Hell of a saga going down right now in the Bahamas. Back in December a number of influential Instagram models started promoting a getaway music festival called Fyre Fest. The models promoting it included a who’s who of the Instagram Illuminati — Bella Hadid, Emily Ratajkowski, Kendall Jenner, etc. Ja Rule was also involved. And it was promoted heavily on websites like Bustle, where it promised to be a “music festival for people who aren’t music junkies.”
::Eyeroll::
In other words, a music festival for poseur, shallow twats.
https://twitter.com/emmaroller/status/857968606394626053
also, this list of reasons to go vs. the reality hurts my head. https://t.co/7Q4FSsLpDK pic.twitter.com/1reE8omJQz
— brandon wenerd (@brandonwenerd) April 28, 2017
Not gonna lie I'm kinda hype to see Blink 182… #fyrefestival
— Ja Rule (@jarule) March 7, 2017
Pretty much everything about the festival has turned into a fraudulent disaster, with almost all the artists backing out and the attendees stranded on an island in the Bahamas like rich kid Instagram Lord Of The Flies. Lawsuits are starting to be drafted against the promoters.
via the Wall Street Journal:
“Its organizers missed a series of deadlines to make advance payments to performers. Last week, some artists still hadn’t been paid what they were owed based on the terms of their contracts, according to people familiar with the matter, but the event’s promoters in recent days made progress in catching up with payments, and in some cases have paid acts in full,” they reported.
Tickets were $450 a day for a regular pass and VIP packages ran up to $12,780, with “complimentary flights, a place to stay and access to a yacht”, so people are understandably pissed off.
Then again, they bought into the “fantasy” music festival getaway after a heavy promotional push from Instagram stars like Bella Hadid, Emily Ratajkowski, Kendall Jenner, etc. It’s classic fantasy vs. reality: What did they expect?
Look at the outrage of the disaster on Twitter:
So Fyre Fest is a complete disaster. Mass chaos. No organization. No one knows where to go. There are no villas, just a disaster tent city. pic.twitter.com/1lSWtnk7cA
— William Needham Finley IV (@WNFIV) April 27, 2017
A view of the luxury food court with some luxury school bus transportation at Fyre Festival. #fyre #fyrefestival pic.twitter.com/XL3PtRw8q0
— William Needham Finley IV (@WNFIV) April 28, 2017
Expectation vs. Reality#fyre #fyrefestival pic.twitter.com/U80NApajxl
— William Needham Finley IV (@WNFIV) April 28, 2017
Just waiting with my Fyre Fest pals to get on the flight out. The plane hasn't left Miami yet. It's lit! #fyre #fyrefestival pic.twitter.com/glIYmIG0dc
— William Needham Finley IV (@WNFIV) April 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/bobbyfinger/status/857968756223508482
These are the secure lockers at Fyre Fest. They forgot to tell us we needed locks. #fyrefestival #fyrefest pic.twitter.com/Tqyjqbg2Gy
— William Needham Finley IV (@WNFIV) April 28, 2017
From someone on the ground at #FyreFestival pic.twitter.com/20ZuzhKNzI
— FyreFestivalFraud (@FyreFraud) April 27, 2017
#FyreFestival update, photos from the ground! pic.twitter.com/Z7fn9cKaz3
— FyreFestivalFraud (@FyreFraud) April 27, 2017
Here's the dinner they fed us tonight. Literally slices of bread, cheese, and salad with no dressing. #fyrefraud #fyrefestival #dumpsterfyre pic.twitter.com/NmNXakSFlq
— Tr3vor (@tr3vorx) April 28, 2017
— blink-182 (@blink182) April 27, 2017
Fyre Fest doesn't have beer. They "ordered it late" but they assured us it will be here tomorrow. #fyrefestival
— William Needham Finley IV (@WNFIV) April 28, 2017
This is how Fyre Fest handles luggage. Just drop it out of a shipping container. At night. With no lights. #fyrefestival pic.twitter.com/X5CdZRyJWo
— William Needham Finley IV (@WNFIV) April 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/truongasm/status/857866417458208768
Just a reminder of what "The Duo" was originally sold as pic.twitter.com/gKz90zNBvu
— Michele Smith (@MicheleSmi) April 27, 2017
All Flights now cancelled from Miami. Festival likely cancelled. Empty planes now flying from Miami in a "rescue mission". #fyrefestival
— FyreFestivalFraud (@FyreFraud) April 28, 2017
#FyreFestival Lawsuit. pic.twitter.com/J4I71AMDeS
— FyreFestivalFraud (@FyreFraud) April 28, 2017
Here’s another account from the festival:
Hello internet its STORY TIME!!!! I am currently at #Fyrefestival and this shit is CRRRAAAZZZYYYYY
— sunday double (@ur_first_kiss) April 28, 2017
This has been one of the most ridiculous things I have ever experienced and if you know me, that is saying a WHOLE LOT
— sunday double (@ur_first_kiss) April 28, 2017
So I arrived on the island earlier this afternoon as did another plane a few moment after. This shit was inherently unorganized from the go
— sunday double (@ur_first_kiss) April 28, 2017
It's arguable that the planning and customer service was shit but it didn't really set in until this morning when Blink182 CANCELLED
— sunday double (@ur_first_kiss) April 28, 2017
Now on the island the stage is bumpin &the bar is servin' ($14 for a dentist spit-cup sized cocktail). Other than that BOY is this fucked
— sunday double (@ur_first_kiss) April 28, 2017
The "gourmet cuisine" this weekend was included in the ticket cost. We are being fed salads and ham and cheese sandwiches out of this tent pic.twitter.com/MRv7U0RiyM
— sunday double (@ur_first_kiss) April 28, 2017
It is complete &total chaos, every1 is running around frantically looking for answers &none of the staff can help. Even they are in the dark
— sunday double (@ur_first_kiss) April 28, 2017
They just cancelled the rest of tonight's incoming flights so they can send them to pick us all up tomorrow.
— sunday double (@ur_first_kiss) April 28, 2017
I've been hearing that we're getting refunded so that would be just swell but I won't hold my breath. I'm gonna make the best of this 4 now
— sunday double (@ur_first_kiss) April 28, 2017
UPDATE: they are having us sign papers for full refunds. They are just pieces of computer paper but I mean…refunds pic.twitter.com/oNa8EIojl1
— sunday double (@ur_first_kiss) April 28, 2017
The stage would've been pretty lit too, honestly. Would've loved being plastered watching MIGOS on the beach pic.twitter.com/PEWhwSe0Tz
— sunday double (@ur_first_kiss) April 28, 2017
RE: People still signing papers to leave but no connection to the order or manner in which the busses are leaving pic.twitter.com/ElcCjoKOMk
— sunday double (@ur_first_kiss) April 28, 2017
I'm hearing the THE US EMBASSY is sending help for us LMFAAOOOO what for??? I'm enjoying my VIP breakfast pic.twitter.com/6PTYRQfkGA
— sunday double (@ur_first_kiss) April 28, 2017
Meanwhile, on Ja Rule’s Instagram…
https://twitter.com/zyerahh/status/857943225956544512