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 N. Finley IV (@WNFIV) April 27, 2017
Fyre Festival is a luxury music festival created Ja Rule and entrepreneur Billy McFarland taking place this weekend, April 28-30, in the Bahamas. Attendees of the festival on Great Exuma have complained of delayed flights, lost luggage, a lack of food, and sub-standard living conditions as the luxury event descends into "mass chaos." Blink-182, due to headline the festival on Friday, pulled out on Thursday night. Those not already on the island have had their flights canceled and tickets refunded.
The event was announced with a glamorous Instagram video featuring models Bella Hadid and Emily Ratajkowski sailing on a yacht. Tickets for the event ranged from $4000, to a VIP package costing $250,000 split between 12 people. For those fees, customers were promised private beaches, luxury accommodation, and live music from artists including Rae Sremmurd, Skepta, and G.O.O.D. Music acts Desiigner, Tyga, and Pusha T.
However, people at the festival have taken to Twitter and Reddit to document the reality of the situation. Messages include talk of a "complete disaster" and comparisons to Lord of The Flies.
The festival issued a statement in the early hours of April 28 in which they promise to "deliver a great experience" for those on the island. However, "in line with a culture of safety," all remaining charter flights out have been canceled and ticket holders refunded.
The FADER reached out to representatives for Fyre Festival for more information. Check out the reports from Twitter below.
Early report is that many of the tents aren't assembled. Here's their tropical private island owned by Escobar! #FyreFestival pic.twitter.com/TNzBDbNAUJ
— FyreFestivalFraud (@FyreFraud) April 27, 2017
Here's the "culinary experience" we got for our artists pass at Fyre Festival. pic.twitter.com/Kk9q9uvkX0
— William N. Finley IV (@WNFIV) April 28, 2017
From someone on the ground at #FyreFestival pic.twitter.com/20ZuzhKNzI
— FyreFestivalFraud (@FyreFraud) April 27, 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 N. Finley IV (@WNFIV) April 28, 2017
@NearFutureEvent @mr_bones_rises These were the top 5 posts on the #fyrefestival subreddit a moment ago. pic.twitter.com/FrsEBfPqOq
— Rich 🇸🇾 Powell (@RichPowell_NRx) April 28, 2017
Stuck at #fyrefestival trying to leave for the last 8 hours. barley any food or water or security or electricity pic.twitter.com/jHPMnJw5gx
— Lamaan (@LamaanGallal) April 28, 2017
Bruh #fyrefestival turning into a Lord Of The Flies sequel right in front of our eyes pic.twitter.com/bSExCOacYo
— Samuel (@Fake_Important) April 28, 2017
In case you're wondering, those "cabanas" are actually disaster relief tents.#fyrefestival pic.twitter.com/jaZpkIKVT2
— Matt Halfhill (@MattHalfhill) April 28, 2017
The dinner that @fyrefestival promised us was catered by Steven Starr is literally bread, cheese, and salad with dressing. #fyrefestival pic.twitter.com/I8d0UlSNbd
— Tr3vor (@trev4president) April 28, 2017
@USEmbassyNassau my phone dying Please send help 2 festival grounds Its chaos,tents are on fire, people fighting for food #fyrefestival
— Steven Stubbe (@Steven_Stubbe) April 28, 2017
People have been evacuating the #Fyrefestival for a few hours now. I am leaving shortly. Staff are exhausted, patrons are exhausted
— dylan (@DylanACOP) April 28, 2017
Expectation Vs. Reality #fyrefestival pic.twitter.com/RfOpbNEdH3
— BigKidProblems (@BigKidProblems) April 28, 2017
Update: April 28 09: 57 a.m. Fyre Festival has been "fully postponed."
Due to unforeseen and extenuating circumstances, Fyre Festival has been fully postponed (con't)
— Fyre Festival (@fyrefestival) April 28, 2017
After assessing the situation this morning and looking at best options for our guests, we cannot move forward as we hoped we could (con't)
— Fyre Festival (@fyrefestival) April 28, 2017
At this time, we are working tirelessly to get flights scheduled and get all travelers home safely
— Fyre Festival (@fyrefestival) April 28, 2017