Eight Dead and Hundreds Injured in Rap Festival Stampede

[Mrredsquare]

Warning, graphic images which may upset some members.

 

[budoslavic]

An Astroworld planning document instructed staff to call dead concertgoers 'smurfs' and not to say 'dead' or 'deceased' over the radio​

• The Astroworld promoter Scoremore told staff to call dead fans "smurfs," per a planning document.
• The document also instructs event staff members to never say "dead" or "deceased" over the radio.
• It added to "let event continue" in the presence of unconfirmed bomb or terrorism threats.

Staff members at the rapper Travis Scott's Astroworld festival were told ahead of time to refer to any dead concertgoers as "smurfs," according to an event-planning document created by the concert organizers Scoremore.

The Event Operations Plan for the two-day concert series at NRG Park in Houston instructed staff members to never use the terms "dead" or "deceased" over the radio.

Instead, Scoremore told the concert staff to use the code word smurf to describe concertgoers thought to have died.

A spokesperson for Houston's mayor's office said questions about the term "smurf" should be referred to Scoremore.

Scoremore and Live Nation did not immediately return requests for comment.

A source close to Scott told Insider: "Travis' team is not involved in any venue security or emergency planning. The plan was created by a separate group entirely."

The planning document was first reported by CNN and was drafted before the concert was held.

A later part of the document discussing bomb or terrorist threats said discreet evacuations should be carried out in any areas where suspicious activity was identified after a threat was received. That section included a black text box with white lettering advising staff members in all caps: "All efforts should be made to not panic spectators. Let event continue if threat is not in their area."

Scott's performance turned deadly Friday as fans surged toward the stage, crushing spectators.

Eight people - including a 14-year-old and a pair of best friends - died in the crowd surge, authorities have said. Hundreds more - including a boy still on life support - were injured in the mayhem.

Since the show, at least 18 lawsuits have been filed against Scott, Live Nation, and Scoremore by survivors and families of victims seeking damages. Scott has said he is "devastated" and offered to pay funeral costs for deceased fans.

Editor's Note: This story has been updated to clarify the statement from a spokesperson for the mayor of Houston's office.

An Astroworld planning document instructed staff to call dead concertgoers 'smurfs' and not to say 'dead' or 'deceased' over the radio

The operations plan was drafted by the organizers Scoremore before the Travis Scott concert, which turned deadly after crowds surged toward the stage.

www.insider.com

 

[kingtufti]

He didn't just continue the show... he was on a 20ft pedestal singing "de-ad... de-ad... de-ad..." to an autotune as people were screaming and bodies were being pulled from the crowd (which he had a bird's eye view over)...

And there's no way it was a crowd surge... at least not all the deaths. Some were way back from the front, with plenty of space given around them.

Check out the clips on the latest 'crowhouse'/Max Igan show on dollarvigilante.tv.

 

[budoslavic]

Astroworld Fallout: Exorcists And Demonologists Break Down The Satanic Influence At Travis Scott’s Deadly Concert​

Exorcists from the Catholic Church and demonology experts broke down for the Daily Caller the possible demonic activity at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival that left eight dead and hundreds injured.

In the aftermath of last Friday’s tragic Astroworld Festival, social media users on Twitter and Tik Tok shared videos and theories, speculating that the “concert from hell” resulted from demonic activity.

Social media users stressed the eeriness of the Astroworld promotional poster, which showed people walking through a portal and encouraged festival attendees to “open your eyes to a whole new universe.” One of Travis Scott’s signature taglines, “See You On The Other Side,” was also on the poster. Other users were quick to point out what appears to be a rendering of Travis Scott as a demon on an album cover for a song he debuted at the concert.

“The imagery Travis Scott projects, whether he does it for commercial reasons or intentionally, it certainly projects satanic imagery and satanic practice, no question,” Father John Szada, an exorcist at the Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg in Pennslyvania, told the Daily Caller.

Father Szada said that “it’s possible Travis Scott summoned demons, but it’s pure speculation. Even if he summoned demons unwillingly, he opened a door, and they just took advantage of it.” The Harrisburg exorcist also pointed to reports that some festival attendees were “needle spiked” with opioids such as ketamine or fentanyl.

“Whoever was going around and sticking needles into people was definitely under demonic influence, maybe even possessed,” he told the Daily Caller.

Exorcists from the Catholic Church and demonology experts broke down for the Daily Caller the possible demonic activity at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival that left eight dead and hundreds injured.

In the aftermath of last Friday’s tragic Astroworld Festival, social media users on Twitter and Tik Tok shared videos and theories, speculating that the “concert from hell” resulted from demonic activity. (RELATED: Eight Dead, Hundreds Injured At Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival)

Social media users stressed the eeriness of the Astroworld promotional poster, which showed people walking through a portal and encouraged festival attendees to “open your eyes to a whole new universe.” One of Travis Scott’s signature taglines, “See You On The Other Side,” was also on the poster. Other users were quick to point out what appears to be a rendering of Travis Scott as a demon on an album cover for a song he debuted at the concert.

“The imagery Travis Scott projects, whether he does it for commercial reasons or intentionally, it certainly projects satanic imagery and satanic practice, no question,” Father John Szada, an exorcist at the Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg in Pennslyvania, told the Daily Caller.

Father Szada said that “it’s possible Travis Scott summoned demons, but it’s pure speculation. Even if he summoned demons unwillingly, he opened a door, and they just took advantage of it.” The Harrisburg exorcist also pointed to reports that some festival attendees were “needle spiked” with opioids such as ketamine or fentanyl.

“Whoever was going around and sticking needles into people was definitely under demonic influence, maybe even possessed,” he told the Daily Caller.

Indiana Reverend Michael Maginot, whose famous exorcism of Latoya Ammons was adapted into the movie “Demon House,” explained that “when you make a pact with the Devil, it ends up with your downfall, that’s ultimately what the demon does.”

“The first thing he probably promises is fame or money, but he keeps on demanding more and more, or else he’ll threaten to take it all away,” Reverend Maginot told the Daily Caller. “But eventually, this more and more leads to self-destruction which a lot of times has been drug overdose, alcohol and substance abuse, which inevitably leads to the death or suicide of the artist. But this one seems to have resulted in the death of eight of Travis Scott’s devotees.”

“People like Travis Scott are very powerful, especially if they make a pact with the Devil to give them that popularity. Sometimes a demon will promote that, promising artists like Travis Scott that they will make a lot of money, but eventually, the demon keeps on asking them to do more and more and be more outrageous and call others to more and more sin. So while people become more hardcore fans of the singer, they’re being further led to worshipping the demon itself,” he added.

Reverend Maginot reasoned that Travis Scott’s “concert went too far and people died, and now he might be considering it as a sacrifice. It’s kind of what self-destruction eventually leads to, so this might be his downfall, but the demon doesn’t care. When you make a pact with the Devil, it ends up with your downfall. That’s ultimately what the demon does.”

A world-famous senior exorcist, who wishes to remain anonymous, told the Daily Caller, “there were certainly demons present at the event — they would be there anyway trying to influence bad in the negative, just as there are God’s good angels trying to encourage us to do good. But when people give themselves to evil, Satan ‘wins.’ Travis Scott will not be rewarded by Satan — Satan is a liar, and he only intends to harm and destroy.”

“Generally, I would say that there were natural human errors that Satan exploited,” the exorcist added, referencing reports of “oversight problems” at the festival.

“When Satan is present, he takes advantage of our weaknesses and failings by trying to influence people to do evil. He cannot take away our free will, but he can influence our behavior, especially when he is summoned and thus given more influence.”

The exorcism expert clarified, “we can’t say Satan made people kill each other, but he certainly tried to exacerbate conflict, chaos, fear, and violence. This was a result of human action, but when you invoke him, he has much more influence, and then he really influences people’s worst sides. That’s when bad things are much more likely to happen.”

“People don’t realize they are playing with ‘fire’ when they start summoning Satan. They think it is harmless or just exciting—nothing could be further from the truth. Satan is a very powerful being who is bent on evil and destruction. Fortunately, the power of God makes Satan look like an ant. But when we don’t seek God’s help and then invoke Satan, you have to expect bad things to happen,” the exorcist said.

Jimena Canales, Professor at University of Illinois’s Graduate School and award-winning author of “Bedeviled,” told the Daily Caller that “as we progress and adopt new technologies, and even create new music and new concerts, the general sense of the demonic just doesn’t disappear.”

Canales explained that “absolutely” Travis Scott’s brand and music encourages a belief in the supernatural, which is “part and parcel of rock, like Marilyn Manson, who is a devil worshipper.”

“Demonology sells and spreads because aspects of the demonic are naturally attractive, which have to do with knowing secret knowledge and not following the rules and authority, instead pursuing temptation and deep desires. In my research, I was surprised that even scientists are very tempted to explore what is perceived as demonic and monstrous like manipulating Uranium or viruses because there is a sense of power that comes with that,” she told the Caller.

Astroworld Fallout: Exorcists And Demonologists Break Down The Satanic Influence At Travis Scott’s Deadly Concert

Catholic Church Exorcists and Demonologist experts explain the Satanic and demonic aspects of the Astroworld tragedy that left eight dead and hundreds injured.

dailycaller.com

 

[C-Note]

Apparently, some of the victims died from drug overdoses rather than being trampled or compressed by the crowd. I don't have a whole lot of sympathy for Travis Scott, but I hope his defense team is aggressive in denying any money to the drug overdoses. He's culpable for the crowd crush, but not for people who decided to inject toxic chemicals into their bodies. Apparently, there is a video circulating showing a victim having a seizure. Seizing is not an indicator of asphyxiation, as far as I know.

 

[jollycynic]

Cerebral hypoxia can cause seizures.

 

[EnglishFriar]

MSM narrative:

"...conspiracy theories..."
"...conspiracies..."

its always a conspiracy "theory"

"but you can't prove it! even though all the evidence points to it, it doesn't count as proof so therefore it's just a crazy conspiracy theory"
-msm logic

 

[Garuda]

A ninth person has died.

 

[dicknixon72]

I've never been a fan of crowded events of any sort in which there isn't an opportunity to have personal space or a way to egress on one's own. I'm not claustrophobic or anything of the sort, its just not appealing to me. I've been to air shows, theatre and musical sit-down performances, and a few outdoor festivals like a local jazz festival.

But I watch videos and have entirely no concept of what anyone could find appealing about mashed together among thousands of people, especially listening to such unmelodic garbage noise on top of it.

This whole thing is just completely foreign to me. I suppose I should be glad for that.

 

[Gimlet]

its always a conspiracy "theory"

"but you can't prove it! even though all the evidence points to it, it doesn't count as proof so therefore it's just a crazy conspiracy theory"
-msm logic

Bob Dylan admitted on 60 Minutes years ago about the truth of his fame and song writing talents. It was laughed off, explained away. Look in this man's eyes and tell me he isn't being honest.

 

[MusicForThePiano]

Bob Dylan admitted on 60 Minutes years ago about the truth of his fame and song writing talents. It was laughed off, explained away. Look in this man's eyes and tell me he isn't being honest.

"The chief" is another name that occultists / cultists / satanists / devil-worshipers use for "satan" its in several demonology books. Don't read those books unless you are specifically training for awareness of the enemy and their practices, but I think its safe to say that we don't need to be scouring through them as its pretty evident now what is the work of the devil and what isn't, to those who can see with their fatih.

 

[PolishCalifornian]

I've never been a fan of crowded events of any sort in which there isn't an opportunity to have personal space or a way to egress on one's own. I'm not claustrophobic or anything of the sort, its just not appealing to me. I've been to air shows, theatre and musical sit-down performances, and a few outdoor festivals like a local jazz festival.

But I watch videos and have entirely no concept of what anyone could find appealing about mashed together among thousands of people, especially listening to such unmelodic garbage noise on top of it.

This whole thing is just completely foreign to me. I suppose I should be glad for that.

I used to attend concerts in my late teens, Deftones, Korn, Limp Bizkit, festivals, etc. The only one I felt unsafe in was the Slipknot mosh pit but I wanted to be able to say I was in it. Besides the occasional nut who obviously wanted to hurt people and usually got knocked in line sooner or later, there was always a certain camaraderie and looking out for other people, even strangers. If you fell, you'd get picked up, if a girl felt unsafe she'd was protected and moved to a safer place, etc. Part of it probably was that the crowds were still mostly white and the alternative and rock music of the late 90s and early 2000s wasn't angry and vicious like a lot of what passes for pop music today.

The obvious demonic stuff aside, look at the third-world, multi-culti demographics of this show, from the vids it looks like mostly blacks and mexicans with a white minority. Look at the animalistic behavior in crashing the gates to get inside or closer to the stage for free. This was probably as low-trust, immature and frankly feral a crowd that you could put together anywhere in the US. A 9-year-old is in a coma after being knocked from his dad's shoulders and crushed. Who brings a little kid to a demonic rap concert?! I think this is just a more spectacular example of America's continued decline into something resembling South America and Africa, but with better infrastructure, higher-end smartphones and Amazon Prime.

 

[Thomas More]

I was at a Mardi Gras parade in NOLA, on Saturday night before the actual Mardi Gras Tuesday. There was a wide sidewalk along Canal St., with steel barricades lining the street.

It was fine during the parade, but after the parade, when people tried to get moving, there was a hard press on the sidewalk. If someone had fallen, there would have been no way to help them up. I had people crammed hard up against me on all sides, and it was that way from wall to barricade for a good stretch of the sidewalk. As long as I stayed on my feet I was fine, and the mass was slowly moving, so I shuffled along. After about 5 minutes, the press started to ease and then it opened up.

I think presses can happen in all kinds of situations, from concerts, to Black Friday store openings, to parades. Usually once it's known that a risk of presses is there, they change the way things are done. For instance, stores no longer do early morning openings on Black Friday.

In the case of concerts, I thought they had stopped general admission entry years ago to avoid this situation. They should have never done it this way for the Astroworld event.

 

[jordypip23]

I used to attend concerts in my late teens, Deftones, Korn, Limp Bizkit, festivals, etc. The only one I felt unsafe in was the Slipknot mosh pit but I wanted to be able to say I was in it. Besides the occasional nut who obviously wanted to hurt people and usually got knocked in line sooner or later, there was always a certain camaraderie and looking out for other people, even strangers. If you fell, you'd get picked up, if a girl felt unsafe she'd was protected and moved to a safer place, etc. Part of it probably was that the crowds were still mostly white and the alternative and rock music of the late 90s and early 2000s wasn't angry and vicious like a lot of what passes for pop music today.

The obvious demonic stuff aside, look at the third-world, multi-culti demographics of this show, from the vids it looks like mostly blacks and mexicans with a white minority. Look at the animalistic behavior in crashing the gates to get inside or closer to the stage for free. This was probably as low-trust, immature and frankly feral a crowd that you could put together anywhere in the US. A 9-year-old is in a coma after being knocked from his dad's shoulders and crushed. Who brings a little kid to a demonic rap concert?! I think this is just a more spectacular example of America's continued decline into something resembling South America and Africa, but with better infrastructure, higher-end smartphones and Amazon Prime.

Sadly this Travis Scott was marketed to kids via the Fortnite game & McDonald's meals.

 

[El Draque]

Good summary

 

[PolishCalifornian]

Sadly this Travis Scott was marketed to kids via the Fortnite game & McDonald's meals.

Even though I've sustained my fair share of damage from the internet, I feel blessed not to have had smartphones or social media around in force until my 20s. The radio or even TV never had the power to program their audience like the dopamine-producing apps do. Most of the kids at this event are probably addicted and see Travis Scott (Jacques Bermon Webster II) as a demigod. If there is any silver lining to this it has shown a lot of normies how evil these "entertainers" are. I was surprised at how analysis of the demonic aspects of this show spread online, to the point that mainstream mass media outlets had to run counter-narrative "conspiracy theory" disinfo.

 

[infowarrior1]

 

[Tradcatholic]

Drake apparently spent $1M at strip club night after Astroworld tragedy

One day after rapper Drake performed at the deadly Astroworld festival in Houston — he apparently drowned his sorrows by showering strippers with money, according to social media.

nypost.com

 

[PolishCalifornian]

Good summary

This is a good video to watch, the occult stuff was just the icing on the evil cake. The contrast between clips of how other performers stopped their shows while this guy amped it up as people were dying and an ambulance struggled through the crowd, is damning.

 

[hedonist]

This is suddenly clicked with me because if there was a hell Drake, Post Malone etc would be on an infinite loop ...the utmost bottom of the barrel low iq trash.