Dangerous crush: Festival goers seen rushing into the VIP area prior to Scott performing on Nov 5. — AP
Scott’s ebulliently interactive concerts are famous for whipping attendees into a kind of free-flowing euphoria. His young fans adore such experiences, but we should have all been far more cognisant of the perils of thousands of unseated fans at high-energy public events, where perceived rewards accrue from pushing toward the front or enjoying the feeling of losing oneself in a ecstatic wave of like-minded people, moving together like a serpent. History offers lessons.
We’ve all apparently forgotten what happened in Cincinnati. And at a football game in Sheffield, United Kingdom, in 1989. The Hillsborough disaster, as it is widely known, resulted in the death of 97 people and 166 injuries. In essence, standing fans at a game between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest were herded into overcrowded pens from which there was no apparent escape, since fencing prevented movement onto the football pitch itself.
The setup at Astroworld was not the same as Sheffield. But at most concerts with general admission attendees down front, the crowd surges forward toward the stage only to encounter a physical barrier, perhaps the stage itself, perhaps a line of security guards there to protect the artist. This can be a disaster waiting to happen, and, on Nov 5, such fears were realised.Here’s one thing that could be changed.
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