What took place at the Astroworld festival in Houston last Friday is, nevertheless, shocking. After more than a year without many huge concerts, the history lesson felt like a warning of what might happen when they returned in earnest: that many people might act especially recklessly, and many organizers especially opportunistically.
The film portrayed that catastrophe as both a product of its times-the dreams of the ’90s gone rotten-and an example of industry figures skimping on safety for a profit. The cause was an HBO documentary about the Woodstock ’99 music festival, which resulted in destructive infernos, reported sexual assaults, and three deaths. ET on Thursday, November 11, 2021Įarly in the summer, when so many people felt giddy about getting back together, I was jolted with dread for the gatherings to come.
