Four years later, a man has told his tragic story after his sister died at Travis Scott’s 2021 Astroworld Music Festival.
On Wednesday (November 5), “Rolling Stone” magazine published an article in which Astroworld Festival survivor Tyler Dubiski recounted his experience attending this major festival with his sister Madison and a group of friends on November 5, 2021.
“At the end of Lil Baby’s set, we decided to walk to another stage and find a good spot for Travis,” Taylor recalled. “There was about an hour and 30 minutes left in the countdown. We were just chilling, hanging out, chatting. Around the 30-minute mark, you could tell it was getting crowded and stressful. People were throwing toilet paper rolls and full beer cans. The tension was building, but it wasn’t scary at first until the crowd started advancing in every direction. We were basically in the middle of the front area.”
Taylor said the crowd started to move forward in anticipation of Travis’ performance, which resulted in a wave of people getting overwhelmed.
“Then it felt like everyone was pushing back, really hard, and people started falling,” Taylor added. “My sister fell and I tried to pick her up but I couldn’t get her off the ground. People were on top of each other. Then there was another push and I lost her.”
After Tyler and a few of his friends made it, he started calling and texting his sister, but to no avail. He eventually found her at a nearby hospital. When he arrived, he was told Madison had not made it.
Madison’s family has since established the Pink Bow Foundation, whose mission is to reduce risk and increase safety at live events.
Madison was one of 10 people who died from compressive asphyxiation caused by the swell of the crowd during the concert. In July 2023, Travis Scott was cleared of criminal charges related to the mass casualty incident. In the years since, Travis and Live Nation have settled nearly 100 personal injury lawsuits related to the tragic concert.
