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Article (BBC)

A luxury music festival in the Bahamas, with tickets costing up to $12,000 (£9,200), has been branded a "disaster", with reports of no security and cancelled flights.
Fyre Festival, co-organised by Ja Rule, promised a "cultural moment created from a blend of music, art and food".
Tickets included a flight from Miami, a stay in a "geodesic dome" and activities including yoga and kayaking.
But festival-goers, have described the event as a "complete disaster".

Apparently this was heavily promoted by "influencers" (mainly instagram models and Kendall Jenner because of course she is involved with this).

The festival features:
Gourmet food

Opulent accommodations

And so much more

 

[clockworkinyou]

Why Ja?

 

[Kayhan]

#dumpsterfyre

 

[blahness]

FEMA camp festival experience. Looks like a money grab for someone.

 

[Kain-Nosgoth]

are we witnessing the birth of the new "italian meal" meme?

 

[Kayhan]

Somebody get Ja on the phone. I need to make sense of all this.

 

[Renpatsu]

Ja Rule has yet to comment on what is happening at the festival.

The one time where finding Ja Rule to make sense of this mess is actually warranted.

 

[SkyMasterson]

Who the fuck would go to anything being co-organized by a dude who went to jail for tax evasion?

 

[Old Gimlet Eyes]

A fool and his money and all that....

 

[Kayhan]

are we witnessing the birth of the new "italian meal" meme?

$12,000 Bahamas meal.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

This is it

This is GAFs Italian meal time to shine. I mean it already looks better than bread and a slice of cheese

 

[Acorn]

Ja Rule stays losing.

50 Bankrupt and still sonning Ja.

 

[Kayhan]

Gourmet food

EuroGAF: "Bread and cheese? Looks good to me!"

 

[Breads]

Somebody get Ja on the phone. I need to make sense of all this.

I came for this.

 

[TheBowen]

Who was actually performing there though ?

Straight up sounds like a scam though

Ja continues to take L's

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Sounds like a bunch of ppl who wanted to flex on Instagram got fleeced. I can understand buying Coachella tickets sight unseen, it has a reputation. Who would spend money on this without lineup info? And just cause some celebs on Instagram talked about it?

 

[theechrisfox]

Now I understand why blink cancelled at the last minute. Sheesh.

 

[MikeHattsu]

The other co-organizer of the festival, Billy McFarland, is behind another company as well:
http://www.businessinsider.com/magnises-complaints-from-members-2017-1

With the promise of access to the hottest clubs, most difficult-to-score tickets, and cultural events like Fashion Week and Art Basel, Magnises markets itself as the ultimate social group for "elite" young professionals.

But three years after the company's launch, some members are complaining that the service hasn't delivered on what was advertised.

Business Insider spoke with seven current and former Magnises members, all in New York City, who recounted similar stories of not receiving tickets on the timeline promised, of having to rearrange plans multiple times because of the startup's scheduling snafus, and of trips being canceled outright - sometimes the day before they were scheduled to take place

 

[Vhalyar]

The associated subreddit is an astonishing mixture of amazing posts and filth.

 

[sixteen-bit]

monica, nooooo

 

[Kayhan]

 

[jabuseika]

The festival features:
Gourmet food

 

[Living the Dream]

He's never recovered since being rejected by Monica.

 

[Acorn]

This is going to be a meme

 

[Walter White Walker]

That food looks barely fit for a European.

 

[whatsinaname]

The associated subreddit is an astonishing mixture of amazing posts and filth.

From one of the threads.

-The "private flights" are chartered 737's with economy class seating and a soda+chips for each person
-the luxury boutique accommodations are literal disaster relief tents with beds in them (even advertised as disaster relief tents on the manufacturer's website. Some sources claim it's the same ones used in the Haiti earthquake disaster.)
-The gourmet chef food handed out so far is two slices of bread, cheese slices and a handful of greens in a styrofoam container
-the "private island" is actually Great Exuma, which has a population of several thousand, with the festival taking place on a beach a stone's throw from a major resort
-there was luggage stolen from the camp sites by locals
-the music hasn't even started yet and yet half of the artists have cancelled because they weren't payed, now it looks like the entire festival is being called off with all further flights cancelled on the tarmac
-the US embassy in the Bahamas is currently offering instance to stranded festivalgoers
-they can't get enough planes in fast enough because all the incoming Miami flights were canceled
-there are no refunds at this time. The website has made a statement saying all sales are final.
That's the truth I can glean from this madness. I'm not a conspiracy theorist or someone who expects the bad of people's intentions, but it actually looks like this may have been a tremendous scam after all. Look into Magnises if you get the chance. The other head investor and organizer of the festival was responsible for it, and it puts a lot of this into perspective. I'd hate to be the person who dropped this much money to have to now file a joint class action law suit.

Not sure if incompetence or malice.

 

[theWB27]

Wouldn't it have been a shit ton cheaper just to book your own flight and eat gourmet for a whole week at different places? That food is beyond hilarious though.

 

[Enzom21]

Who knew this would be relevant in 2017...

 

[KraftyKrankins]

EuroGAF: "Bread and cheese? Looks good to me!"

Nah, even we won't eat that.

 

[Vhalyar]

From one of the threads.

This twitter also does a good job at reporting from the ground: https://twitter.com/WNFIV

 

[reKon]

This thread is going to be so good.

 

[JBourne]

They're already making things right. Every guest who had their luggage stolen will be allowed an extra 10 minutes in the ball pit.

 

[Rktk]

Where's the charity appeal for these refugees?

 

[andymcc]

Shit makes Dashcon look like Comic-con.

 

[Pagusas]

I know its wrong, but this makes me happy.

 

[Neptune]

I feel like the people who would pay that much specifically for a "luxury festival" deserve this.

 

[whatsinaname]

This twitter also does a good job at reporting from the ground: https://twitter.com/WNFIV

...

Secure lockers.

 

[cartoon_soldier]

People paid 12,000$ for a festival organized by Ja Rule?

What the fuck did they expect would happen.

 

[SuperBanana]

I've dealt with some bad festival organizers but woooow.

 

[Auctopus]

It's extra funny that this cost so much and is considered a "luxury" festival. All these people most likely arriving by helicopter and boat in to this trash heap.

 

[scitek]

From Reddit:

So from scanning multiple online news sources, as well as twitter, I can safely say this list is the only cross examined and confirmed accounts as to what exactly is happening.
-The "private flights" are chartered 737's with economy class seating and a soda+chips for each person
-the luxury boutique accommodations are literal disaster relief tents with beds in them (even advertised as disaster relief tents on the manufacturer's website. Some sources claim it's the same ones used in the Haiti earthquake disaster.)
-The gourmet chef food handed out so far is two slices of bread, cheese slices and a handful of greens in a styrofoam container
-the "private island" is actually Great Exuma, which has a population of several thousand, with the festival taking place on a beach a stone's throw from a major resort
-there was luggage stolen from the camp sites by locals
-the music hasn't even started yet and yet half of the artists have cancelled because they weren't payed, now it looks like the entire festival is being called off with all further flights cancelled on the tarmac
-the US embassy in the Bahamas is currently offering instance to stranded festivalgoers
-they can't get enough planes in fast enough because all the incoming Miami flights were canceled
-there are no refunds at this time. The website has made a statement saying all sales are final.

 

[J-Roderton]

This twitter also does a good job at reporting from the ground: https://twitter.com/WNFIV

The notebook he found. hahaha

 

[mike6467]

At least she had barley.

 

[Charles Brandon]

 

[ElRenoRaven]

Guys guys. I've heard that the chef has heard the complaints about the meal served. I hear this is tonights dinner for the guests.

 

[theWB27]

Aaayyyeee

 

[Anoregon]

I'm so glad this is blowing up on a friday morning. What a way to get through the workday.

 

[Keyser Soze]

 

[Kill Your Masters]

Gourmet food

12,000$ Bahamian Strugglewich

 

[CarpeDeezNutz]

I see something like this as a premise to movies and think no way that could happen.


Edit: lmao Keyser.