Festival Marketed to Rich Millennials Turns out to Be a Horrifying Scam for Millions of Dollars

More Truth Comes To Light

With these financial issues arising, many journalists took it upon themselves to investigate. As it turns out, the video of the “festival grounds” was actually just a really good CGI rendering. The private island is just the main island of Grand Exuma. It was an underdeveloped part of the Bahamas that was not ready for thousands of people. Also, Pablo Escobar never even owned an island in the Bahamas, so that was a straight out lie. Finally, Major Lazer was booked at the Middlelands Festival in Texas when they were supposed to be booked at Fyre Festival. Still, people clambered to get to the festival…

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.