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At this time, it is unclear if festival organizers will move forward with day two of 2021 Astroworld music festival.

A popular sold-out music festival here in Texas turned into a "mass casualty" incident and left at least eight people dead and scores of others injured when a crowd surged towards the front stage, squeezing audience members who had nowhere to escape at the event attended by some 50,000 fans of American rapper Travis Scott.

Kali9/iStock(HOUSTON) -- At least eight people are dead after a crowd surged toward the stage at a massive Houston concert, causing panic and chaos, authorities said. Over 50,000 people were at the first night of this weekend's sold-out Astroworld music festival at NRG Stadium when, around 9:30 p.m. local time, "the crowd began to compress toward the front of the stage," Houston Fire Chief Sam Pena told reporters Friday night. "That caused some panic, and it started causing some injuries," Pena said. Pena described the chaotic scene in an interview with ABC News' ...

The remainder of the festival has been canceled after a chaotic scene on Friday night.

At least eight people died during the late-night celebrations of Travis Scott's third annual music festival Astroworld, according to Houston officials, and several other people were injured.