Ja Rule‘s Fyre Festival, a three-day, two weekend event in the Exumas, Bahamas, has been cancelled after attendees, who paid thousands to attend, were met with poor conditions.
Attendees reportedly spent between one thousand and twelve thousand dollars to attend. Living conditions were reportedly tents used in disaster relief efforts. Food consisted of bread and cheese sandwiches. There are also reports of a lack of staffing. You can see photos of the conditions over at TMZ.
“We received a email this morning saying they are ‘arranging’ flights asap for guests,” festival attendee Tico Lorenzo told Billboard. “We didn’t want to wait any longer so we booked our [flight]. There were no pillows and most of people’s bed sheets were wet so nobody got that much sleep.”
“The event organizers assured us that all measures were taken to ensure a safe and successful event but clearly they did not have the capacity to execute an event of this scale,” the Bahamian Ministry of Tourism said. “A team of Ministry of Tourism representatives is on the island to assist with the organization of a safe return of all Fyre Festival visitors. It is our hope that the Fyre Festival visitors would consider returning to the Islands Of The Bahamas in the future to truly experience all of our beauty.”
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