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Seyth Boardman was both Astroworld festivals’s safety and risk director and a manager at its security company. “Your loyalties are split,” says one industry vet
Lawmakers request Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino answer questions and provide documents regarding Houston fest prior to Jan. 12 briefing
“I think he could have avoided all of this,” says Jennifer Peña, whose brother Rudy died at the festival. “He could have stopped the concert and avoided all of this death”
Rapper claims he didn’t know that Houston fest was a “mass casualty event” until after police press conferences: “Even at that moment you’re like, ‘Wait, what?’”
Scott denied any legal liability in the tragedy, which killed 10 people last month
Astroworld: Concert From Hell was “local news special and “not a Hulu documentary,” streaming service clarifies
“If you gave a shit about these families, you wouldn’t have to put out a press release for everyone to see,” one victim’s attorney says of Scott’s offer to pay for funerals
“Travis Scott is a performer, an act, not a concert promoter,” Public Enemy rapper writes, “I’m tired of these corporations shucking their most crucial responsibility”
Company halts sneaker rollout “out of respect for everyone impacted by the tragic events”
Blount, who attended the festival with his father, was in a medically-induced coma before succumbing to organ injuries
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