Travis Scott’s sold-out concert at the Giza Pyramids canceled?Egypt’s Music Syndicate has reportedly canceled the license for the American rapper’s gig earlier today according to a statement picked up by Al Masry Al Youm. The decision follows several days of chatter on social media channels and nighttime talk shows about allegations of Scott’s concerts being a hotspot for “satanic rituals,” with the syndicate referencing the preservation of Egyptian customs, traditions, and societal values.

Scott’s manager denies cancellation: On the flipside, David Stromberg, Scott’s manager stated that the concert will be held on time and that the news is “fake,” as stated in a screenshot text conversation between Stromberg and elshai.eg. The concert has not yet been removed from the TicketsMarche website. The concert was scheduled to take place next Friday, 28 July at the Giza Pyramids, where the rapper was due to release his new album, Utopia.

This isn’t the first time Scott’s concerts have been shrouded in controversy: 10 people died and thousands more were injured at one of the rapper’s concerts two years ago, as a result of overcrowding and “compressive asphyxiation,” according to the BBC. The rapper came under fire and has faced multiple lawsuits for the Astroworld concert and for failing to stop his performance despite the stampede.

Interest in Threads is already waning: The new Meta app, which was the fastest-growing social media platform merely days ago with over 100 mn subscribers, saw a 20% decrease in the number of daily users, CNBC quotes Sensor Tower Managing Director Anthony Bartolacci as saying. These findings were corroborated by data from another digital data and analytics firm — Similarweb — which reported that within days, the number of daily active Threads users on Android phones worldwide decreased by more than 25%.

Boom and bust? Despite the app’s explosive debut, there is more to sustaining its success than promoting it as “Twitter, but without Elon Musk,” Bartolacci added. While it is unsurprising that the initial buzz wore off somewhat, the social media’s platform performance — and perhaps survival — will need to step up in order to maintain users’ attention and become part of their e-routine. Only then can it really begin to approach its aspiration of competing with Twitter.

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