The Dark Side of Music Festivals

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  @ManyKudos · 2 years ago · pinned

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  @Taldorin · 2 years ago

  An overhyped celebrity getting away with murder without even needing to show remorse? This is just like the last 100 times this happened

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  @bakawaki · 2 years ago

  Being trapped in the middle of a crowd crush while people all around you continue to dance and chant drowning out any calls for help sounds like a god damn nightmare.

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  @celem1000 · 2 years ago (edited)

  I&apos;ve worked for LiveNation for 17 years as a stage builder and rigger. &nbsp;The number one problem with live events is the crowd. &nbsp;Not the individuals, who I suppose may be functional human beings despite evidence to the contrary, but the beast that is a crowd. &nbsp;Large groups of human beings are best treated as a single dangerous animal. &nbsp;Artists have some responsibility here, if you swagger up 20mins late, overhype the crowd, or are too fucking high to finish the set, you risk lives when the crowd get pissed off. &nbsp;We fine the shit out of people like that (millions) and deploy police.<br><br>Stage collapses are indicative of cutting corners on time-pressure &nbsp;or pocketing money. &nbsp;The amount of engineering that goes into them is insane, and I can assure you that the people building them know their stuff. &nbsp;We spend about 90 hours building for the average 2hr gig. &nbsp;When something goes disasterously wrong, it means some suit was cracking a whip and screaming at hardworking crew rather than allowing them to just do their job.

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  @kyonkochan · 2 years ago

  Ironically the &quot;scary&quot; heavy metal festivals tend to be incredibly safe. Wacken Open Air is one of the largest music festivals in the world and has a pretty good safety record all things considered.

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  @gogongagis · 2 years ago

  Travis Scott’s Wikipedia page has been scrubbed of most mentions of the Astroworld thing. Jeez.

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  @eadlindobbs · 2 years ago

  The fact that people still think Travis Scott did no wrong during the astroworld tragedy is actually disgusting. Like, he encouraged people to rush the gates, he didn&apos;t do shit to stop the show and then put out the worst apology video and he still has a career. What the hell

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  @EpicKillball · 2 years ago

  As someone from Houston, Astroworld deeply impacted so many here. People I knew where injured and someone I knew when I was younger passed away in an absolutely horrific way. It makes me sick to my stomach that someone could help ruin so many lives yet get away Scott free not even a year later. Travis Scott put a taint on the name of Astroworld, on Houston, and deserved a lot more shit then he got. Can&apos;t even look up my favorite place as a kid without seeing his face.

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  @Mediados · 2 years ago

  &quot;One drowned, one was run over, one overdosed, one gave birth.&quot;<br><br>That&apos;s one hell of a story for that kid.

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  @PPBray · 2 years ago

  The Astroworld case sounds like a fucking nightmare. Like, that&apos;s one of the most horrific deaths I can imagine.

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  @breawycker · 2 years ago

  The fact that Travis Scott got away with what happened is pretty fucked up. I really appreciate how you cover these. Not only were there ones that I haven&apos;t heard before but you actually are respectful when people are seriously hurt and killed. Great video as always.

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  @non_brewed_condiment · 2 years ago

  So excited for ManyFestivals &apos;24. &apos;23 was great! I lost a foot to frostbite but I&apos;m grateful the organizers listened to attendees and scheduled this years fest in Death Valley 🤘

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