Within 10 seconds I was already like 10 rows back from the stage. “Me, my boys, and just about everyone else hanging by us jumped over the gate into VIP. Joshua said he noticed a man jump over the barricade to get into the VIP section without security stopping him. We noticed the crowd started to get closer and closer trying to squeeze in to see Travis,” he said. “The next thing we knew the lights dimmed a little and people began to rush forward, while some music was playing. We just wanted to chill and listen,” he said. Twenty minutes before the show, Joshua made his way to the stage, “ We saw there was so many people, as expected, but we decided to hang out near VIP because we had already seen Travis so many times. Their other friends spent their time at the main stage, called “The Mountain.” The 26-year-old and two other friends spent the day hanging around the carnival games. Joshua Cabrera, part of the group from Queens, also came ready to mosh and have a good time. After purchasing their merchandise, John and his friends separated and waited all day for Travis Scott to get on stage. Houston police officers stood in the front to keep the barricades in place. Security let people in to shop, but some started to jump the barricades and race to the front of the line. John and his friends sensed trouble as soon as they arrived at NRG Park to buy Astroworld t-shirts and hoodies before the event began. I wouldn’t even call it a mosh pit, it was more like a crowd surge because there were a lot of first-timers who only wanted to be in the front,” John said. It felt overpacked and ‘the rage,’ as what Travis Scott fans call it, wasn’t there. “B eing in the mosh pit is a great feeling especially at a Travis Scott concert but this one… this one wasn’t a normal one. They had seen Travis Scott perform before and were fans of the mosh pits filled with people having fun. John Guaillas, a 22-year-old from Queens, New York, and his nine friends flew into the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas with high expectations for the Astroworld Festival. Hours before Travis Scott even took the stage people were pushing and shoving each other. Survivors of Travis Scott’s Astroworld concert disaster, where ten people died, recalled the chaos in the crowd.
Still, this concert felt different for veteran concertgoers. His concerts are often criticized for the reckless body surfing, roughness, and idea that you must “survive”, but people are supposed to be moshing and having a good time.
Astroworld mosh pit full#
Travis Scott’s concerts have always been rowdy and full of rage.
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