“Fyre Festival 2 is real. “
At least that is what Billy McFarland, the scammer and the promoter sentenced the Firth Fyre festival in 2017, said Monday. McFarland and the Instagram account for the failed influential occasion announced that Fyre Festival 2 will soon be on sale.
“I am sure that many other people think I am in a loop to do it again. But I think I would be in loop not to do it again,” McFarland said on Instagram. “After years of reflected image and now a planning considered, the new team and I have plans for Fyre 2. “
He added: “Thanks to my partners for the opportunity. “
According to its website, the Fyre McFarland Festival will have come to Isla Women from Mexico from May 30 to June 2. Participants, some who paid more than $ 10,000 for tickets, found canceled shows, tents that had stormy situations and unhappy cheese sandwiches. The careless event, founded through McFarland and rapper Ja Rule, has become temporarily viral and has become the issue of several documentaries, adding “Fyre” from Netflix.
In 2018, McFarland begged the fault of exciting investors of $ 26 million in the candidate for Coachella and more than $ 100,000 in a program of sales of fraudulent price tickets. Nicknamed a “series scammer” through a judge in New York, McFarland sentenced six years in a federal prison. He launched early and placed under space arrest in 2022 and since then has planned a new bankruptcy for Fyre.
If the news of the Fyre Festival 2 seems familiar, it is probably because McFarland first announced that the tickets were on sale in August 2023. This edition was to return to the Caribbean, but despite everything eliminated and that the tickets were reimbursed.
The recent maximum launch of the Fyre Festival has 4 tickets ranging from $ 1,400 to $ 1. 1 million and waves of “an electrifying music party, arts, kitchen, comedy, fashion, games, sports and treasures. ” The newest edition of the Festival has “unforgettable performances, immersive experiences”, however, lately it is not the diversity of artists.
This clarifies: “Fyre reports will be in a series of experienced drops that lead to the festival. “
McFarland told “Today” of NBC in an interview that “my dream despite everything becomes a reality” and that Fyre Festival 2 “is not in the past. ” He did not verify if Fyre blocked the talents, which has doubled that the artists will be revealed later.
The online page of the Fyre Festival says: “All price ticket packages are limited and sold quickly. ” It remains to be noticed if Fyre Festival 2 will rise from the ashes of its predecessor or face the same viral fire typhoon.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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