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Tents and a portable toilet set up for attendees for the Fyre Festival on Friday, in the Bahamas' Exuma islands.

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Fyre Festival Hit With $100 Million Suit; Organizer Says 'We Were A Little Naive'

3:40pm May 01, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

Admitting they were "unable to realize our dream on the first try," festival organizers are giving attendees the option to forgo a refund and instead receive VIP passes to Fyre Fest 2018.

Fyre Festival attendees walk around the event site on Thursday night in Grand Exuma, Bahamas. Festivalgoers had paid thousands of dollars for villas and lodges on the beach, but instead found a chaotic tent city.

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Paradise Lost: Luxury Music Festival Turns Out To Be Half-Built Scene Of Chaos

5:32pm April 28, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

Tickets cost thousands for what organizers were calling "the cultural event of the decade." But when visitors arrived on Grand Exuma, they found a tent city without enough power, security, or food.