As news of the car accident early Thursday at the SXSW festival in Austin spread, artists took to Twitter to share their best wishes and thoughts with fans and families of the lost.
A reckless driver fleeing police ran his car through a barricade at Red River St and 10th St at approximately 12:30 a.m. He crashed into a crowd near the festival, killing two and injuring 23.
Tyler the Creator was supposed to kick off his show at 1 am Thursday morning, but he later tweeted, “Show isn’t happening, something sad happened. I’m bummed.”
Austin based band The Black Angels wrote to fans on their Facebook page, “Our hearts go out to all those involved in the tragedy that happened on red river tonight. Sigh… so sorry.”
Lady Gaga was spotted just after midnight at a Semi Precious Weapons show at Rusty’s. She posted later on Twitter:
All my love to music lovers and fans, stay safe tonight we love you
— CREATIVE REBELLION (@ladygaga) March 13, 2014
More artists say their regards to the SXSW accident below:
My heart goes out to all those involved in and affected by the tragedy tonight at SXSW.
— Laura Jane Grace (@LauraJaneGrace) March 13, 2014
Praying for all the people involved in the incident at sxsw tonight.
— Chamillionaire (@chamillionaire) March 13, 2014
Prayers for those involved at #SXSW
— Mike Stud (@Mike_Stud) March 13, 2014
Wtf 40 people just got ran over by a car at sxsw… Bodies EVERYWHERE !!!!! Wtf
— le’Roy (@LeRoyBenros) March 13, 2014
Show cancelled tonight. Dozens of people were hit by a drunk driver. My heart goes out to the victims and survivors.
— Cities Aviv (@CitiesAviv) March 13, 2014
