[direwolf74]

Off to the Fyre Festival this weekend. Looks like a fantastic line-up. There are still some $12,000 tickets left if anyone is interested.

I'm assuming you're joking? CBC just reported that this festival has been postponed.

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The inaugural Fyre Festival in the Bahamas, a two-week music event promoted by celebrities including supermodels Bella Hadid and Emily Ratajkowski, was postponed Friday after attendees reported dilapidated accommodations, and top-billed performers pulled out. The Coachella-like festival, set to run this weekend and next weekend on the Exuma Islands, was co-organized by rapper Ja Rule. A promotional video for the Fyre Festival appears to promise paradise: outdoor concerts, yachts and jet skis streaking across lagoons with crystal-clear water, while young, beautiful models smile indistinctly at the camera.

Attendees were promised concerts featuring Blink-182, Major Lazer and more, treasure hunts for more than $1 million US in jewelry, and other prizes scattered across the island, as well as a feast of luxurious and exotic cuisine. Tickets started at several hundred dollars and went up to $12,000. Instead, hundreds compared the site to a battleground from The Hunger Games, and were housed in "disaster relief tents" and served bread and cheese in Styrofoam containers. Posts on social media paint a scene of confusion and anger. Photos depict attendees' luggage being dumped into shipping containers for storage, lockers without locks — all set against beaten, dusty grounds instead of postcard-friendly beaches.

Blink-182 tweeted Thursday it would be pulling out of the event. "We're not confident that we would have what we need to give you the quality of performances we always give our fans," the band said in a statement.

Organizers said on the festival website and via social media channels Friday that the event was "being postponed" and "due to circumstances out of our control, the physical infrastructure was not in place on time and we are unable to fulfil on that vision safely and enjoyably for our guests."

The festival said staff was focusing on getting everyone off the island.

Here's the official statement from the organizers:

Fyre Festival set out to provide a once-in-a-lifetime musical experience on the Islands of the Exumas.

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. 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. We ask that guests currently on-island do not make their own arrangements to get to the airport as we are coordinating those plans. We are working to place everyone on complimentary charters back to Miami today; this process has commenced and the safety and comfort of our guests is our top priority.

The festival is being postponed until we can further assess if and when we are able to create the high- quality experience we envisioned.

We ask for everyone's patience and cooperation during this difficult time as we work as quickly and safely as we can to remedy this unforeseeable situation. We will continue to provide regular updates via email to our guests and via our official social media channels as they become available.

-The Fyre Festival Team]