Comment on Fyre Festival organizer says he was 'naive' about the luxury event that became a nightmare — but he's still planning another on

MusicNotes Conf/Facebook The Fyre Festival was supposed to be an escape to an island paradise, where you and your friends could party with super models and indulge in luxury. What those who spent $450-$12,000 for a ticket actually got, however, was a day spent trapped on an island, allegedly with no plumbing, a processed cheese sandwich, few musicians, and airport officials who reportedly padlocked dehydrated attendees waiting for a plane to escape. The festival was the brainchild of young entrepreneur Billy McFarland and early 2000s rap star Ja Rule. After hours of social media postings from attendees who learned shortly upon arrival on the Bahamian island that the festival was canceled and that there were no flights home or hotels to stay at, Ja Rule posted on Twitter, denying the allegation the festival was a scam while also apologizing. McFarland broke his silence late on Friday with an apology on Rolling Stone, and spoke again on Saturday morning through a video he sent to TMZ. "We were overwhelmed and just didn't have the foresight to solve all these problems," McFarland told Rolling Stone, adding that he and his team were "a little naive." He said that he would atone for the failure by refunding all attendees this weekend and offering them access to a free festival in the US later this year.