- Variety reports that
Travis Scott has been removed fromCoachella 2022's lineup after theAstroworld tragedy. - The report follows an online petition to remove Scott as the Coachella festival headliner.
Travis Scott has been removed from Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2022 lineup according to a report from Variety.
The rapper was set to headline the famous music festival after his performance was postponed for 2020's Coachella due to the pandemic.
However, following a crowd surge during Scott's performance at Astroworld festival, in Houston Texas, last month that killed 10 and injured hundreds, a source has told Variety that the festival organizers intend to remove the "Sicko Mode" rapper from the lineup and pay a kill fee for the cancelation.
An insider also told Variety that Scott's agent, Cara Lewis of the Cara Lewis Group, is trying to keep the rapper in the festival. Scott was supposed to headline alongside Rage Against the Machine.
Insider has reached out to representatives of Scott for comment, but didn't immediately hear back.
A Change.org petition has been created since the tragedy to remove Scott as a performer for Goldenvoice, the organizers behind Coachella. As of writing, the petition has received over 60,000 signatures.
Scott received criticism for continuing his performance after multiple fans had pleaded to stop the concert, according to eyewitnesses and videos that were taken at the event.
Scott's girlfriend, Kylie Jenner, said on an Instagram story post that she and Scott were "devastated" by the incident and were unaware of the fatalities at the event until afterward.
Scott also tweeted that he was "absolutely devastated" by the incident and has since given refunds to everyone who bought tickets to the Astroworld concert on Nov 5, and offered to pay the funeral costs for the families of the people who died at the event.
The family of one of the victims rejected Scott's offer and have filed a lawsuit against Scott and the Astroworld organizers.
During an interview with Charlamagne Tha God on December 9, posted on YouTube, Scott said that he could not hear the crowd during his performance.
"I stopped it a couple times to just make sure everybody was OK," Scott said. "And I really just go off the fans' energy as a collective — call and response. I just didn't hear that. You can only help what you can see and whatever you're told. Whenever somebody tells you to stop, you stop."
He added that he was not told to stop immediately by his team after the festival had been declared as a mass-casualty event by the police.
Scott said: "Yeah, they told me right after the guest gets off stage, we're going to end the show. That's what we did. Other than that, there was no other communication. There wasn't communication on why, that's what came through my ears."