Billy McFarland.
Theo Wargo/Getty ImagesYes, Fyre Festival II happens eight years after the infamous failed event.
“Fyre II is real. My dream finally becomes a reality, “an entrepreneur Billy McFarlandwho created the original festival shared in an interview with Today On Monday, February 24, tickets for the same day for the event officially went on sale.
The second installment of the festival is scheduled to be held in Isla Mudgez, Mexico, May 30 to June 2. TodayThe 33 -year -old McFarland explained that the dates had been accumulated one month to “give time to their partners to prepare everything.”
Unlike the original Fyre Festival, McFarland will not handle the planning details directly. Instead, he works with a “basic festival operator”, a hotel and tourist partners and other tourist companies to organize the event.
The Fyre 2017 Festival became a stroke after deceiving its attendees, and it was just a complete disaster. The idea for the Bahamas Music Festival came to the entrepreneur Billy McFarland, who wanted to promote his Fyre app, which helped users book musical talent. McFarland has partnered with JA Rule to create the event. (…)
McFarland created the original Fyre Festival in 2017. With And rule As a means of promoting his app app for music talents, Fyre. Instead of the luxury escape of the festival, which was promised on the island of the big ex -in, the attendees were greeted with several planning problems, including security, accommodation, food availability, medical services and more. In the end, the festival was canceled, leaving those present on a distant part of the island.
McFarland and JA Rule, 48, were tried for $ 100 million by disappointed present in May 2017, and McFarland was arrested by federal wire fraud agents one month later. He pleaded guilty to wire fraud and investor fraud in March 2018. He was also charged with selling fraudulent tickets for Met Gala, Burning Man and Coachella six months later.
McFarland was sentenced to six years in prison in October 2018, but was released in early March 2022 and remained under house arrest until September 2022. The JA rule was released from all misconduct by a judge in November 2019, After claiming he was deceived by McFarland. The failures of the failures and falls of the festival were documented in the 2019 documentary. FyreS
Although Fyre Festival II’s limited 2000 tickets are on sale, no music acts have been announced for the event. “We will have performers in electronic, hip-hop, pop and rock. However, this is not just music, “McFarland explained TodayS “We may have a professional skateboarder to make a demonstration. We may have MMA champion to teach you the techniques in the morning. “
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Asked if the acts were officially reserved, McFarland said: “I think what Fyre is doing so cool is that we are selling Fyre’s experience. I want to be one of the first festivals to be sold out without artists. … We announce the artists in the next few months, so I don’t be responsible for booking the talent. “
He noted that on the basis of their conversations with the organizers of the event, the attendees can “expect” several names of the A-list to be included.
McFarland noted that he may not be able to attend Fyre Festival II, since his legal punishment limits his journey. “I don’t know. I have to be well with mental, maybe I look at my computer live and cry a little, “he said. “I have to request international travel.”
Noting that the event is not for everyone, McFarland said that Fyre Festival II is for people “take the risk, are looking for the adventure and want to be there for the moment.” He added, “I think it’s always a risk. You take the risk because I made very bad decisions and confused the first festival. Until he experiences, there is a risk of it. “
McFarland shared more details about the festival through social media On Monday, describing the event as “adventures led by international and local talents, to take guests on excursions to press borders throughout the day and to unite for intimate beach beach performances.”
In a statement included in the publication, McFarland wrote: “I’m sure many people think I’m crazy to do it again. But I feel like I will be crazy not to do it again. After years of reflection and now thoughtful planning, the new team and I have incredible Fyre 2 plans. Adventure seekers who trust the vision and make the jump will help create history. Thanks to my partners for the second chance. “
