Travis Scott has canceled his appearance at the upcoming Day N Vegas festival following eight deaths during the Astroworld tragedy.
Days after eight revelers were trampled to death by a human stampede during the rapper’s performance in Houston, Texas, the 30-year-old announced he won’t be making it to the Day N Vegas festival which is set to run from November 12 to 14.
According to Variety, the rapper is “too distraught to play” following the deadly incident during which he failed to stop the show after several people got knocked over and after attendees started screaming for help and chanting ‘stop the show’.
As the fire department confirmed, the concert only came to an end some thirty minutes after the first casualties were noted.
While lawsuits and claims against the rapper and the organizers of the event are on the rise, Fire Chief Samuel Peña suggested that Travis could easily bring the show to a halt should he desire to.
“The one person who can really call for and get a tactical pause when something goes wrong is that performer. They have that bully pulpit and they have a responsibility,” he told The New York Times.
“If somebody would have said, ‘Hey, shut this thing down and turn on the lights until this thing gets corrected’ — and that coming from the person with the mic — I think could have been very helpful.”
Following the Friday disaster, it has also come to light that Astroworld attendees will be given full refunds.
Meanwhile, the “devastated” rapper spoke out about the tragedy on Instagram where he sent his condolences to the families of the deceased partygoers and insisted he’s doing everything in his power to get to the bottom of the matter.
“I just want to send out prayers to the ones that was lost last night so we can help assist them through this tough time,” he said.
“My fans really mean the world to me. I always just want to leave them with a positive experience. I could just never understand the severity of the situation.”
He added: “I’m just devastated, I could never imagine anything like this.”
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