Chaos unleashes at highly anticipated Astroworld Festival, stampeding crowd overwhelms police and staff

Astroworld Festival was on Saturday and Travis Scott dropped a loaded lineup, showing him headlining again with other top artists.

According to witnesses at the festival, the gates were broken down by a rowdy crowd, anxious to get into the highly anticipated event, causing chaos and disorder.

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Houston Police Department is bringing additional officers to staff the festival at NRG Park. Promoters did not plan sufficiently for the large crowds and understaffed the event.