{"id":1103677,"date":"2021-12-09T18:14:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T23:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1103677"},"modified":"2021-12-09T18:14:33","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T23:14:33","slug":"people-pass-out-things-happen-at-concerts-travis-scott-denies-fault-in-first-interview-since-astroworld-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/people-pass-out-things-happen-at-concerts-travis-scott-denies-fault-in-first-interview-since-astroworld-tragedy\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018People Pass Out, Things Happen At Concerts,\u2019 Travis Scott Denies Fault In First Interview Since Astroworld Tragedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpeople-pass-out-things-happen-at-concerts-travis-scott-denies-fault-in-first-interview-since-astroworld-tragedy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1103677&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FS9SvGvbSgw\">interview<\/a> with radio host Charlemagne Tha God on Thursday, Travis Scott denied responsibility for 10 deaths, including a nine-year-old boy, and hundreds of injuries at his Houston concert last month.<\/p>\n<p>The rapper, who is facing more than 300 lawsuits that could cost billions, said he didn\u2019t know how severe the situation was at his November 5 Astroworld music festival until minutes before giving a press conference about it. Once he learned the details, he said he was shocked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven at that moment, you\u2019re kind of just like: \u2018Wait, what?\u2019 \u2026 People pass out, things happen at concerts, but something like that\u2026\u201d he trailed off.<\/p>\n<p>When Charlemagne pressed him about eyewitness accounts that he ignored calls for help, Scott responded that the special effects, including the pyrotechnics, made it impossible for him to accurately judge the danger. \u201cI\u2019m that artist, too, like \u2013 any time you can hear something like that, you want to stop the show,\u201d he said. \u201cYou want to make sure fans get the proper attention they need. Any time I could see anything like that, I did. I stopped it a couple of times to just make sure everybody was OK. And I really just go off the fans\u2019 energy as a collective \u2014 call and response. I just didn\u2019t hear that.\u201d He later added, \u201cYou can only help what you can see, you know what I mean? And then whatever you\u2019re told \u2026 whenever somebody tell you to stop, you just stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the reputation his shows have for being \u201cragers\u201d and whether that could have contributed to the deadly crowd surge, Scott seemed to insist that high-energy and excitement are a necessary part of the experience. \u201cIn concerts, we\u2019ve grown it to be just the experience of having fun. It\u2019s not about just \u2026 harm. It\u2019s not about that. It\u2019s about just letting go and having fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also suggested it\u2019s up to security professionals, not performers, to ensure events happen safely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[It\u2019s] something I\u2019ve been working on for a while, of just creating these experiences and trying to show, like, the experiences happening in a safe environment,\u201d he said, adding \u201cUs as artists, we trust professionals to make sure that things happen, that people leave safely. \u2026 And this night was just like a regular show, it felt like to me, as far as, like, you know, the energy. It didn\u2019t feel like \u2026 people didn\u2019t show up there to just be harmful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scott has offered to pay funeral costs of all the victims, but about half the families have rejected that offer. One Houston law firm is seeking $10 billion in damages against Scott in a class action suit representing about 1,500 attendees and victims\u2019 families.<\/p>\n<p>Scott\u2019s team has denied the singer bears any legal liability and has filed a motion to dismiss.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an interview with radio host Charlemagne Tha God on Thursday, Travis Scott denied responsibility for 10 deaths, including a nine-year-old boy, and hundreds of injuries at his Houston concert last month.The rapper, who is facing more than 300 lawsuits that could cost billions, said he didn\u2019t know how severe the situation was at his November 5 Astroworld music festival until minutes before giving a press conference about it. Once he learned the details, he said he was shocked.\u201cEven at that moment, you\u2019re kind of just like: \u2018Wait, what?\u2019 \u2026 People pass out, things happen at concerts, but something like that\u2026\u201d he trailed off.When Charlemagne pressed him about eyewitness accounts that he ignored calls for help, Scott responded that the special effects, including the pyrotechnics, made it impossible for him to accurately judge the danger. \u201cI\u2019m that artist, too, like \u2013 any time you can hear something like that, you want to stop the show,\u201d he said. \u201cYou want to make sure fans get the proper attention they need. Any time I could see anything like that, I did. I stopped it a couple of times to just make sure everybody was OK. And I really just go off the fans\u2019 energy as a collective \u2014 call and response. I just didn\u2019t hear that.\u201d He later added, \u201cYou can only help what you can see, you know what I mean? And then whatever you\u2019re told \u2026 whenever somebody tell you to stop, you just stop.\u201dAsked about the reputation his shows have for being \u201cragers\u201d and whether that could have contributed to the deadly crowd surge, Scott seemed to insist that high-energy and excitement are a necessary part of the experience. \u201cIn concerts, we\u2019ve grown it to be just the experience of having fun. It\u2019s not about just \u2026 harm. It\u2019s not about that. It\u2019s about just letting go and having fun.\u201dHe also suggested it\u2019s up to security professionals, not performers, to ensure events happen safely.\u201c[It\u2019s] something I\u2019ve been working on for a while, of just creating these experiences and trying to show, like, the experiences happening in a safe environment,\u201d he said, adding \u201cUs as artists, we trust professionals to make sure that things happen, that people leave safely. \u2026 And this night was just like a regular show, it felt like to me, as far as, like, you know, the energy. It didn\u2019t feel like \u2026 people didn\u2019t show up there to just be harmful.\u201dScott has offered to pay funeral costs of all the victims, but about half the families have rejected that offer. One Houston law firm is seeking $10 billion in damages against Scott in a class action suit representing about 1,500 attendees and victims\u2019 families.Scott\u2019s team has denied the singer bears any legal liability and has filed a motion to dismiss.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1103677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/112"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1103677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1103677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1103677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1103677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}