They lost thousands of dollars each, got taken for a ride to nowhere and were conned with nothing to show for it, not even a t-shirt. If that's not "burnt real bad", I don't know what is.
It's no small irony that the name of this non-festival that was hyped and then cancelled before it even started, was named "Fyre".
Burnt in the Fyre real bad, I'd say.
Differing perspectives, I guess. To me, “burnt real bad” means serious illness or injury, a felony record, a massive liability judgment, etc.
Anyway, I do hope the buyers learned a lesson.