Scandal-hit Fyre festival is back with tickets at nearly $8,000

Event in 2017 was axed over inadequate accommodation, food and water – and landed its co-founder in jail for fraud

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. Continue reading...