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Watch: Travis Scott’s Eden Park concert descends into 'fight clubs'

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Thu, 31 Oct 2024, 9:16am

Watch: Travis Scott’s Eden Park concert descends into 'fight clubs'

Author
NZ Herald,
Publish Date
Thu, 31 Oct 2024, 9:16am

As US megastar Travis Scott took to the stage at Eden Park last night, huge brawls broke out while punters waited hours for the rapper to perform. 

Residents nearby have reported having their houses 鈥渧ibrating鈥 for hours and feeling like they were 鈥渋n an earthquake鈥 during the sold-out gig. 

Videos have emerged this morning of brawls breaking out in both the stands and the general admission 鈥渕osh鈥 pit last night. 

One video shows a man repeatedly punching a teenager in the stands while a woman tries to pull him off. 

Many of the videos show teenagers smiling while they throw a flurry of punches and kicks at a roaring crowd circling them. 

Another dramatic video shows a boy getting flipped in the air while onlookers film and cheer. 

A Herald entertainment reporter who joined the crowd last night said it seemed the groups wanted to 鈥渒eep themselves entertained鈥 before the show started. 

鈥淪peaking to some friends after who were in the mosh, they said a lot of people were scrapping for the fun of it.鈥 

He said the 鈥渇ight clubs鈥 were a typical feature of Scott鈥檚 concerts. 

鈥淔ights are pretty common at Travis Scott concerts, with similar incidents happening at his shows in Australia recently. 

鈥淭ravis and his fan base often encourage the anti-social behaviour that we saw playing out, so it鈥檚 not surprising that these 鈥榝ight clubs鈥 were forming beforehand with no music to keep people entertained.鈥 

He said the concert was 鈥渆xtremely loud鈥 and his flatmates at his home 1km from the venue said the walls were 鈥渓iterally shaking鈥. 

Concertgoer Nicola told 九一星空无限talk ZB鈥檚 Marcus Lush last night there was 鈥渘o music or warm-up鈥 which she believes contributed to the fights. She said a DJ came on at 8pm for 15 minutes and then Travis came on at 9pm. 

When the fights broke out, she said the security could not get in to break the violence as the crowd formed tight circles around the brawlers. 

Nicola said a 鈥渇ew people鈥 were taken out by security near the end of the concert and she was unsure if anyone suffered serious injuries. 

The chaos extended beyond the walls of Mt Eden as loud music travelled across Auckland, shaking the houses of those who lived close by. 

Residents took to social media to report feeling like they were 鈥渋n an earthquake鈥 and having things falling off walls. 

Last night鈥檚 concert was the first time Scott had performed in New Zealand after his infamous 2016 cancellation. 

The rapper once ran his own music event called Astroworld Festival, which he started in 2018 in his hometown of Houston. He was headlining the 2021 festival, which had an attendance of 50,000 when a crowd crush left 10 people dead and hundreds more injured. 

Eden Park CEO Nick Sautner said the concert was a 鈥減henomenal show鈥 which demonstrated the diverse range of events Eden Park delivers. 

鈥漌e have independent acoustic consultants who monitor the sound internally and externally and last night we complied with our requirements. The concert concluded at 10.10pm, 20 minutes before our consent curfew.鈥 

Auckland Council and police have also been contacted for comment. 

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