Nike postpone Travis Scott’s Air Max 1 release following Astroworld tragedy

Due to the deaths of 10 concertgoers including a nine-year-old boy at Astroworld festival on November 5, Nike has decided to postpone their collaboration with Travis Scott.

Nike announced in a statement last night on their SNKRS app: “Out of respect for everyone impacted by the tragic events at the Astroworld festival, we are postponing the launch of the Air Max 1 x Cactus Jack.”

The Air Max 1 x Cactus Jack was arranged to be dropping on December 16 and have not made it known when or even if the sneakers will be released.

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Alongside Nike, last week Fortnite removed their Travis Scott emote in respect of the casualties at Astroworld.

Scott also cancelled his performance at Day N Vegas festival and has pledged to refund all Astroworld tickets, cover funereal costs as well as announced that he is working with therapy app BetterHelp to provide one-month free therapy to the attendees.

The sneakers had been teased throughout the year and has been rumoured that they were part of a wider range as he was spotted in New York City wearing his Air Max 1 in a different colourway in July.

After the crowd surge that happened earlier this month, Travis Scott’s team released a statement last week reaching out to the affected families of Astroworld to get in touch via email.

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Scott has received over a hundred lawsuits filed against him including the family of nine-year-old Ezra Blount who was one of the 10 deaths. Blount died in hospital after being put into a medically induced coma as the concert had left him with critical injuries to major organs.

The family have filed a lawsuit against Travis Scott and Live Nation Entertainment, alleging a lack of crowd control and absence of proper medical attention as they believe this “contributed to Ezra’s death”.

Attorney Ben Crump, who represents a large quantity of those wanting to sue, said: “Nobody should ever die from going to a concert.”

Becky Buckle is Mixmag's Digital Intern, follow her on Twitter