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‘Luxury’ Fyre Festival backed by Bella Hadid and Emily Ratajkowski descends into total chaos

People attending Fyre Festival in the Bahamas thought they were in for the luxury weekend of their dreams.

But the event, run by Ja Rule and entrepreneur Billy McFarland and backed by supermodels including Bella Hadid and Emily Ratajkowski, has been cancelled after descending into total chaos.

Blink-182 pulled out of their headlining gig on Thursday and things have continued to go downhill from there, with the festival’s Twitter account announcing the event has been put on hold.

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“Due to unforeseen and extenuating circumstances, Fyre Festival has been fully postponed,” a series of tweets began.

“After assessing the situation this morning and looking at best options for our guests, we cannot move forward as we hoped we could. At this time, we are working tirelessly to get flights scheduled and get all travelers home safely.”

On Thursday evening, one Instagram user shared a video of guests on a plane at Miami airport that was supposed to be bound for the private island in the Exumas.

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“We have been advised by Fyre, the tour operator of your flight, that they can no longer accept any guests in Exuma,” an airline rep told passengers, before reading the following statement from the festival, “Due to overcapacity on the island, we need to cancel the flights to ensure the safety of our guests.”

Tickets for the two-weekend festival, which was announced with an Instagram video starring Bella Hadid and Emily Ratajkowski, ranged from $1000 to $12000 and some guests paid up to $250,000 for VIP packages.

Tyga and Desiigner were among the other artists slated to perform during the weekend, which promised private beaches and luxury accommodations.

William Finley paid $2,700 for an artist pass, which was supposed to allow him into the artist village with overnight villas, catered food and an open bar, but he told Billboard that the reality was very different.

“They’re basically disaster relief tents,” he said. “With a mattress on some sort of bed frame. They’re not that uncomfortable but the tents are so poorly made that they’d blow over in a second if there was any wind or rain.”

Frustrated guests, who also shared photos of the festival site and food on social media, eventually headed for the airport where it seems they had just as many problems trying to get on a flight back to Miami.

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