking at all aspects, I mean it," he said. "We truly mean it. We owe it to them (the victims)." 
 
Scott, whose hometown is Houston, said he was "devastated" by the events and would cover all funeral costs and offer aid to those affected. He is also working with law enforcement and city officials to "respectfully and appropriately connect" with victims and their families, according to a statement.

Determining the accurate time frame of events when eight people were trampled to death at a Friday night concert in Houston is an early focus of the criminal investigation, the city's police chief said on Wednesday.

Determining the accurate time frame of events when eight people were trampled to death at a Friday night concert in Houston is an early focus of the criminal investigation, the city's police chief said on Wednesday. A stampede of fans during rap star Travis Scott's Astroworld Festival killed eight and injured scores who attended the concert in Houston`s NRG Park. Two of the injured are hospitalized in very critical condition, Police Chief Troy Finner told a news conference. Travis Scott to pay for the funeral costs of 8 victims of Astroworld incident Investigators are looking into the timing of events including what producers knew about serious injuries to fans before the decision to end the show at about 10:10 p.m. A high-ranking member of the production team was told cardiopulmonary resuscitation was being performed on one or more attendees, Finner said. Kanye West dedicates Sunday Service to the victims of Travis Scott concert stampede The timing of events has shifted from what was initially understood, the chief said, adding: "I'm not going to discuss timelines because I don`t have all the facts." At least 50 lawsuits have been filed against producer Live Nation Entertainment Inc and Scott because of deaths and injuries related to Friday`s concert. Finner walked back comments from a prior briefing on security staffing and an alleged needle attack on a private security guard. On Saturday, Finner put the number of private security personnel at 755 and said police were looking into reports of the needle attack. Travis Scott and Drake sued over Astroworld concert stampede Police interviewed the security guard reported to have been struck by a needle while helping a fan. But the guard disputed he was injected in the neck by someone in the crowd, Finner said. Finner said the number of private guards was being reviewed and that the earlier figure no longer holds. "Some of the records presented to us were just not good records," he said. He promised a comprehensive investigation even as local officials called for an independent probe because the police department deployed 500 officers to the concert. While the FBI has offered to help, Houston police are in charge of the criminal probe, Finner said. "When I say we`re looking at all aspects, I mean it," he said. "We truly mean it. We owe it to them (the victims)." Scott, whose hometown is Houston, said he was "devastated" by the events and would cover all funeral costs and offer aid to those affected. He is also working with law enforcement and city officials to "respectfully and appropriately connect" with victims and their families, according to a statement.

Travis Scott's Astroworld tragedy: Timelines are major focus in investigation of Houston concert deaths

Astroworld Festival, headlined by Travis Scott, turned deadly last Friday killing 8 people and injured hundreds Here is what we know so far.

Astroworld concert tragedy: What we know so far

'Your security is my responsibility': A look at artists who stopped their concerts to protect their fans

More than a dozen lawsuits have been filed and a criminal investigation has been opened after eight people died and hundreds were injured in an apparent crowd surge at Travis Scott`s Astroworld festival on Friday. 
 
While details of what led to the deadly concert stampede are still emerging, here is an explanation of who could be held liable for the incident: 
 
WHAT DO THE LAWSUITS CLAIM? 
 
At least 14 civil lawsuits have been filed against promoter Live Nation Entertainment Inc or a subsidiary, Live Nation Worldwide Inc, according to court records. Of those, 10 name Scott - whose real name is Jacques Webster - as a defendant and one names Drake, a fellow rapper and guest performer. 
 
The lawsuits generally claim that Live Nation acted negligently by failing to create and enforce proper safety protocols, failing to provide adequate security and failing to maintain proper crowd control. The victims were crushed in a chaotic surge near the stage, with some trampled and others unable to breathe. 
 
"Conditions were created and consented to by the festival organizers that caused several stampedes and a crowd compression that resulted in the tragic deaths of eight individuals and the serious injuries of hundreds more," according to a lawsuit filed on behalf of Houston resident Wasem Abulawi, who the suit says was "seriously and permanently injured." 
 
Kristian Paredes, an Austin, Texas, resident who named Scott and Drake as defendants, said Scott had "incited mayhem or chaos at prior events" and that Drake was aware of Scott`s previous conduct. 
 
Scott previously pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct charges related to two separate incidents of encouraging fans to rush the stage, once at a 2015 music festival in Chicago and later at a 2017 concert in Arkansas, local media in both places reported. 
 
WHAT IS THE LEGAL STANDARD? 
 
The most likely party to face liability would be the concert organizers and promoters who determined the level of security, said C.J. Baker, a Texas injury attorney. 
 
To prevail on a negligence theory, the plaintiffs must show that the defendants knew or should have known that there were actions they could have taken to prevent a foreseeable tragedy, Baker said. 
 
As for Scott, his previous behavior at concerts could help plaintiffs build a case against him, said Richard Mithoff, a Houston personal injury attorney. 
 
"You have to know at some point that if you keep pushing it, this is the kind of tragedy that will result," Mithoff said. 
 
Scott`s record could help plaintiffs establish "gross negligence," meaning an almost total disregard for others` safety, Mithoff said. 
 
WHAT WILL THE LIKELY DEFENSES BE? 
 
Scott said in a video posted to social media that he "could just never imagine the severity of the situation." 
 
He paused his performance https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/travis-scotts-astroworld-concert-pauses-then-restarts-amid-deaths-injuries-2021-11-06 once it was clear people needed medical attention and encouraged the audience to make room for an ambulance that was winding through the crowd, but later finished his set. 
 
Both Live Nation and Scott would likely argue that the surge was sudden and unexpected, Mithoff said. 
 
"Anytime someone can show that they did everything that a responsible operator would do, and&nbsp;nevertheless there was a tragedy, obviously that`s going to cut in their favor," Baker said. 
 
Live Nation said in a statement over the weekend that it was "heartbroken" by the incident. 
 
COULD CRIMINAL CHARGES BE FILED? 
 
Houston police have opened a criminal investigation into the incident, and have said they will examine whether security plans were flawed or followed improperly. They are also probing reports that someone in the crowd injected a security guard with drugs. 
 
The decision to file criminal charges could hinge on whether or not Scott or the organizers stepped in to stop the concert once they knew people were becoming injured or killed, Baker said. 
 
Under Texas law, reckless behavior that causes someone`s death is considered manslaughter, according to the state`s penal code. 
 
Scott said the Houston police had his "full support." Live Nation said in a statement on Monday that it had met with authorities and handed over all video footage of the concert, adding it had offered refunds to attendees and planned to help pay victims` medical expenses.

More than a dozen lawsuits have been filed and a criminal investigation has been opened after eight people died and hundreds were injured in an apparent crowd surge at Travis Scott`s Astroworld festival on Friday.

More than a dozen lawsuits have been filed and a criminal investigation has been opened after eight people died and hundreds were injured in an apparent crowd surge at Travis Scott`s Astroworld festival on Friday. While details of what led to the deadly concert stampede are still emerging, here is an explanation of who could be held liable for the incident: WHAT DO THE LAWSUITS CLAIM? At least 14 civil lawsuits have been filed against promoter Live Nation Entertainment Inc or a subsidiary, Live Nation Worldwide Inc, according to court records. Of those, 10 name Scott - whose real name is Jacques Webster - as a defendant and one names Drake, a fellow rapper and guest performer. The lawsuits generally claim that Live Nation acted negligently by failing to create and enforce proper safety protocols, failing to provide adequate security and failing to maintain proper crowd control. The victims were crushed in a chaotic surge near the stage, with some trampled and others unable to breathe. "Conditions were created and consented to by the festival organizers that caused several stampedes and a crowd compression that resulted in the tragic deaths of eight individuals and the serious injuries of hundreds more," according to a lawsuit filed on behalf of Houston resident Wasem Abulawi, who the suit says was "seriously and permanently injured." Kristian Paredes, an Austin, Texas, resident who named Scott and Drake as defendants, said Scott had "incited mayhem or chaos at prior events" and that Drake was aware of Scott`s previous conduct. Scott previously pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct charges related to two separate incidents of encouraging fans to rush the stage, once at a 2015 music festival in Chicago and later at a 2017 concert in Arkansas, local media in both places reported. WHAT IS THE LEGAL STANDARD? The most likely party to face liability would be the concert organizers and promoters who determined the level of security, said C.J. Baker, a Texas injury attorney. To prevail on a negligence theory, the plaintiffs must show that the defendants knew or should have known that there were actions they could have taken to prevent a foreseeable tragedy, Baker said. As for Scott, his previous behavior at concerts could help plaintiffs build a case against him, said Richard Mithoff, a Houston personal injury attorney. "You have to know at some point that if you keep pushing it, this is the kind of tragedy that will result," Mithoff said. Scott`s record could help plaintiffs establish "gross negligence," meaning an almost total disregard for others` safety, Mithoff said. WHAT WILL THE LIKELY DEFENSES BE? Scott said in a video posted to social media that he "could just never imagine the severity of the situation." He paused his performance https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/travis-scotts-astroworld-concert-pauses-then-restarts-amid-deaths-injuries-2021-11-06 once it was clear people needed medical attention and encouraged the audience to make room for an ambulance that was winding through the crowd, but later finished his set. Both Live Nation and Scott would likely argue that the surge was sudden and unexpected, Mithoff said. "Anytime someone can show that they did everything that a responsible operator would do, and nevertheless there was a tragedy, obviously that`s going to cut in their favor," Baker said. Live Nation said in a statement over the weekend that it was "heartbroken" by the incident. COULD CRIMINAL CHARGES BE FILED? Houston police have opened a criminal investigation into the incident, and have said they will examine whether security plans were flawed or followed improperly. They are also probing reports that someone in the crowd injected a security guard with drugs. The decision to file criminal charges could hinge on whether or not Scott or the organizers stepped in to stop the concert once they knew people were becoming injured or killed, Baker said. Under Texas law, reckless behavior that causes someone`s death is considered manslaughter, according to the state`s penal code. Scott said the Houston police had his "full support." Live Nation said in a statement on Monday that it had met with authorities and handed over all video footage of the concert, adding it had offered refunds to attendees and planned to help pay victims` medical expenses.

Explainer: Who could be held liable for deadly Astroworld concert?

Eight people died after a stampede at a rap concert in Houston. Many fainted, some suffered cardiac arrest. Police are investigating the possibility that someone in the audience was injecting people with drugs. Molly Gambhir brings you the details.

Gravitas | Houston Stampede: No clear answers,3 days on

Lawsuits and threats of legal action mounted on Monday on behalf of concertgoers crushed in a stampede that left eight dead at an outdoor rap music festival in Houston three days earlier, as investigators pursued a criminal probe into the tragedy. 
 
Travis Scott, the hometown hip-hop star who was performing on stage Friday night when the incident occurred, canceled a scheduled appearance this weekend at Day N Vegas in Las Vegas, a similar outdoor festival, a source close to Scott said. 
 
Scott announced on Monday he will cover all funeral costs and offer aid to those affected. He is also working with law enforcement and city officials to "respectfully and appropriately connect" with victims and their families, according to a statement. 
 
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The victims were crushed in a surge of fans near the stage at NRG Park at around 9:30 p.m., with some unable to breathe and others trampled underfoot. Hundreds of others in the sellout crowd of 50,000 were injured. 
 
Fans described a chaotic scene after a steady escalation of disruptive behavior throughout the day. 
 
The eight victims&nbsp;ranged in age from 14 to 27 and included an avid high school baseball player, a high school band member who loved to dance and several college students from around the country.&nbsp;

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Though he paused the music multiple times after spotting fans who needed medical attention, Scott completed his set. The show continued for 37 minutes after officials declared a "mass casualty event," according to a Houston Chronicle timeline. 
 
Scott released a short video late on Saturday, saying that while he was on stage, "I could just never imagine the severity of the situation." He also posted a statement on Twitter saying he was "devastated" and would cooperate fully with authorities. 
 
LAWSUITS 
 
More than a half dozen lawsuits from victims and their families have already been filed against several defendants, including Scott and concert promoters Live Nation Entertainment Inc and ScoreMore. 
 
Neither Live Nation nor Scott or their representatives immediately responded to requests for comment. 
 
Houston-based attorney Anthony Buzbee told a news conference on Monday his firm planned to sue on behalf of Axel Acosta, 21, who died at the festival, and other victims in a case he said would seek to improve "the way concerts are put on, organized, promoted and managed in the United States and around the world." 
 
"This concert was planned extremely poorly," Buzbee told reporters, saying that video footage of the event posted to social media before and during Saturday`s deadly crowd surge revealed scenes of "pure and utter chaos." 
 
Buzbee said his firm was already representing 35 prospective plaintiffs, "and that number is growing; our phone is ringing off the hook." 
 
He said his firm`s lawsuit would be filed in the days ahead, naming Scott, concert organizers, a private security firm and others as defendants. "Neither Travis Scott nor his entourage ... cared enough about Axel to make even a minimal effort to keep him and others at the concert safe," Buzbee said. 
 
Basil Baig, whose brother, Danish, died at the festival, told reporters that Scott and the concert organizers "should be held liable and accountable for everything. They have blood on their hands." 
 
Live Nation`s stock fell 5.4% on Monday. 
 
The company said in a statement on Monday that it had met with authorities and handed over all video footage of the concert. Live Nation also said it had offered refunds to attendees and planned to provide mental health counseling and help pay for medical expenses for victims. 
 
Police have opened a criminal investigation into the incident. Officials said they would interview concertgoers and organizers, analyze video and review the safety procedures that were in place. 
 
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, the chief executive for the county that includes Houston, has called for an independent investigation. 
 
Roderick Payne, a crowd control expert whose firm provides security for large-scale events, told Reuters that authorities would review the security plan and determine whether mistakes were made. 
 
But he also said there are limits to how much security can do when dealing with such a large crowd. 
 
"You can`t prevent 50,000 people from trampling anybody," he said.

Lawsuits and threats of legal action mounted on Monday on behalf of concertgoers crushed in a stampede that left eight dead at an outdoor rap music festival in Houston three days earlier, as investigators pursued a criminal probe into the tragedy.

Lawsuits and threats of legal action mounted on Monday on behalf of concertgoers crushed in a stampede that left eight dead at an outdoor rap music festival in Houston three days earlier, as investigators pursued a criminal probe into the tragedy. Travis Scott, the hometown hip-hop star who was performing on stage Friday night when the incident occurred, canceled a scheduled appearance this weekend at Day N Vegas in Las Vegas, a similar outdoor festival, a source close to Scott said. Scott announced on Monday he will cover all funeral costs and offer aid to those affected. He is also working with law enforcement and city officials to "respectfully and appropriately connect" with victims and their families, according to a statement. Travis Scott and Drake sued over Astroworld concert stampede The victims were crushed in a surge of fans near the stage at NRG Park at around 9:30 p.m., with some unable to breathe and others trampled underfoot. Hundreds of others in the sellout crowd of 50,000 were injured. Fans described a chaotic scene after a steady escalation of disruptive behavior throughout the day. The eight victims ranged in age from 14 to 27 and included an avid high school baseball player, a high school band member who loved to dance and several college students from around the country. The youngest killed at Travis Scott's Astroworld concert was just 14 years old Though he paused the music multiple times after spotting fans who needed medical attention, Scott completed his set. The show continued for 37 minutes after officials declared a "mass casualty event," according to a Houston Chronicle timeline. Scott released a short video late on Saturday, saying that while he was on stage, "I could just never imagine the severity of the situation." He also posted a statement on Twitter saying he was "devastated" and would cooperate fully with authorities. LAWSUITS More than a half dozen lawsuits from victims and their families have already been filed against several defendants, including Scott and concert promoters Live Nation Entertainment Inc and ScoreMore. Neither Live Nation nor Scott or their representatives immediately responded to requests for comment. Houston-based attorney Anthony Buzbee told a news conference on Monday his firm planned to sue on behalf of Axel Acosta, 21, who died at the festival, and other victims in a case he said would seek to improve "the way concerts are put on, organized, promoted and managed in the United States and around the world." "This concert was planned extremely poorly," Buzbee told reporters, saying that video footage of the event posted to social media before and during Saturday`s deadly crowd surge revealed scenes of "pure and utter chaos." Buzbee said his firm was already representing 35 prospective plaintiffs, "and that number is growing; our phone is ringing off the hook." He said his firm`s lawsuit would be filed in the days ahead, naming Scott, concert organizers, a private security firm and others as defendants. "Neither Travis Scott nor his entourage ... cared enough about Axel to make even a minimal effort to keep him and others at the concert safe," Buzbee said. Basil Baig, whose brother, Danish, died at the festival, told reporters that Scott and the concert organizers "should be held liable and accountable for everything. They have blood on their hands." Live Nation`s stock fell 5.4% on Monday. The company said in a statement on Monday that it had met with authorities and handed over all video footage of the concert. Live Nation also said it had offered refunds to attendees and planned to provide mental health counseling and help pay for medical expenses for victims. Police have opened a criminal investigation into the incident. Officials said they would interview concertgoers and organizers, analyze video and review the safety procedures that were in place. Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, the chief executive for the county that includes Houston, has called for an independent investigation. Roderick Payne, a crowd control expert whose firm provides security for large-scale events, told Reuters that authorities would review the security plan and determine whether mistakes were made. But he also said there are limits to how much security can do when dealing with such a large crowd. "You can`t prevent 50,000 people from trampling anybody," he said.

Investigators pursue criminal probe into stampede that killed eight at Houston concert

Rapper Travis Scott will cover the funeral costs for the eight victims who died during a stampede at his Astroworld Festival on Friday. The rapper's rep announced in a statement on Monday that Scott has offered to pay for the funeral costs.&nbsp;

The Houston-born artist will also partner with BetterHelp to provide free mental health services to all those affected by the tragedy.

“Travis remains in active conversations with the city of Houston, law enforcement and local first responders to respectfully and appropriately connect with the individuals and families of those involved," the statement reads.&nbsp;

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<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/hollywood/news-kanye-west-dedicates-sunday-service-to-the-victims-of-travis-scotts-concert-427979">Kanye West dedicates Sunday Service to the victims of Travis Scott's concert</a> 
 
"These are the first of many steps Travis plans on taking as a part of his personal vow to assist those affected throughout their grieving and recovery process." 
 
The organizers of Astroworld will also be providing a full refund to all ticketholders — both those who attended Friday and those who had tickets for Saturday’s cancelled events.&nbsp; 
 
Scott took to social media over the weekend and wrote, "I’m absolutely devastated by what took place last night. My prayers go out to the families and all those impacted by what happened at Astroworld Festival." 
 
Scott’s partner,<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/lifestyle/news-kylie-jenner-reacts-to-travis-scotts-astroworld-gig-tragedy-i-know-travis-cares-deeply-for-his-fans-427361"> Kylie Jenner, who was also in attendance </a>at the festival, shared a statement expressing that both she and Scott did not know what was happening in the crowd during the performance. 
 
"I want to make it clear we weren’t aware of any fatalities until the news came out after the show and in no world would have continued filming or performing," Jenner wrote.

<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/the-youngest-killed-at-travis-scotts-astroworld-concert-was-just-14-years-old-427741">The youngest killed at Travis Scott's Astroworld concert was just 14 years old</a> 
 
The victims were crushed in a surge of fans near the stage at NRG Park at around 9:30 p.m., with some unable to breathe and others trampled underfoot. Hundreds of others in the sellout crowd of 50,000 were injured.

Fans described a chaotic scene after a steady escalation of disruptive behaviour throughout the day.

The eight victims ranged in age from 14 to 27 and included an avid high school baseball player, a high school band member who loved to dance and several college students from around the country.&nbsp;

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Though he paused the music multiple times after spotting fans who needed medical attention, Scott completed his set. The show continued for 37 minutes after officials declared a "mass casualty event," according to a Houston Chronicle timeline.

Rapper Travis Scott will cover the funeral costs for the eight victims who died during a stampede at his Astroworld Festival on Friday. The rapper's rep announced in a statement on Monday that Scott has offered to pay for the funeral costs.

Rapper Travis Scott will cover the funeral costs for the eight victims who died during a stampede at his Astroworld Festival on Friday. The rapper's rep announced in a statement on Monday that Scott has offered to pay for the funeral costs. The Houston-born artist will also partner with BetterHelp to provide free mental health services to all those affected by the tragedy. “Travis remains in active conversations with the city of Houston, law enforcement and local first responders to respectfully and appropriately connect with the individuals and families of those involved," the statement reads. Kanye West dedicates Sunday Service to the victims of Travis Scott's concert "These are the first of many steps Travis plans on taking as a part of his personal vow to assist those affected throughout their grieving and recovery process." The organizers of Astroworld will also be providing a full refund to all ticketholders — both those who attended Friday and those who had tickets for Saturday’s cancelled events. Scott took to social media over the weekend and wrote, "I’m absolutely devastated by what took place last night. My prayers go out to the families and all those impacted by what happened at Astroworld Festival." Scott’s partner, Kylie Jenner, who was also in attendance at the festival, shared a statement expressing that both she and Scott did not know what was happening in the crowd during the performance. "I want to make it clear we weren’t aware of any fatalities until the news came out after the show and in no world would have continued filming or performing," Jenner wrote. The youngest killed at Travis Scott's Astroworld concert was just 14 years old The victims were crushed in a surge of fans near the stage at NRG Park at around 9:30 p.m., with some unable to breathe and others trampled underfoot. Hundreds of others in the sellout crowd of 50,000 were injured. Fans described a chaotic scene after a steady escalation of disruptive behaviour throughout the day. The eight victims ranged in age from 14 to 27 and included an avid high school baseball player, a high school band member who loved to dance and several college students from around the country. Investigators pursue criminal probe into stampede that killed eight at Houston concert Though he paused the music multiple times after spotting fans who needed medical attention, Scott completed his set. The show continued for 37 minutes after officials declared a "mass casualty event," according to a Houston Chronicle timeline.

Travis Scott to pay for the funeral costs of 8 victims of Astroworld incident

Kanye West and his Sundar Service is a regular affair as he manages to do something controversial or newsworthy and this time, in good spirit, he dedicated it to the concertgoers who lost their lives in Houston’s Astroworld concert. According to reports, eight people died while 300 were injured during Travis Scott’s concert that is now being slammed.&nbsp;

It happened due to a crowd surge at the concert.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/the-youngest-killed-at-travis-scotts-astroworld-concert-was-just-14-years-old-427741" hreflang="en">The youngest killed at Travis Scott's Astroworld concert was just 14 years old</a>

Kanye West’s Sunday Service stream read: "Sunday Service dedication to the loved ones of Astroworld."&nbsp;

The service saw the choir wearing black ensembles and performing a series of hymns. Previously, Kanye's Sunday Service event got into trouble after the rapper invited Marilyn Manson to attend. West, Manson and Justin Bieber were spotted performing the service last week in full white attire.&nbsp;

As for the concert, <a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/travis-scott-and-drake-sued-over-astroworld-concert-stampede-427643">lawsuits have been filed against Travis Scott</a> and also Drake for inciting "crowd mayhem" at the event. Travis has also been slammed online for not stopping the concert as soon as an emergency vehicle was called on site.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/hollywood/news-kanye-west-spotted-with-22-year-old-model-vinetria-amid-kim-kardashians-linkup-with-pete-davidson-427761" hreflang="en">Kanye West spotted with 22-year-old model Vinetria amid Kim Kardashian's linkup with Pete Davidson</a>

Kanye West and his Sundar Service is a regular affair as he manages to do something controversial or newsworthy and this time, in good spirit, he dedicated it to the concertgoers who lost their lives in Houston’s Astroworld concert.

Kanye West and his Sundar Service is a regular affair as he manages to do something controversial or newsworthy and this time, in good spirit, he dedicated it to the concertgoers who lost their lives in Houston’s Astroworld concert. According to reports, eight people died while 300 were injured during Travis Scott’s concert that is now being slammed. It happened due to a crowd surge at the concert. The youngest killed at Travis Scott's Astroworld concert was just 14 years old Kanye West’s Sunday Service stream read: "Sunday Service dedication to the loved ones of Astroworld." The service saw the choir wearing black ensembles and performing a series of hymns. Previously, Kanye's Sunday Service event got into trouble after the rapper invited Marilyn Manson to attend. West, Manson and Justin Bieber were spotted performing the service last week in full white attire. As for the concert, lawsuits have been filed against Travis Scott and also Drake for inciting "crowd mayhem" at the event. Travis has also been slammed online for not stopping the concert as soon as an emergency vehicle was called on site. Kanye West spotted with 22-year-old model Vinetria amid Kim Kardashian's linkup with Pete Davidson

Kanye West dedicates Sunday Service to the victims of Travis Scott concert stampede

Rappers Travis Scott and Drake have been sued over Scott's Astroworld Festival that left 8 dead and several others injured. The lawsuit has been filed by attorney Thomas J Henry on behalf of a concert attendee Kristian Paredes. The suit, not just named Scott and Drake but also Live Nation and NRG Stadium.

Houston: 8 dead, several injured, criminal probe opened into stampede

At least two investigations, one of them criminal, were underway on Sunday into the deadly stampede during rap star Travis Scott`s Astroworld music festival that killed at least eight people and injured dozens in Houston. 
 
Two of the victims were teenagers, aged 14 and 16, caught in the crushing surge of the crowd as Scott continued to perform, completing his set even after noticing fans were receiving medical treatment. Scott, the headline act and a hometown star who founded the Astroworld festival in 2018, later said he was unaware of the severity of the situation. 
 
Houston city police chief Troy Finner said his department had opened a criminal investigation by homicide and narcotics detectives, following reports that somebody in the audience had been injecting people with drugs. 
 
One security guard felt a prick on his neck, passed out, and was revived after being injected with Narcan, a drug used to treat opioid overdoses, Finner said. Several others were treated with Narcan, according to the city`s fire chief, Samuel Pena. 
 
Harris County Judge Lina Hildago also called for an "objective, independent" investigation of the rap festival attended by 50,000 people. 
 
"Perhaps the plans were inadequate. Perhaps the plans were good but they weren`t followed," Hildago said. "The families of those who died, everybody affected, deserves answers." 
 
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner also called for a briefing from all the parties including first responders, concert promoter Live Nation, and officials of the venue, NRG Park. 
 
The victims were killed near the stage when the crowd surged forward, with some suffering cardiac arrests and other medical trauma, officials said. 
 
The dead ranged in age from 14 to 27, with one victim`s age to be determined, Turner said. Officials had yet to identify them but some details emerged in the media. 
 
The Houston Chronicle identified the youngest victim as John Hilgert, a high school freshman who played football and baseball and arrived early to get a good spot to watch the show. 
 
He went with a 15-year-old friend, the Chronicle reported, citing an interview with the friend`s mother, Tracy Faulkner. She bought her son his ticket as a birthday present, a decision she now regrets, the Chronicle said. 
 
"They were both in the same place at the same time and one came home and one we will never see," Faulkner said. 
 
"John was a good student and athlete and so polite. He was the sweetest and smartest young man," she said. 
 
The Chronicle identified another victim as Danish Baig, 27, who died trying to protect his fiance from the crush of the crowd, according to Baig`s younger brother, Basil Mirza Baig. 
 
"I lost my brother," Basil Mirza Baig said in tears. "He was trying to save her from the stampede." 
 
The second day of the two-day show was canceled. 
 
Trouble began some time after 9 p.m. on Friday when the crowd compressed near the stage, causing panic, Pena said. By 9:30 p.m., it was clear people needed medical attention, and Scott acknowledged an ambulance moving through the crowd, pausing and encouraging the crowd to make room. 
 
But Scott returned to performing, telling the crowd he wanted to "hear the ground shake." 
 
At some point concertgoers approached the stage crew and pleaded with them to stop the show, according to social media video. 
 
Scott finished his set at 9:42 p.m., the Chronicle reported. 
 
Scott, a Grammy nominated singer and producer, said in a video posted on social media late on Saturday: "I could just not imagine the severity of the situation." 
 
 
 
(Reporting by Erwin Seba in Houston, Tim Reid in Los Angeles and Daniel Trotta in Carlsbad, Calif.; Editing by Clarence Fernandez) 
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At least two investigations, one of them criminal, were underway on Sunday into the deadly stampede during rap star Travis Scott`s Astroworld music festival that killed at least eight people and injured dozens in Houston.

At least two investigations, one of them criminal, were underway on Sunday into the deadly stampede during rap star Travis Scott`s Astroworld music festival that killed at least eight people and injured dozens in Houston. Two of the victims were teenagers, aged 14 and 16, caught in the crushing surge of the crowd as Scott continued to perform, completing his set even after noticing fans were receiving medical treatment. Scott, the headline act and a hometown star who founded the Astroworld festival in 2018, later said he was unaware of the severity of the situation. Houston city police chief Troy Finner said his department had opened a criminal investigation by homicide and narcotics detectives, following reports that somebody in the audience had been injecting people with drugs. One security guard felt a prick on his neck, passed out, and was revived after being injected with Narcan, a drug used to treat opioid overdoses, Finner said. Several others were treated with Narcan, according to the city`s fire chief, Samuel Pena. Harris County Judge Lina Hildago also called for an "objective, independent" investigation of the rap festival attended by 50,000 people. "Perhaps the plans were inadequate. Perhaps the plans were good but they weren`t followed," Hildago said. "The families of those who died, everybody affected, deserves answers." Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner also called for a briefing from all the parties including first responders, concert promoter Live Nation, and officials of the venue, NRG Park. The victims were killed near the stage when the crowd surged forward, with some suffering cardiac arrests and other medical trauma, officials said. The dead ranged in age from 14 to 27, with one victim`s age to be determined, Turner said. Officials had yet to identify them but some details emerged in the media. The Houston Chronicle identified the youngest victim as John Hilgert, a high school freshman who played football and baseball and arrived early to get a good spot to watch the show. He went with a 15-year-old friend, the Chronicle reported, citing an interview with the friend`s mother, Tracy Faulkner. She bought her son his ticket as a birthday present, a decision she now regrets, the Chronicle said. "They were both in the same place at the same time and one came home and one we will never see," Faulkner said. "John was a good student and athlete and so polite. He was the sweetest and smartest young man," she said. The Chronicle identified another victim as Danish Baig, 27, who died trying to protect his fiance from the crush of the crowd, according to Baig`s younger brother, Basil Mirza Baig. "I lost my brother," Basil Mirza Baig said in tears. "He was trying to save her from the stampede." The second day of the two-day show was canceled. Trouble began some time after 9 p.m. on Friday when the crowd compressed near the stage, causing panic, Pena said. By 9:30 p.m., it was clear people needed medical attention, and Scott acknowledged an ambulance moving through the crowd, pausing and encouraging the crowd to make room. But Scott returned to performing, telling the crowd he wanted to "hear the ground shake." At some point concertgoers approached the stage crew and pleaded with them to stop the show, according to social media video. Scott finished his set at 9:42 p.m., the Chronicle reported. Scott, a Grammy nominated singer and producer, said in a video posted on social media late on Saturday: "I could just not imagine the severity of the situation." (Reporting by Erwin Seba in Houston, Tim Reid in Los Angeles and Daniel Trotta in Carlsbad, Calif.; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)

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