Fyre festival 2 ‘postponed’ just weeks before it was scheduled to start
Fyre festival 2 has been “postponed”, according to messages sent to ticket holders, just weeks before it was scheduled to start.
The event, advertised as a luxury music festival, was supposed to take place in Mexico from 30 May to 2 June. It was intended as an improved followup to the failed Fyre festival in 2017, which experienced problems with security, food, accommodation, medical services and artist relations, resulting in the festival being indefinitely postponed and eventually cancelled.
“The event has been postponed and a new date will be announced. We have issued you a refund. Once the new date is announced, at that time, you can repurchase if it works for your schedule,” read a message sent to ticket holders, ABC News reported. […]
Despite descriptions about the location of the sequel festival on the website, Mexico officials had previously confirmed that no event of that name was planned to be held there.
“We have no knowledge of this event, nor contact with any person or company about it,” Edgar Gasca, from the tourism directorate of Isla Mujeres, told the Guardian. “For us, this is an event that does not exist.”
Yeah, when your advertised location calls bullshit on you like that, you’re probably fucked. This, I’m sure, comes as no surprise to anyone paying attention. I fear, however, this isn’t the last we’ve heard of Fyre Festival 2, not least because I will be surprised if those refunds turn out to have been real, and there’ll probably be a whole stack of other legal issues arising…
