At this time, we are working tirelessly to get flights scheduled and get everyone off of Great Exuma and home safely as quickly as we can. “Due to circumstances out of our control, the physical infrastructure was not in place on time and we are unable to fulfill on that vision safely and enjoyably for our guests. “Fyre Festival set out to provide a once-in-a-lifetime musical experience on the Islands of the Exumas. While the festival’s website continued to feature advertising for the event as the chaos unfolded, by late Friday morning the site bore an official statement instead: … Several companies bailed on working with them because they were very disorganized. On April 17 the New York Post published a story headlined “Are Fyre Festival organizers in over their heads?,” which cited a source as saying “attendees have not yet seen pictures of their ‘villas’ on the fest’s private Bahamian island,” while another sours said, “It feels like they have good intentions, but are out of their league.
In the weeks leading up to the festival, the Wall Street Journal reported that several of the headliners had not been paid their advances, although later this was rectified.
This weekend’s event was postponed Friday morning, and it’s difficult to envision the concert scheduled for next weekend happening.įyre Festival had promised “a cultural moment created from a blend of music, art, and food.” Tickets ranged between $1,000 and $12,000 - with some VIP packages as high as $250,000 - with amenities including private plane and boat rentals, massages, and local beach tours. I’m deeply sorry to everyone who was inconvenienced by this.” I don’t know how everything went so left but I’m working to make it right by making sure everyone is refunded… I truly apologize as this is NOT MY FAULT … but I’m taking responsibility. It was NOT A SCAM as everyone is reporting. I’m heartbroken at this moment, my partners and I wanted this to be an amazing event. “We are working right now on getting everyone the island SAFE that is my immediate concern,” he wrote. Concertgoers arrived on the island of Exumas to find not the luxurious setting they’d been promised, but flimsy tents instead of beautiful bungalows, boxed lunches, and a near-complete lack of organization, with many concertgoers virtually stranded on the island. The fest was organized by the rapper and investor tech entrepreneur Billy McFarland. Ja Rule has responded via Twitter to the firestorm of criticism he and other organizers have received over the chaos of the Fyre Festival in the Bahamas.
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