Travis Scott

Live music tentatively returned in 2021 after Covid shutdowns. More artists got back on the road in 2022, yet still hit pandemic-related snags. But 2023 has been a blockbuster for the live-music business: Taylor Swift and Beyoncé circled the globe with headline-grabbing extravaganzas, and they weren't the only story.

U.S. rapper Travis Scott will not face criminal charges over the death of 10 people killed in a crush during a Texas concert in 2021, a Houston grand jury decided Thursday.

Some 50,000 people had packed into Houston's NRG Park for Scott's Astroworld music festival when the crowd started pushing toward the stage as he was performing, triggering chaos.

The death toll from a lethal crowd surge at a rap concert in Texas has risen to 10, a lawyer for the victims said on Nov. 14, after a nine-year-old boy trampled during the event died of his injuries.

Rappers Travis Scott and Drake have been sued for having "incited mayhem" after eight people were killed and dozens injured in a crush during a Texas concert, the law firm confirmed on Nov. 7.

Authorities said they would watch video, interview witnesses and review concert protocols to determine how eight people died at a Houston music festival when fans suddenly surged toward the stage to watch rapper Travis Scott.

Officials in Texas say at least eight people are dead and several others have been injured in a crowd surge at the Astroworld Festival on Nov. 5. 

Houston Fire Chief Samuel Pena told reporters the compression of the crowd toward the stage occurred while Travis Scott was performing.

Following weeks of delay and several stadium-filled public listening sessions, Kanye West's "Donda" arrived on Aug. 29 morning.

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The two-hour, 27 track-long album features a laundry list of special appearances, including from Jay-Z, The Weeknd, Travis Scott and Lil Baby.

California's premier desert music fest Coachella, which had been postponed until October because of the coronavirus pandemic, has been canceled for 2020, health officials announced on June 10.    

People are shocked at this year’s must-not-have Halloween costume: an outfit which makes you look like a pregnant Kylie Jenner.
The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star has reportedly been “telling friends” that she is pregnant with boyfriend Travis Scott’s baby.