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Eugene

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Thu Dec 9, 2021, 04:58 PM Dec 2021

Astroworld: Travis Scott says he was unaware fans were hurt

Source: BBC

Astroworld: Travis Scott says he was unaware fans were hurt

9 December 2021

US rapper Travis Scott has said he did not realise that concertgoers were in trouble during a deadly crowd surge as he performed in Texas last month.

"I stopped a couple of times... at the end of the day you just hear music," he told the Breakfast Club radio show in his first interview since the incident.

Ten concertgoers were killed after panic broke out at the Astroworld music festival in Houston on 5 November.

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In a YouTube interview published on Thursday, Scott told Breakfast Club presenter Charlamagne Tha God that he did not hear details about what had happened that night until a press conference after the show.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59599271

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