What happened at Travis Scott's Melbourne show? Fans break fence, throw trash, suffer seizure and more

Travis Scott is currently on his fourth concert tour, the Circus Maximus Tour, which supports Utopia, his fourth studio album, released in 2023. On Wednesday, October 23, Scott was in Melbourne, Australia, where he was scheduled to perform at the Marvel Stadium that night.

However, chaos broke out outside the stadium as the fans of the Mamacita rapper got impatient while waiting in lines and started breaking the fences and littering on the streets. The long waiting time didn't sit well with some of them, who were motivated to push past barriers and break sections of the fence to get in.

In the process, five of the concert-goers reportedly got injured and had to be taken to the hospital. According to METRO, one of them seemed to have a seizure, which was triggered as he was allegedly tackled by a security guard for forcing his way past a barrier.

Despite all the mayhem, the YOSEMITE rapper's show began on time and went on as usual. Over 55,000 fans attended to see Travis Scott perform that night.

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Travis Scott performed in Melbourne second night in a row

Travis Scott performed two sold-out shows back-to-back in Melbourne on Tuesday and Wednesday. As the crowd waiting outside his second show started getting out of control, a brawl between one fan in particular and a security guard resulted in the former reportedly having a seizure.

A witness named Alex told 9 News:

"He's landed like on the ground and it looked like he's hit his head as well, so the security guards just jumped on him straight away and actually tried to pick him up. That's when you can see he's like shaking and then they lie him on his side and that's when you realise he's having a seizure."

The witness, who was there to attend the show with his girlfriend, added:

"Everyone was a bit on edge and, you know, it kind of took a toll on me and my girlfriend, just like being a bit uncomfortable."

Before the show started, five fans were taken away on stretchers after getting hurt or injured. Richard Theodorakis, the director of Pride Security Group, told 7 News that the safety of all attendees was compromised due to the crowd's unruly behavior, adding:

"A lot of the incidents started from the second lines formed at the front and, if you look at the footage, those lines are quite dense and wide, meaning for police to have any effect, someone could just rush into that crowd and you’d never find them again."

Theodorakis then pointed out how outnumbering the police and security gave the crowd more confidence to act out of line. After the show concluded, some fans, especially those in the mosh pit, also reported being trampled on.

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This isn't the first time a Tavis Scott concert has witnessed a crowd getting out of control

While Travis Scott's Melbourne show left behind injured fans, the Antidote rapper has seen far worse on his older shows. One such show was hosted in Houston three years ago.

On November 5, 2021, Travis Scott headlined the Astroworld Music Festival hosted at the NRG Park in Houston, Texas. The festival, which was initially expected to host over 100,000 attendees, later halved its capacity over crowd control concerns.

However, despite cutting back, the crowd surged during Scott's performance, which led to a human crush with multiple fatalities and injuries. Eight people lost their lives at the venue, and two others, who were taken to the hospital, died in the following days.

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The Circus Maximus tour will complete its fourth and final leg next Tuesday, October 30, with Travis Scott performing at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand.