Simon Ancliffe contributes to a BBC news article about the Astroworld festival tragedy
An extract from a BBC article: Travis Scott festival tragedy: Were warning signs missed at Astroworld? - BBC News
By Mark Savage, 9th November 2021
For almost 40 minutes after Houston police and firefighters responded to a "mass casualty" event at Travis Scott's packed Astroworld music festival on Friday, the superstar continued to perform.
By the time he left the stage, it had become one of the deadliest concerts in US history. Eight people died and dozens more were injured.
Fans were filmed chanting "stop the show" and pleading for staff to help. One even climbed onto a camera platform to point out the injured.