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issue 13 November 2021

Horror shows

Eight people were killed when fans of rapper Travis Scott rushed the stage at a concert in Houston, Texas. Some previous deadly concerts:

— 11 were killed at a Who gig in Cincinnati on 3 December 1979, after a crush sparked off by concert-goers outside the entry doors mistakenly thinking the band had started playing when they were only tuning up.

— Nine were killed at a concert by Pearl Jam at Roskilde, Denmark on 30 June 2000.

— 11 people were killed during a festival in Rabat, Morocco on 23 May 2009. Stevie Wonder and Kylie Minogue were on the bill, although not on stage at the time.

Third time’s the charm

How many people are likely to have a booster Covid jab? By 6 November, 10.1 million had had a third jab; 92% of those who’ve already had two jabs say they intend to have one; 4% say they are ‘fairly’ or ‘very unlikely’ to have a third jab.

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