Taskforce publishes Astroworld tragedy report
The Texas Task Force on Concert Safety has made a series of recommendations designed to prevent a repeat of the 2021 disaster
News By James Hanley | 21 April 2022
A US taskforce has made a series of recommendations on how to improve concert safety in response to last year’s Astroworld Festival tragedy. Ten concertgoers were killed and more than 300 were injured after a crowd surge during co-founder Travis Scott’s headline set in Houston, Texas on 5 November.
The 50,000-cap festival at NRG Park was promoted by Live Nation and its Scoremore subsidiary.
The Texas Task Force On Concert Safety (TFCS) was announced by Texas governor Greg Abbott in…
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