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Fyre Festival 2 is still on, Billy McFarland says. How he plans to lock down lodging and musical artists.


Published on 2025-03-27 18:24:11 - AOL
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  • The original Fyre Festival in 2017, promoted by influencers including Kendall Jenner and Bella Hadid, promised luxury accommodations and a stacked musical lineup in the Bahamas. What guests received instead were disaster relief tents, cheese sandwiches, no artists and mass chaos.

The article from AOL Entertainment discusses the controversial revival of the Fyre Festival, dubbed Fyre Festival II, spearheaded by its original organizer, Billy McFarland. Despite his previous conviction for defrauding investors and ticket holders of the disastrous first Fyre Festival in 2017, McFarland has announced plans for a sequel event. He was released from prison in March 2022 after serving part of a six-year sentence for wire fraud. The announcement has been met with skepticism and criticism, given the first festival's infamous failure, which left attendees stranded with subpar conditions far from the luxury promised. McFarland has expressed his intent to repay his debts and make amends by making Fyre Festival II a success, although details on how he plans to achieve this remain vague. The article also touches on the public's and media's reaction, ranging from disbelief to outright condemnation, highlighting the audacity of attempting to relaunch such a notorious event.

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