Hours after little 9-year-old Ezra Blount became the youngest victim to die from injuries suffered at Travis Scott’s Astroworld, a manager representing promoters Live Nation and its Scoremore subsidiary reached out to a group of part-time employees who had worked at the deadly festival. In a peppy email filled with …
Read More »Travis Scott's Offer To Pay Youngest Astroworld Victim's Funeral Costs Rejected
Travis Scott‘s offer to cover the funeral expenses for nine-year-old Ezra Blount, the youngest victim to die at Astroworld, was rebuffed by the boy’s family in a new heartbreaking letter obtained Monday by Rolling Stone. “Your client’s offer is declined. I have no doubt Mr. Scott feels remorse. His journey …
Read More »Astroworld Is a 'Wake-Up Call.' Will the Concert Industry Listen?
With 10 people dead — including a nine-year-old boy — and over 25 serious injuries, the crowd crush during Travis Scott‘s set at Nov. 5’s Astroworld Festival in Houston, Texas stands as one of the worst concert tragedies in history. The new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now takes an …
Read More »Rob Sheffield's Top 25 Songs of 2018
Here’s to what didn’t even come close to sucking in 2018: the music. These are my 25 favorite songs of the year (though some gems are over on the albums list, to avoid duplicating all the same artists). Including, but not limited to: hits, flops, obscurities, guitar ragers, pop thrills, …
Read More »Nicki Minaj Blasts Travis Scott and Streaming Services (Again) on Queen Radio
Nicki Minaj continued to lambast Travis Scott after his Astroworld beat her Queen in the race for the Number One album this week. Minaj used her show on Apple Music’s Beats 1 radio on Tuesday to harangue Scott for what she claims were unfair promotional tactics that boosted his album …
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