Travis Scott to perform at 2022 Billboard Music Awards after ‘demand’ from P Diddy

Travis Scott will conduct at the 2022 Billboard Songs Awards (BBMAs) on Sunday (15 Might) in his 1st televised exhibit since the Astroworld tragedy last November.

P Diddy first introduced the “great breaking news” that Scott would be carrying out at the forthcoming BBMAs on his Instagram account on Monday (9 May perhaps).

“I have some terrific breaking news. This just in,” stated the 52-12 months-old rapper, whose authentic title is Sean Combs, adding: “For the Billboard New music Awards this Sunday, I made a ask for, I manufactured a demand. I mentioned ‘My brother Travis Scott has to execute.’ Diddy is hosting the demonstrate – I’m government generating – he has to execute.’

“And NBC said ‘Yes.’ So, it is likely down Sunday. Travis Scott will be carrying out.”

In addition to Scott, Megan Thee Stallion, the Purple Hot Chili Peppers, Silk Sonic, Ed Sheeran, Mary J Blige, and Florence and the Device will also get the phase at the BBMAs this Sunday.

The “Sicko Mode” singer played his 1st dwell community exhibit to a sold-out group at Miami nightclub E11EVEN previously this week – 6 months following the incident at his Astroworld music competition in Houston, Texas, which remaining 10 people useless and scores more injured.

Right before that, he has carried out at a handful of private situations such as a pre-Oscars house bash in March and a quick set throughout a Coachella afterparty in April.

It was claimed last thirty day period that Scott will be playing at the Primavera tunes competition in Brazil in October and November 2022.

The Billboard Music Awards exhibit will mark Scott’s 1st important televised performance since the lethal group surge on 5 November 2021, which claimed victims ranging in age from nine to 27 decades outdated.

Roughly 300 people today were being injured and handled at the 6 Flags Park in Houston in which Scott was headlining Astroworld, while 25 had to be taken to hospitals.

Scott is at this time a defendant in a lot more than 380 lawsuits that have been filed by Astroworld victims and attendees, saying billions of dollars in damages from him, competition organiser Reside Country, Apple and many others.

The satisfies allege the tunes pageant in Houston was negligently planned and staged, and that the crowd surge during Scott’s performance was preventable. Scott and the other defendants have denied any wrongdoing.

Viewers in the US can view the awards present dwell on NBC on Sunday (15 May well) at 8pm ET.