Travis Scott’s Mumbai stop on the Circus Maximus World Tour was supposed to be about heavy bass, pyrotechnics, and his trademark chaos. Instead, for a moment, all eyes were on a group of staff members spraying water on the audience like it was a garden in May. The concert took place at Mahalaxmi Race Course on November 19, right after the rapper’s back-to-back shows in Delhi, and the unexpected heat-beating tactic instantly became the night’s biggest talking point.
A clip from the venue has taken over social media, showing crew members walking down a barricaded pathway with pipes, cooling the crowd with a steady mist of water before Travis hit the stage. What caught people off guard was not the spray itself, but how delighted the fans seemed. No irritation, no complaints, no backing away. Everyone leaned in, cheering as they got drenched. In classic Mumbai fashion, the moment turned into comedy gold online.
Reactions moved fast. Someone joked, “Technologiiiaaa,” poking fun at the dramatic introduction. Another comment read, “Arrey mosquito thori na hei yaar sab,” as if the organisers were fumigating the crowd instead of cooling them. One user thought it looked like a sanitation drive, writing, “Mujhe laga disinfectant daal rahe hay woh, a human can walk among us Indians.”
Others pointed out the irony of the city battling heat even in late November while the rest of the country enjoys winter. “November mein raat ko heat?” a baffled user asked.
Another wrote, 'November ho ya december, Mumbai ki garmi Travis ko pata nahi'
Once the water settled, Travis took over with full force. Dressed in all black, he powered through hits like HYAENA, Dumbo, FE!N, and Goosebumps. The production was massive: towering LED screens, surreal animated environments, and pyrotechnics firing in sync with every beat. The show felt like it was halfway between a rave and a sci-fi film set.
Unlike the earlier Delhi performances, the Mumbai show went off without trouble. Scott’s Delhi gig had made headlines for a fan who jumped over the barricade and sprinted toward the stage. The viral clip showed him taking a sip from a hip flask seconds before he bolted. Security and Delhi Police intercepted him before he got too close, and no injuries were reported that night.
In Mumbai, the only chaos came from people laughing at the now-iconic water-spray moment. It’s rare for a concert to trend not just for the artist, but for the crowd-control hacks. But then again, this is Mumbai. If there’s heat, the city finds a workaround. This time, the workaround just happened to be a cool curtain of water before Travis Scott dropped the bass.
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