Travis Scott’s headline London gig almost disrupted by crowd member lobbing ‘heavy object’ at rapper

Travis Scott
Scott was making his headline gig comeback (Image: Getty/Splash Information)

Travis Scott returned to a London stage final night time for the primary time since final November’s Astroworld tragedy – however issues didn't go with no hitch.

His headline gig at ’s O2 Enviornment on August 6 was additionally one among his first main performances total after 10 individuals have been killed at his music pageant in a lethal crowd surge in Houston, Texas final 12 months.

Asserting the present on his social media in June, saying on the time that he was leaving the studio to ‘take it to [a] greater speaker’, the rapper carried out with the assist of companion Kylie Jenner and their four-year-old daughter Stormi, who've joined him within the British capital.

Nonetheless, one particular person within the crowd took the chance to throw an object at Scott whereas he was performing early on in his set.

It was reportedly a heavy merchandise, as a loud bang was heard because it made contact with the ground.

The rapper was stated to be unimpressed and aggravated by the incident however carried on along with his present with out interruption, avoiding its distraction.

Travis Scott performs at The O2 Arena on August 06, 2022 in London, England
Saturday night time marked Travis’ return to a London stage, in addition to his first main headline gig since final November (Image: Burak Cingi/Redferns)

An individual at Travis Scott's London Concert threw a heavy object in his direction.
Early on in his set, one thing was thrown at Travis by a member of the group (Image: UnBoxPHD/Splash Information)

An individual at Travis Scott's London Concert threw a heavy object in his direction.
It reportedly made a loud noise because it hit the ground behind the rapper, who was seen to be sad (Image: UnBoxPHD/Splash Information)

An individual at Travis Scott's London Concert threw a heavy object in his direction.
Nonetheless, he carried on along with his present regardless (Image: UnBoxPHD/Splash Information)

Scott donned futuristic white shades for the present with slits throughout the eyes, in addition to his typical uniform of saggy denims and a graphic T-shirt, with a leather-based jacket that he shed early on.

He additionally handled the group to a brand new music, taking part in God’s Nation, which was scrapped from Kanye West’s 2021 album Donda.

His London efficiency got here sizzling on the heels of the announcement earlier this week that he had secured a Las Vegas residency in September.

Travis Scott performs at The O2 Arena on August 06, 2022 in London, England.
The rapper peformed a brand new music for the London viewers too (Image: Burak Cingi/Redferns)

Kylie Jenner and Stormi seen leaving their hotel in London, on their way to the O2 to see Travis Scott's gig on August 06, 2022 in London, England.
Companion Kylie Jenner and their daughter Stormi have been on the gig to assist him (Image: Ricky Vigil M/GC Pictures)

The 31-year-old has been confirmed to carry out seven exhibits at Zouk nightclub in Las Vegas’s Resorts World, the place Scott – whose actual title is Jacques Bermon Webster II – will placed on ‘a mind-bending, first-of-its-kind nightclub residency expertise’ along with his Highway To Utopia exhibits.

It comes after his headline efficiency at Nevada’s Day N Vegas pageant, which was because of happen from September 2-4,  timing, and manufacturing points’.

He has solely carried out a handful of exhibits since Astroworld in November 2021, retaining a low profile within the intervening months, and initially acting at a number of non-public occasions, together with a brief visitor look at a Coachella afterparty on April 17 and a personal pre-Oscars get together in Bel-Air on March 26.

Travis Scott performs during 2021 Astroworld Festival at NRG Park on November 05, 2021
Scott’s Astroworld set led to tragedy in November, with 10 followers killed (Image: Erika Goldring/WireImage)

He made his first TV look since when he carried out on the 2022 Billboard Music Awards in Could, which , earlier than making a shock look throughout Future’s Rolling Loud set in Miami in late July.

The Highest within the Room rapper is dealing with a category motion court docket submitting from Could, which claims  at Astroworld, 732 of which have been ‘severely’ injured and required in depth medical remedy.

After the incident, wherein he expressed his ‘devastation’ over the flip of occasions.

Metro.co.uk has contacted reps for Scott for remark.

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