History TroubledProduction / MusicConcertsToursAndFestivals

** That new site was on Great Exuma, on an abandoned lot that was the site of an aborted resort development. Fyre's organizers continued to claim that the festival would be on a private island, even though it was now sharing an island with 7,000 permanent residents and a ton of tourists -- it was within walking distance of a Sandals Resort. They also failed to realize that the festival's dates would coincide with the Exuma Regatta, the biggest event of the year on the island, which would cause a mass of tourists who would take up every available hotel room. And they ''still'' didn't get moving on building the site; they just kept [[SkewedPriorities paying for the models and influencers]]. With six weeks to go, anyone who looked closely at the festival could see the writing on the wall; the site was little more than a gravel pit.
** By this time, anyone who looked closely at the festival could see the writing on the wall, and more and more organizers tried to come up with ideas to salvage it. The one who spent a night in a tent with his wife suggested chartering or renting a big cruise ship already set up with luxury dining and accommodations, parking it offshore, putting the guests up there, and ferrying them to the island for the music gigs. [=McFarland=] responded by firing him. Others proposed admitting defeat and postponing the festival by a year, giving themselves the time and money they needed to make everything happen; they figured the attendees would be disappointed but understanding and still commit to coming next year. They were all [[http://nymag.com/thecut/2017/04/fyre-festival-exumas-bahamas-disaster.html unceremoniously fired]]. With no means of getting through to [=McFarland=], one insider created the "[=@FyreFraud=]" Website/{{Twitter}} handle to air his concerns to the public. [=McFarland=] was unmoved. He and his team, in the grand tradition of overenthusiastic entrepreneurship, seemed to genuinely believe in AchievementsInIgnorance; one of his inner circle is reputed to have said, "Let's just do it [[TemptingFate and be]] ''[[TemptingFate legends]]'', [[TemptingFate man!]]"

** Through all of this, the family was at total odds. Everyone stayed on a separate floor, and Michael often in a separate hotel entirely. Michael avoided the rest of the family as much as he could. Meetings often broke down into side meetings among the factions: two lawyers representing Michael, one representing Jermaine, and the other four with or without lawyers. The brothers agreed that they would ride to shows in the van together, as long as they did it alone; Michael started breaking the agreement by bringing guests, first [[Series/{{Webster}} Emmanuel Lewis]] and then Julian Lennon, which annoyed the brothers enough that midway through the tour they stopped sharing the van and started getting their own rides.[[note]]They were ''okay'' with Lewis, figuring that they didn't want to spoil the boy's experience, and most of them weren't talking to each other anyway. But when Lennon rode with them (in a helicopter bound for Giants Stadium), despite giving him a similar concession, they were all giving Michael a silent DeathGlare for the entire trip.[[/note]]