{"id":642944,"date":"2023-04-28T20:06:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T01:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/28\/new-jerseys-bamboozle-festival-featuring-limp-bizkit-rick-ross-canceled-as-fans-revolt\/"},"modified":"2023-04-28T20:06:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T01:06:00","slug":"new-jerseys-bamboozle-festival-featuring-limp-bizkit-rick-ross-canceled-as-fans-revolt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/28\/new-jerseys-bamboozle-festival-featuring-limp-bizkit-rick-ross-canceled-as-fans-revolt\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey\u2019s Bamboozle Festival Featuring Limp Bizkit, Rick Ross Canceled as Fans\u00a0Revolt"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ticket buyers are accusing organizers of the resurrected festival\u00a0\u2014 which failed to receive a final permit from Atlantic City officials \u2014 of running a scam.<\/p>\n<\/header><\/div>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tFred Durst and Wes Borland of Limp Bizkit perform on stage during Lollapalooza 2021 at Grant Park on July 31, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tAn Atlantic City, N.J., music festival that was slated to feature Limp Bizkit<\/a>, Rick Ross<\/a> and Steve Aoki<\/a> has been canceled just a week before kick-off after fans revolted over what they saw as unfulfilled promises and the city declined to issue a final permit for the event.<\/p>\n

\n\tOrganizers of the Bamboozle Festival, which was set to hold its first edition in more than 10 years at Bader Field from May 5-7, announced the cancellation in a notice posted to the festival\u2019s official website on Friday (April 28).<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAfter extensive discussions, we have made the heartbreaking decision to cancel Bamboozle 2023,\u201d reads the post on the website, which has been scrubbed of all other information. \u201cAn incredible amount of time, dedication, passion and hard work was invested into making this comeback a success. We appreciate everyone who supported this festival. Refunds should be requested at point of purchase.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThough the festival did not cite the reason for the cancellation, a separate statement put out by Anthony Swan<\/strong>, city business administrator of Atlantic City, said the city put the kibosh on the event after failing to receive the paperwork necessary for it to proceed.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe asked for this information months in advance to protect the city and the taxpayers of Atlantic City,\u201d said Swan. \u201cThe event was fast approaching, and these issues were still unresolved.\u201d After organizers failed to meet the city\u2019s April 27 deadline to submit the documents, Swan added, \u201cthe attorney for the festival organizers has been notified \u2026 that the event is canceled consistent with our prior notice.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe cancellation follows weeks of contention between Bamboozle organizers and fans, which began when those who bought tickets during the presale started complaining that the \u201cstacked\u201d lineup promised by founder John D\u2019Esposito<\/strong> in a post on Bamboozle\u2019s official Instagram page failed to come to fruition. Making matters worse, D\u2019Esposito had said that the $400 three-day ticket prices would \u201cjump\u201d as more artists were announced, but instead they fell by nearly $100 after the fest offered a discount code. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe war of words between D\u2019Esposito and fans ramped up in February when an anonymous Instagram account bearing the handle @scamboozlefest<\/a> began making critical posts about the festival, claiming that organizers were refusing to honor refund requests and re-posting screenshots that showed D\u2019Esposito harassing angry ticket buyers over Instagram, email and text. The Bamboozle Festival\u2019s official Instagram account also began posting negative comments on Scamboozle\u2019s posts, calling fans names like \u201cclown,\u201d \u201cdork,\u201d \u201cpinhead\u201d and \u201cjackass.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tOne post on the Scamboozle account bore screenshots of emails<\/a> in which D\u2019Esposito threatened to doxx a disgruntled fan named Alphonso Cino: \u201cMaybe we have a street party in front of your home address,\u201d one of the emails read. In an interview earlier this month with The Philadelphia Inquirer<\/a><\/em> \u2014 which reported that Cino filed complaints against the promoters both with his local police department and the New Jersey State Police Cyber Crimes Unit \u2014 D\u2019Esposito claimed the emails were \u201ctongue in cheek\u201d and that he \u201cwas joking around.\u201d In the same story, D\u2019Esposito said he expected roughly 15,000 attendees at the festival and claimed that a total of just 47 fans had been refunded the price of their tickets by their credit card companies.<\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to NJ.com<\/a><\/em>, numerous Bamboozle ticket buyers have also filed complaints with the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs for false advertising and refund requests.<\/p>\n

\n\tFollowing Friday\u2019s cancellation, vendors also began scrambling to recover the money they had shelled out. Speaking with The Press of Atlantic City<\/a><\/em>, Nick Richetti of Canna City Hemp said he was worried about receiving a refund after paying out $10,000 for a booth on the festival grounds. \u201cI own one small CBD store in North Carolina, and $10,000 will absolutely break me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\n\tBillboard <\/em>reached out for comment to an email listed on Bamboozle\u2019s official Facebook page but hadn\u2019t received a response by press time. <\/p>\n

\n\tD\u2019Esposito founded Bamboozle in 2002 and kept the festival going for the next decade, with previous editions featuring top-tier acts such as 50 Cent, Foo Fighters, Bon Jovi, Snoop Dogg, Mac Miller, My Chemical Romance and Fall Out Boy. At its peak, the event was drawing more than 100,000 fans over a single weekend. Following an alleged dispute between D\u2019Esposito and his partners in the event, Live Nation and House of Blues, the festival went dormant in 2012. D\u2019Esposito told The Philadelphia Inquire<\/em>r that he repurchased the festival\u2019s trademark in 2020 in order to resurrect it. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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