Tickets were sold out in under an hour upon going on sale in May, and 100,000 in total were expected to attend. The 2021 festival was planned for two consecutive nights. Apple Music streamed Scott's performance live. The event was organized and managed by Live Nation and its affiliates. The Astroworld Festival is an annual music event founded by American rapper Travis Scott in 2018, taking its name from his third studio album released the same year. Official logo for the 2021 edition of the Astroworld Festival Multiple concertgoers documented the incident, posting videos and recounting their experiences on social media. Twenty-five people were hospitalized, and more than 300 people were treated for injuries at the festival's field hospital. The cause of death for all ten was ruled to be accidental compressive asphyxiation, with one of the ten affected by the additional influence of a toxic combination of drugs and alcohol. Eight people died on the night of the concert, and two more died in the hospital over the following days.
On November 5, 2021, a fatal crowd crush occurred during the first night of the 2021 Astroworld Festival, a music event founded by American rapper Travis Scott that was held at NRG Park in Houston, Texas.