Coachella turns to ‘chaos’, guests demand repayments such as Fyre Fest

Day 0 on Coachella 2025, and the Fyre Fest -Flashbacks are already rolling in.
When Festivalgoers arrived at the annual music event on Thursday, things had already fallen in “chaos” – with dozens who called the “the worst in history” and the restitutions demanding before the doors opened, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
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Some campers have claimed that they have waited more than 12 hours to reach a campsite on Thursday.
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The iconic music event in California, which runs two weekends every year, will open its gates later today for a wave of A-list celebrities and ticket cavters.
In the meantime, car campers have already flooded social media, so that the chaos unfolded in the parking places this morning.
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Various festival visitors complain on social media and document the disorganization of the event.
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Reports have collapsed about the raw start of Coachella for campers, with some who claim that they have waited more than 12 hours to reach a campsite.
One person on X shared a message that they arrived at 2 hours to secure a place, but did not reach the security control point until 3 p.m.
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They also noticed a lack of Porta potties, which meant that many had to pee on the side of the road, while others touched without benzerten during the long wait.
One person noted: “This is the worst organization I’ve ever seen at a festival, and this is Coachella for God’s sake.”
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Other compared Coachella 2025 with a festival of 2017 that ended in a mega disaster and wrote: “No BC why Coachella actually becomes the Fyre festival.”
Fyre Festival – which was such a mess, it justified its own Netflix documentary in 2019 – was a hyped luxury music event organized by Billy McFarland and JA Rule.
Promising a private island and top artists, it supplied poor accommodations, food and security instead. The fiasco, fueled by the promotion of influencer, led to the condemnation of McFarland and the prison.
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In the official Coachella Reddit wire, visitors expressed frustration about long waiting times and poor organization, with one person called for partial or full refunds after waiting nine hours to come in without access to food or bathrooms.
Others shared similar complaints and described the auto -camping process as chaotic and unorganized.
Some also wondered what the security even did because lines hardly moved.
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Someone wrote: “Guys, this is my fifth Coachella, and I had never seen such a terrible organization for autocamping, I have been here for hours, I just crossed the security check and literally nobody has moved.”
Other guests also described waiting in the camping line as “chaos” and out of hand and doubted the delay, even after the security came through.
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One person said: “What is” security “even do ???.
“Waiting times. After having done this for many years.”

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Others were brought to Tiktok to share their struggles with video light.
A user documented the campsite and noticed: “This is really bad. Nobody knows where to be set up, everything is so unorganized. We have just chosen a random place that we set up here, but everyone does the same.
Another responded to the clip: “Coachella is not even fun anymore. It is far too expensive and unorganized. Only people who want to be cool to go there. I’m good at home.”
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Coachella is already compared to the disastrous Fyre Festival 2017.
Coachella promotes autocamping on its website as the “most popular overnight stay”, which encourages guests to “build an oasis for you and your crew.”
For weekend one the prices start at $ 160, where the site claims: “If you have never camped, have you really experienced what Coachella has to offer?”
Weekend One of the Coachella Valley Music Festival starts on Friday, runs until Sunday, with Lady Gaga, Green Day and Post Malone Headlining.