“People pass out, things happen at concerts, but something like that…” he added before trailing off.
He explained the large crowd, lights, pyrotechnics, the music and his band made it hard for him to see exactly what was happening in the audience.And he indicated he didn’t hear anything earlier that would’ve made him stop the show immediately. “He let me know there was a mishap at the merch booth earlier,” Scott said of his interaction with the officer. “They shut it down and seemed to get it back under control. He was going to step out and just let us know if we needed anything, have a good show.”
Charlamagne asked Scott about the culture of “raging” at his shows, something that has come under increased scrutiny since the tragedy, and whether that was to blame for what happened. Scott went on to indicate that he hopes people can prevent things like this from happening in the future.