Astroworld Festival: 6 Concert Tragedies That Look Like Houston

(CNN Spanish) – The Astroworld festival, organized by rapper Travis Scott, is the epicenter of the latest tragedy engulfing the world of music.

This Friday night, at least eight people were killed and many more others were injured after a crowd pushed onto the stage at the Astroworld festival in Houston, Texas. Travis Scott himself was giving a show when the human avalanche occurred.

As well as this tragedy, there are others that have occurred in recent years that also involve the world of music. Here are six of them.

Festival Love Parade

In Germany, 21 people died after a human avalanche in the Love Parade music festival, in July 2012.

The stampede occurred in an underpass that connected the main event venue and an expansion zone. Authorities said there were more than 500 injured by this event.

Concert in Guinea

In Guinea, in July 2014, at least 34 people died (several of them were children) in the middle of a stampede at a rap concert on the beach celebrating the end of Ramadan, according to Reuters.

Indio Solari concert in Argentina

View from a drone of the Indio Solari concert in Olavarría, Argentina. (Municipality of Olavarría)

A human avalanche was recorded during a concert by the singer Indio Solari in Olavarría, Argentina, in March 2017. The event initially left at least 2 dead and 12 injured, as confirmed by Ezequiel Galli, mayor of Olavarría.

Rap concert in Italy

In December 2018, a Stampede at a rap concert in an Italian nightclub it killed five teenagers and one adult, and injured dozens, according to authorities.

A hundred people were treated for injuries after the chaos at the Lanterna Azzurra nightclub in Corinaldo, authorities said.

Stadium celebrations in Madagascar

In June 2019, a stadium stampede during Madagascar’s independence day celebrations killed 16 people and injured 101, as reported by an official to CNN.

The incident occurred at the entrance to the Mahamasina stadium as crowds were gathering to pass through the gate, in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar. Thousands of people had gathered at the stadium to attend a concert during the national celebrations.

Rap concert in Venezuela

In November 2019, a minor died and several people were injured during a concert by rapper Neutro Shorty in Caracas, where “public disturbance” was reported, according to a report by the Venezuelan News Agency (AVN).