Austin musicians talk concert safety after deaths at Houston’s Astroworld festival

He said it raises questions about staffing, security, capacity, and even actions on behalf of the artist.

According to KXAN coverage at the time of the incident, the performer yelled, “All y’all outside the gates, y’all push through.” Police on scene working security said that the crowd began pushing past employees and making their way inside.

They had already implemented a Unified Command Center to respond to incidents, started staggering event cut-off times to avoid crowds, begun allowing for earlier deadlines for permit reviews, and staffing more Public Assembly Code Enforcement personnel at events.

Some of the biggest news to come from the conference has been India’s pledge to produce half of its electricity with renewables by 2030 and to become net-zero carbon emissions by 2070.

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