Three Friends, High Hopes
Blogger and podcaster Seth Crossno and his three buddies from North Carolina spent $45,000 on a package including tickets, travel, and luxury accommodation for the Fyre Festival. But when they arrived at the beautiful beach, all they found was what looked like a building site. “There were still workers, pick-up trucks and 18-wheelers everywhere,” he told Radio 1 Newsbeat.
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While the chaos of the festival was seen mostly on Twitter, with people posting live as it was going down, a lot was going on behind the scenes. “The organizers had 6 to 8 weeks to pull off something that should have taken close to a year,” said Chris Smith, the director of the Netflix documentary.
The festival was described as the Hunger Games…