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Astroworld promoted deadly concert using clips from chaotic show in 2019
The annual festival, which was not held in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, first took place 2018, the year that Scott released his album "ASTROWORLD."
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Astroworld Festival organizers used clips from a chaotic Travis Scott show in 2019, in which three people were injured, to promote the deadly Houston concert Friday.
Video shared on Astroworld Fest’s Instagram account in May, and first reported by TMZ, shows delirious fans knocking over a security barricade in their rush to enter the concert.
Three people were taken to a local hospital with minor leg injuries during the stampede at the Nov. 9, 2019, event, according to Fox News.
The end of the promotional video teased the dates for this year’s concert.
Eight people were then killed and more than 300 injured Friday night in what authorities have called a trampling accident during the first night of the two-day festival.
Scott had also shared a clip of the pandemonium on his Instagram account at the time — hyping the chaos.