Travis Scott will carry out in Houston in October, his first present there because the Astroworld tragedy in 2021, leaving the Houston Police Officers’ Union in ‘full disbelief’ over the information.
After the Houston mayor’s workplace confirmed Tuesday that Travis Scott can be performing within the metropolis in October for the primary time because the Astroworld tragedy in 2021, the Houston Police Officers’ Union wasted no time releasing an announcement expressing dismay on the information.
The rapper will carry out two exhibits at Houston’s Toyota Middle in October and November. It is a “completely different kind of venue” from Astroworld’s NRG Park, mentioned Mary Benton, Mayor Sylvester Turner’s communications director, in an announcement.
“Toyota Middle representatives convened conferences with public security officers and the Metropolis’s particular occasions workplace,” explains Benton. “They may proceed working collectively to make sure this live performance’s security, not in contrast to the 1000’s of concert events held at Toyota Middle annually.”
“Like most, we had been in full disbelief that anybody would approve of Travis Scott or the manufacturing firm having one other live performance,” counters Houston Police Officers’ Union President Douglas Griffith in an announcement. “Simply two weeks in the past, we had been asking for prayers and therapeutic for the households of the Astroworld tragedy, after which we’re as soon as towards opening these wounds (by) saying one other live performance.”
“We imagine that it’s unreasonable to permit this live performance to go ahead and name upon elected officers to face up and say, not in our metropolis, not once more!” mentioned Griffith.
Curiously, neither present was listed on Toyota Middle’s occasions calendar as of Wednesday night.
The announcement comes simply over a month since Scott was discovered not criminally accountable for the deaths of ten individuals from the group crush incident throughout his 2021 present. A grand jury discovered inadequate proof to criminally cost Scott or others linked to the live performance with a task within the deaths at Astroworld.