• News
  • Film and TV
  • Music
  • Tech
  • Features
  • Celebrity
  • Politics
  • Weird
  • Community
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
TikTok
YouTube
Submit Your Content
Chaos erupts at Travis Scott concert with Kanye West leading to 60 fans injured

Home> Celebrity> News

Published 16:58 10 Aug 2023 GMT+1

Chaos erupts at Travis Scott concert with Kanye West leading to 60 fans injured

Kanye West joined Travis Scott in Rome as the pair performed on stage

Anish Vij

Anish Vij

At least 60 fans in Rome were reportedly injured after Kanye West's surprise concert appearance alongside Travis Scott on Monday night (7 August).

Concert-goers were shocked to see the rapper, who legally changed his name to Ye, being introduced to the stage by Scott at his Utopia concert at the Circus Maximus.

It was West’s first public performance since he caused controversy with a series of antisemitic online posts.

Advert

Watch below:

His account on X (Twitter), which was suspended for almost eight months for violating the platform’s policy against inciting violence, was reinstated last week.

“It’s been a long journey before we could get here,” Scott was heard saying on Monday in footage shared on social media.

Advert

“I can only say, there has been only one human being on this m************ planet that has ever walked side by side with me through anything.

“There is no Utopia without Kanye West. There is no Travis Scott without Kanye West. There is no Rome without Kanye West. Make some noise for Ye.”

The pair performed 'Praise God' and 'Can’t Tell Me Nothing' together, in front of the 60,000-strong crowd.

Fans said the concert was so rowdy that people nearby thought there was an earthquake.

Advert

60 fans in Rome were reportedly injured after Kanye West's surprise concert appearance alongside Travis Scott on Monday night (7 August).
TikTok/@_danielefitness

However, according to Rome’s civil protection department, as reported by CNN, at least 60 people needed medical attention after someone sprayed a chemical - alleged to be pepper spray - into the concert crowd.

One 14-year-old fan was said to have been hospitalized after attempting to scale a 13ft wall.

UNILAD has contacted the representatives of Rome’s civil protection department, Travis Scott and Kanye West for comment.

Advert

West has been absent from the public eye since October over his antisemitic posts and remarks.

He faced a backlash over his comments, which resulted in him being dropped by Adidas, talent agency CAA and the Balenciaga fashion house.

Fans were shocked to see the rapper, who legally changed his name to Ye, being introduced to the stage by Scott at his Utopia concert at the Circus Maximus.
TikTok/@_danielefitness

West’s X account was also locked for 24 hours in March 2022, following a string of online attacks he made against his ex-wife Kim Kardashian’s then-boyfriend, SNL comedian Pete Davidson.

Advert

The rapper has not posted anything new to X since the suspension has been lifted, with the account showing his last posts from December 2.

Well, the performance in Rome followed a previously planned performance by Scott at the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt.

According to Live Nation Middle East, the show was cancelled due to the 'complex production issues' of setting up a show in the desert.

Last week, Scott secured his first number one album with Utopia – his fourth studio offering – as it claimed the biggest streaming week for a full-length album this year so far.

Featured Image Credit: Erika Goldring/WireImage/travisscott.com

Topics: Kanye West, Travis Scott, Music, World News

Anish Vij
Anish Vij

Anish has an MA in Multimedia Journalism and is passionate about delivering sarcastic/mildly amusing content. After studying business at undergrad, Anish realised that he’d much prefer getting paid to rant about a topic, rather than to find a solution to it. Apart from that, he loves the ‘Four F’s’, as he calls it - family, friends, football and food. Email: [email protected]

X

@Anish_Vij

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

10 mins ago
2 hours ago
3 hours ago
4 hours ago
  • 10 mins ago

    'Dear friend' of Liam Neeson's late wife reveals exactly what he said to him amid Pamela Anderson 'romance'

    Liam Neeson's wife Natasha Richardson died in 2009 in a skiing accident

    Celebrity
  • 2 hours ago

    Justin Timberlake reveals he’s been diagnosed with Lyme disease in heartbreaking post

    Justin Timberlake explained that he's been 'battling some health issues'

    Celebrity
  • 3 hours ago

    Jason Momoa's girlfriend reacts as fans are left speechless after he shaves off beard for the first time in six years

    Jason Momoa and Adria Arjona went public with their relationship last year

    Celebrity
  • 4 hours ago

    Hulk Hogan's cause of death confirmed as heart attack with records revealing cancer diagnosis

    The WWE star died at the age of 71

    Celebrity
  • Kanye West has been banned from entering Australia over one of his songs
  • Travis Scott angers fans after appearing to smoke a joint live on Netflix's WWE debut
  • Leaked phone call reveals what Diddy said to Kanye West in prison amid controversial North West feature on new song
  • How much Kanye West and Bianca Censori's Grammys stunt could cost the rapper after 'horror' reaction from fans