170 - The Astroworld Tragedy

It’s a somewhat somber episode this week as Remfry and Steve try to piece together the events that led to nine people (eight at time of recording) losing their lives at Travis Scott’s Astroworld festival in Houston, Texas. A criminal investigation is under way to try and ascertain what caused such an unnecessary loss of life as well as the hundreds of injuries sustained during the melee last Friday night. We try to make sense of a tragedy that ultimately, should never have happened and discuss the potential factors that led to it. Is Travis Scott himself to blame? The promoter Live Nation? Security? Poor infrastructure? The fans themselves? All of the above? We look at all the factors that potentially contributed to the highest number of accidental deaths at an official US concert venue since the Station nightclub fire in 2003. A lighter, somewhat more jovial second half of the show is a discussion of some of our favourite music media outlets, a chance for us to recommend other music enthusiasts and their podcasts, YouTube channels, documentaries, blogs and radio shows. Links to all the recommendations covered on this episode are below https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0072ky7/episodes/player (The Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show) https://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/ (Heavy Blog is Heavy) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Story-Music-Howard-Goodall/dp/0099587173 (Howard Goodall's The Story of Music) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p089rfmk/episodes/downloads (James Acaster's Perfect Sounds) https://www.pclpodcast.com (Pop, Collaborate & Listen) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxHcoI9ndIdAihEB7ODTOfQ (Trash Theory) This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy