Interesting (Relatively) Recent Shows: Travis Scott

As part of my sabbatical research, I’ve been digging through a bunch of notes about interesting shows I’ve been collecting, so I thought I’d share a few here.

Travis Scott has some pretty interesting production elements (lasers, video, moving scenery):

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Review from the Boston Globe, December 3, 2018. By Isaac Feldberg, Globe Correspondent. Travis Scott is one of the hardest-working performers in music right now, but with the gloriously aerial ambitions of the chopped-and-screwed carnival that constitutes his latest (and largest-scale) tour, it's safe to say the rapper's cemented his status as one of its greatest showmen too.

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I would have thought with all the money they were spending they could have found a better way than a 6’ ladder to get him into the roller coaster

Apparently Tommy Lee of Motley Crue says that Scott ripped off his ideas. He may have a point:

Review from the Boston Globe, December 3, 2018. By Isaac Feldberg, Globe Correspondent. Travis Scott is one of the hardest-working performers in music right now, but with the gloriously aerial ambitions of the chopped-and-screwed carnival that constitutes his latest (and largest-scale) tour, it's safe to say the rapper's cemented his status as one of its greatest showmen too.

The truss and related gear was apparently supplied by SGPS in LA, who apparently also supplied the Motley Crue tours.

If you see other interesting shows please let me know!