{"id":992223,"date":"2021-11-10T00:29:08","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T05:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=992223"},"modified":"2021-11-10T00:29:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T05:29:11","slug":"thousands-sign-petition-to-cancel-travis-scott-2022-coachella-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thousands-sign-petition-to-cancel-travis-scott-2022-coachella-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands Sign Petition to Cancel Travis Scott 2022 Coachella Performance"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fthousands-sign-petition-to-cancel-travis-scott-2022-coachella-performance%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=992223&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 class=\"subheading\">A petition to stop Travis Scott from taking the stage at next year\u2019s Coachella Festival has attracted thousands of supporters in the wake of&nbsp;Friday\u2019s deadly Astroworld crowd crush.<\/p>\n<p>Music lover Sendero Secretos has started a Change.org <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/aeg-remove-travis-scott-as-a-goldenvoice-performer\">petition<\/a> to block the star from appearing at Coachella in April and in the&nbsp;petition\u2019s outline, Secretos alleges the \u201ctragic and unnecessary deaths\u201d at Astroworld occurred \u201cdue to Scott\u2019s own gross negligence and sheer lack of compassion for human life.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The petition is addressed to Coachella\u2019s official organizers, AEG, Paul Tollet and Goldenvoice, who have not publicly responded.<\/p>\n<p>Scott, 30, is under heavy fire after eight people were killed at the Astroworld event in Houston amid a stampede. Fans were heard and seen calling for help after Scott took center stage, but the rapper continued performing for more than 30 minutes, completing his set, as Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?client=internal-element-cse&amp;cx=partner-pub-9229289037503472:6795176714&amp;q=https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/11\/06\/8-dead-hundreds-injured-after-crowd-surge-crushed-concertgoers-at-travis-scott-astroworld-festival-in-houston\/&amp;sa=U&amp;ved=2ahUKEwiU0-_eoIv0AhUeBmMBHVBQA5YQFnoECAUQAg&amp;usg=AOvVaw1LOz0kNvVYL5YeRfKg3IIO\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.245\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Among the eight dead at the Travis Scott &#8216;Astroworld&#8217; concert are a 14-year-old high school student and a 16-year-old girl. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cLGUizpIzy\">https:\/\/t.co\/cLGUizpIzy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1457735804051238914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The eight victims of the tragedy have been identified as Danish Baig, 27; Madison Dubiski, 23; Rudy Pe\u00f1a, 23; Jake Jurinek, 20; Franco Patino, 21; Axel Acosta, 21; Brianna Rodriguez, 16; and John Hilgert, 14.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said the deadly crush began as \u201cthe crowd began to compress towards the front of the stage\u201d around 9:00 pm when Travis Scott was performing. There were around 50,000 people in the audience at Houston\u2019s NRG Park as the show began.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat caused some panic and it started causing some injuries, people began to fall out, become unconscious and it created additional panic,\u201d Houston fire chief Samuel Pena said at a press conference after the event.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18665666\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"38\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236428856.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18665666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236428856-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Bryanna Morales, 17, shows a video of the accident at a makeshift memorial on November 7, 2021 at the NRG Park grounds where people 8 died in crowd surge at Astroworld Festival in Houston, Texas. (THOMAS SHEA\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe had at least eight confirmed fatalities tonight and scores of individuals that were injured,\u201d he said, adding the cause of death could not be confirmed until after medical exams were completed.<\/p>\n<p>The rapper has previously likened his live performances to professional wrestling, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/video\/watch\/how-to-rage-with-travis-scott\">telling<\/a> <em>GQ<\/em> as far back as 2015 he does not like his crowds to just stand around and gawk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always want to make it feel like it\u2019s the WWF or some s \u2013 \u2013 t,\u201d Scott stated. \u201cYou know, raging and having fun and expressing good feelings is something I plan on doing and spreading across the globe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Houston\u2019s&nbsp;police department is leading the criminal investigation into how the deadly chaos erupted while AP <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/travis-scott-entertainment-business-arts-and-entertainment-police-9e3b8c0289244a16263de9136ea98c93\">reports<\/a> a prominent local official is calling for a separate, independent review of the tragedy.<\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A petition to stop Travis Scott from taking the stage at next year\u2019s Coachella Festival has attracted thousands of supporters in the wake of\u00a0Friday\u2019s deadly Astroworld crowd crush. 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