Astroworld: Travis Scott to reimburse all festival-goers and pay for funeral expenses – The HuffPost

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UNITED STATES – After the tragedy that mourned last week the Astroworld music festival in Houston, Texas, Travis Scott will reimburse all participants, announcement Variety this Monday, November 8.

In addition, the American rapper also announced that he would cover all the funeral costs of the victims, and that he had approached the BetterHelp association to provide free individual therapy online to those affected by the tragedy, according to TMZ.

“These are the first of many steps Travis plans to take as part of his personal wish to help those affected through their grieving and recovery process,” Travis Scott’s representatives said in a statement.

By the way, the rapper will not perform at this weekend’s Day N Vegas Festival in Las Vegas, where he was headlining.

A crowd of 50,000 people

On Friday, November 5, eight people died, victims of a crowd movement during Travis Scott’s concert at the Astroworld festival. Twenty-five people were also taken to hospital.

At around 9 p.m. local time, the crowd – estimated at 50,000 people – began to rush to the front of the stage, causing panic and the first injuries. Then people began to fall and lose consciousness, causing further panic, authorities said.

In the aftermath of the disaster, Travis Scott spoke on his Instagram account. Saying “absolutely devastated”, he explained “working with the community of Houston”, his hometown, “to help families in need”.

Victims of the mob movement have also lodged a complaint against Travis Scott and Drake, accused of negligence and of having “incited” to chaos.

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