New York (Trends Wide Business) – Live Nation Entertainment, the concert promoter that organized the tragic Astroworld festival, has been cited about a dozen times for numerous security concerns, records show.
Records on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration website show that Live Nation has been fined or sued for a variety of issues in the past decade, including an incident in 2018 when someone was hit in the head by a metal pole. two meters long and had to be hospitalized.
In another incident in 2012, an employee died after falling through a “false ceiling” on a stage. The person was not wearing seat belts or any other protection.
Live Nation is a concert promoter, venue operator, and owner of Ticketmaster. According to its website, it sells 500 million tickets to concerts and festivals every year. The shares fell more than 6% on Monday.
“We are heartbroken for the lost and affected people at Astroworld last night,” Live Nation, the company responsible for organizing the Astroworld festival, said in a previous statement. “We will continue to work to provide as much information and assistance as possible to local authorities while they investigate the situation.”
A lawsuit has been filed against rapper and producer Travis Scott, who was the organizer of the festival, as well as against Live Nation. A jury trial is preferred to determine the exact amount of damages, according to the lawsuit, but Manuel Souza, who attended the concert, is seeking “monetary compensation of more than $ 1 million.”
Eight people were killed and many more injured after members of a densely packed crowd threw themselves onto a stage and crushed each other at the Houston music festival Friday night. Some 50,000 people were at the sold-out Astroworld festival at NRG Park. Police are investigating what caused the stampede.