In what appears to be an attempt to bring musicians from the turn of the century back to the forefront of pop culture and into the eyes and ears of budding music-centric millennials, Fyre Festival has completely missed the mark. Wrangled together by none other than Ja Rule and marketed exclusively by young, attractive Instagram influencers, the “luxury festival” may have had all the best intentions, but it seems those who who took the time to travel to the Bahamas to celebrate – at a reportedly whopping $12k+ each – are basically trapped. Photos of “gourmet meals” that look more like a sack lunch at a high school picnic, reports of stolen items and tents on fire, people being taken from their accommodations, and bands canceling appearances left and right have flooded the internet, and we’re stuck to our screens like glue. Not only is it a concern of safety – seems to be more of a recreation of the Hunger Games at this point – but also a question of whether anyone realized it was a scam before it even happened. (These guys claim to have known all along.)
Whether the S.O.S. tweets are exaggerations by overprivileged attendees is still to be seen, but we’ve been following the action since the middle of the night (#fyrefestival) and the coverage is just that… on fire.
the view from our tent at #fyrefestival pic.twitter.com/uFGGSQwEEh
— Andy (@FriendlyHomo) April 28, 2017
Most of us can only dream of scamming rich ppl into living in conditions similar to refugee internment camps. Ja Rule did it. #fyrefestival pic.twitter.com/b9IJ9036zJ
— Jherane (@Jherane_) April 28, 2017
My girlfriend’s experience at #FyreFestival so far. Shame on these insta celebrities for promoting this pic.twitter.com/h1B13UxQdR
— Jane Slater (@SlaterNFL) April 28, 2017
Live footage of me watching rich people’s dreams of seeing Blink 182 in the Bahamas get crushed. #fyrefestival pic.twitter.com/6kike1cBLh
— Sophie Vershbow (@svershbow) April 28, 2017
That’s right folks for just $10k, you too can have the “refugee fleeing war torn region” treatment at #fyrefestival pic.twitter.com/RqYzGq0Yg5
— Garrett Garner🎺 (@garrettgarner12) April 28, 2017
Pic of Ja Rule right now #fyrefestival pic.twitter.com/29o0JsEgPo
— MK (@Neethz426) April 28, 2017
As long as I live I will never write a saga as beautiful and pure as #fyrefestival pic.twitter.com/juLJPkjQaL
— Olivia Haidar (@hitherehaidar) April 28, 2017
#FyreFestival update, photos from the ground! pic.twitter.com/Z7fn9cKaz3
— FyreFestivalFraud (@FyreFraud) April 27, 2017
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
Why doesn’t #FyreFestival do something?! Communicate with your customers! @Magnises help them out. pic.twitter.com/DUqMtxJc3v
— FyreFestivalFraud (@FyreFraud) April 27, 2017
…and now #fyrefestival has reverted back to deleting messages versus responding to customers. How have there not been arrests @FBI?! pic.twitter.com/JgDkic9JK1
— FyreFestivalFraud (@FyreFraud) April 27, 2017
The luxury festival tents are left over disaster relief shelters from @USAID Fyre Festival scammed us! https://t.co/kW4olVKgzY #fyrefestival pic.twitter.com/8QYkQ3jIPR
— FyreFestivalFraud (@FyreFraud) April 25, 2017
More deliberate lies by #fyrefestival. Fyre Festival makes it appear to be its own island…marketing says private island…it isn’t! Scam. pic.twitter.com/E4Gz8o3X0z
— FyreFestivalFraud (@FyreFraud) April 20, 2017
From someone on the ground at #FyreFestival pic.twitter.com/20ZuzhKNzI
— FyreFestivalFraud (@FyreFraud) April 27, 2017
As of right now, the festival has been postponed. Attendees are currently waiting for “rescue” flights, and all inbound festival-going flights have been called off.
Keep up on Reddit for hilarious updates.
