Travis Scott might not have hosted his live performance on the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, however that hasn’t stopped his followers from throwing a celebration on the historic landmark in his honor.
In a video posted to Twitter on Friday (July 28) — which is when the unique live performance was alleged to happen — a bunch of followers will be seeing partying and dancing underneath the moonlight as they sing “Bystanders” from Scott’s Astroworld album.
The track, which samples “Tear da Membership Up” by Three 6 Mafia, options the lyrics, “fuck the membership up! Fuck the membership up!” which the revelers will be heard chanting as they dance alongside.
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On Wednesday (July 26), Stay Nation introduced that the Houston native’s present, which was set to happen on the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, would now not go forward as deliberate. It was beforehand scheduled for July 28.
“We remorse to tell you that the UTOPIA present, initially scheduled for July twenty eighth on the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt is cancelled,” Stay Nation Center East stated in an announcement. “Sadly, regardless of highest efforts, complicated manufacturing points meant that the present couldn’t be constructed within the desert.”
The information got here after the Egyptian Common Syndicate for Musical Professions introduced that the efficiency would now not be occurring resulting from security considerations and Scott’s “culturally damaging” beliefs.
“For the reason that Common Syndicate is a part of the material of this beloved nation it’s eager on its stability and refuses to tamper with societal values and Egyptian and Arab customs,” the group stated in an announcement.
“Based mostly on analysis and documented details about unusual rituals at Travis’s concert events which can be inconsistent with our genuine societal values and traditions, the Board of Administrators has determined to cancel the license issued to carry the sort of live performance that contradicts the cultural id of the Egyptian folks.”
That very same day, nonetheless, Travis Scott tweeted that the previously-scheduled live performance would nonetheless be occurring in Egypt — as soon as they found out the logistics of the matter.
“Egypt on the pyramids will occur,” he wrote. “However resulting from demand and element logistics, They only want a bit a time to set lay on lands. I’ll hold u posted on a date which might be quickly love you alllll.”