The Day N Vegas festival, which starts on Friday, offers a formidable collection of talent — Pulitzer Prize winners (Kendrick Lamar) and vocal virtuosos (Jazmine Sullivan), radio hitmakers (Doja Cat) next to underground stalwarts (Freddie Gibbs). With around 40 performances each day, it’s an almost overwhelming display of the best …
Read More »Bharti Shahani, 22-Year-Old Student, Dead After Being Critically Injured at Astroworld
Bharti Shahani, a Texas A&M student, died Wednesday, Nov. 10,after being seriously injured in the deadly crowd surge at Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival. She was 22. Shahani’s family and their lawyer confirmed her death at a press conferenceThursday. “She was like an angel to us,” Shahani’s father, Bhagu “Sunny” Shahani, …
Read More »No, an Astroworld Security Guard Was Not Injected With Drugs at the Fest
Houston Police Chief Troy Finner walked back a story that a security guard at the Astroworld Festival was injected with a mysterious substance during the tragedy that left eight people dead. Police and sources close to Astroworld had previously pushed the injection narrative when the story was beginning to unfold. …
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