anyway, that part and parcel of the crowd management plan is that the showstop procedures are understood by all that the performer understands the roles and responsibilities to safety." "It's generally best practice in the U.K. "What is the reasonably foreseeable circumstances associated with a high density, high energy crowd with a high energy performer?"Īs for whether Scott is to blame for anything that happened, Still noted that it is generally "best practice" for performers to be aware of crowd safety. "Would I have put that performer in that space with that number of people around?" he asked. Still posed a number of questions that organizers need to ask when assessing risks at such an event to prevent injuries and fatalities. It's like trying to shove an egg back into a chicken," he said. "If you're gonna have you need to restrict the numbers are coming in. Travis Scott performs onstage during the third annual Astroworld Festival at NRG Park on Novemin Houston, Texas. Noting the site design included barriers that people were pressed up against, Still explained that crowd numbers in those constricted spaces should have been strictly monitored. "My initial view of some of the photographs of the empty site design, including the site plans-it doesn't look as if that space is the right kind of space for that kind of performance," Still said. "You're gonna put somebody like Travis Scott in that environment, then you need to make sure that that environment is safe for the kind of crowds that are gonna be there. "You need to be able to plan and manage your crowd according and your space according to the type of performance." "If you're planning for any event that has high energy performer, such as Travis Scott, then I wouldn't have used the design that they had," he stated. The festival site itself was an issue, Still said, noting the site layout and design of the safety barriers that were used. Still explained that there is a "cascade of both management and planning failures" at play that can result in fatal crushes and said it is crucial to have experienced personnel who understand crowd risks and crowd safety in complex spaces. "More often than not, the people that check the plans, the people that grant the licenses may not have the knowledge to assess the risks." "There's a whole bunch of failures that might be involved," Professor Keith Still, an expert in crowd science from the University of Suffolk, told Newsweek. However, crowd safety experts say that a "whole bunch of failures" led to Friday's devastating events and that the blame cannot solely be placed on Travis Scott. Read more Independent Probe of Astroworld Deaths Could Avoid Conflict With Police