Scandal-hit Fyre festival is back with tickets at nearly €7,200

Event in 2017 was axed over inadequate accommodation, food and water — and landed its co-founder in jail for fraud
Scandal-hit Fyre festival is back with tickets at nearly €7,200

Organisers had used influencers such as Bella Hadid, above, and Kendall Jenner to promote the luxury event. Picture: Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP

It was the festival disaster that gripped the world. A modern-day Lord of the Flies with Instagram influencers instead of schoolchildren.

But the return of the infamous Fyre Festival is still on, its organiser has announced, but it remains uncertain when or where it is — or who may be performing is still not known a year on.

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