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The TLDR; A huge music festival in the Bahamas was advertised on Instagram by a bunch of Instagram narcissists, targeting a bunch of Instagram narcissists, the perfect selfie and humblebrag opportunity for over-compensating millennials who have too much money to spend from parents with too much money to spend.
This is what was advertised:
From CNN
What they got:
Other links to the scamage...
Fyre Festival Head Billy McFarland: 'We Were a Little Naive'
The organizer of the doomed Fyre festival was previously accused of scamming millennials with promises of Hamilton tickets and trips to Cuba
Fyre Festival: When a $12,000 luxury festival in a Caribbean paradise turns into chaos - CNN.com
The Fyre Festival Was a Luxury Nightmare
Sorry, but I can't help laugh.
This is what was advertised:
From CNN
If you turned up at the Fyre Festival wooed by its ads -- and many, many fans did -- you'd think you were in for a weekend of top-notch acts playing for your entertainment, as models in bikinis paraded around and private jets and yachts ferried you to and from the beautiful Caribbean paradise. Everything any good millennial needs for a strong Instagram post.
The reality, however, has been anything but.
Those who shelled out up to $12,780 for the luxury weekend in the Exumas, in the Bahamas, found themselves Thursday treated to mass disorganization, half-built tents, and catered food that was little more than limp cheese sandwiches.
What they got:
Other links to the scamage...
Fyre Festival Head Billy McFarland: 'We Were a Little Naive'
The organizer of the doomed Fyre festival was previously accused of scamming millennials with promises of Hamilton tickets and trips to Cuba
Fyre Festival: When a $12,000 luxury festival in a Caribbean paradise turns into chaos - CNN.com
The Fyre Festival Was a Luxury Nightmare
Sorry, but I can't help laugh.
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