Fyre Festival 2 “confirmed” for 2025, has yet to book any artists

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new interview with NBC News that it is locked in to return in April 2025.According to McFarland, Fyre Festival 2 “is happening April 25, 2025, so we’re seven and a half months away.

We have a private island off the coast of Mexico in the Caribbean, and we have an incredible production company who’s handling everything from soup to nuts.”Billy McFarland did not name the island where the festival is said to be taking place, but noted that his team is “developing and building out the private island for the actual festival festivities.” He also claims to have hired a festival production company to “handle the stages and the bathrooms and all the stuff that I clearly don’t know how to do.”As for the musical acts set to play at Fyre Festival 2, no talent has been booked yet, per McFarland.

The original Fyre Festival in 2017 was reportedly set to include performances from Blink-182, Major Lazer, Disclosure, Migos, Pusha T, Tyga and more.McFarland also told NBC News‘ Today that music won’t be the core focus of Fyre Festival 2.

It will also include other forms of “entertainment”: “It’s not going to be just music — for example, karate combat. We’re in talks with them to set up a pit to have, like, live fights at Fyre Festival 2.”Another focus of the 2025 festival will be off-island experiences: “It’s not about 10,000 people staring at a stage with their hands in the air.