Longitude review: Travis Scott and Lil Uzi Vert finish out fine weekend in Marlay Park
Travis Scott on stage at the Longitude Festival in Marlay Park, Dublin, on Sunday. Picture: Glen Bollard
A lot has changed since Travis Scott stepped onto the stage to headline Longitude in Marlay Park almost exactly five years ago. We've been through the covid era, and the 32-year-old rapper was surely a relieved man taking to the stage on Sunday night, just a few days after a Texas grand jury had cleared him of any wrongdoing after the 2021 Astroworld tragedy in which ten people lost their lives at one of his shows.
With that incident in mind, parents of attendees might have been understandably worried, but Longitude has long been a very safety-conscious event. For instance, safety barriers divided parts of the crowd into sections, and regular notifications from the event's phone app remind the young crowd to take care of themselves and their friends. It was also great to see the buzz around some of the information stalls, such as Safe Gigs Ireland, educating on how we can make gigs and nightlife a zero-tolerance environment for sexual violence and discrimination.
