TRAVIS SCOTT GAINS PERMISSION FOR EVENT AT THE PYRAMIDS

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Travis Scott is ready to share his 'Utopia.' He's livestreaming it from the pyramids?

Travis Scott's 'Utopia' announcement comes weeks after a Houston grand jury decided he will not face criminal charges for the fatal 2021 Astroworld tragedy.
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Scott, a nine-time Grammy Award nominee, announced “Utopia” and its accompanying Egypt livestream weeks after a Houston grand jury decided he would not face criminal charges for the 2021 Astroworld festival tragedy.

Travis Scott will drop his latest album in the Egyptian desert.

Over the weekend, the “Sicko Mode” rapper returned to Instagram for the first time since December 2022 to announce his album, “Utopia.” In several cryptic posts shared on Instagram on Sunday, Scott teased brand-new instrumentals and videos from his time working in Malibu, Houston and Miraval, France. Then he dropped two photos announcing his Egypt livestream event.

“Utopia is wherever you are,” read a poster. “Live stream transmitting from Egypt The Pyramids.” A second poster with sun imagery shared that the event will stream July 28. Both posters feature a pair of crossed-out coordinates that direct fans to the Great Pyramid of Giza.
 

Travis Scott Won’t Bring His Utopia to the Pyramids​


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Update, July 18: Travis Scott’s planned performance at the Pyramids of Giza gave Egypt some goose bumps. The country’s General Syndicate for Musical Professions will no longer allow Scott to perform at the site, according to Egyptian outlets. In a translated statement from Egypt Today, Dr. Mohamed Abdullah cited concerns over “peculiar rituals” at Scott’s concerts, further saying the show “goes against the cultural identity of the Egyptian people.” While the statement didn’t specify the rituals, some publications referenced a debunked Satanism theory about Scott’s Astroworld tragedy.
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Travis Scott is finally unveiling his Utopia, with quite the background to match. The rapper will livestream a performance of his long-teased new album at the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt on July 28. A press release teased “an unforgettable show that will immerse fans in the world of Utopia.” Scott has been readying the album for years, but it got heavily delayed after the crowd-crush tragedy at his Astroworld Festival in 2021, which left ten people dead. Since then, Scott has inched his way back to performing live with a series of festival sets and nightclub performances. The Egypt announcement comes just days after news that he won’t face criminal charges over Astroworld, yet civil litigation against Scott remains ongoing. He does realize he’ll be doing his big promotional show in front of massive tombs, right?
 
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Travis Scott show in Rome sparks concerns about ancient monument

An Italian archaeologist called for a concert ban at Rome's Circus Maximus after vibrations from a Travis Scott and Kanye West show left locals wondering if an earthquake was underway.
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Vibrations from Travis Scott show with Kanye West in Rome spark concerns about safety of ancient monument​


The Circus Maximus concert, which marked West's first performance since his string of anti-Semitic remarks last year, left locals wondering if they were experiencing an earthquake.
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By Christian HolubAugust 10, 2023 at 04:00 PM EDT




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What sounded like an earthquake to the citizens of Rome on Monday night was actually a... Travis Scott concert.
The rapper, hot on the heels of the release of his new album, Utopia, was performing at the ancient Circus Maximus monument with Kanye West when "hundreds" of locals called emergency numbers, fearing an earthquake, CNN reports. Giovanni Diaferia, an Italian seismologist, calculated that the force created by concertgoers jumping up and down in excitement was roughly the equivalent to a magnitude 1.3 earthquake.
That's not quite as big as the seismic activity registered at Taylor Swift's recent concert in Seattle, which a local seismologist compared to a magnitude 2.3 earthquake.

As a result of Scott's show, Alfonsina Russo, who oversees the Archaeological Park of the Colosseum, has warned against holding future concerts at Circus Maximus, a historic venue where ancient Romans once held chariot races.

"The Circus Maximus is a monument. It is not a stadium, nor a concert hall. These mega rock concerts put it at risk," Russo said. "Rock concerts should be held in stadiums so as not to endanger public safety."
Travis Scott performs at a celebration of Mac Miller on Oct. 31, 2018 in Los Angeles, Calif.

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One reason for the seismic crowd response was likely Scott bringing out West, the controversial rapper who now prefers to go by Ye, to join him. This marked West's first public performance since last December, after a series of anti-Semitic rants (including praise for Adolf Hitler, who did not invent the microphone) got him repeatedly banned from social media platforms.
Local media outlets also reported that "around 60 people" — from an audience of 60,000 — required medical attention after the show "for eye and throat irritation." The same report posited that the culprit may have been someone in the audience using pepper spray.
 
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