Billy Macfarland: Last News

Fyre Festival 2 have already sold out, despite there being no line-up or location announced yet, according to founder Billy McFarland.Earlier this week, the first 100 tickets for the second instalment of the famously disastrous music festival went on sale.First developed by now convicted fraudster McFarland six years ago, the disgraced Fyre Fest was originally set to run over two weekends on a private beach in the Bahamas.However, it was quickly revealed to be fraudulent once punters arrived on the scene to find inadequate accommodation and a lack of food and water.

Fyre Festival 2 – the second version of the disgraced music festival – have sold out.Earlier this week, the festival’s founder, Billy McFarland, announced on TikTok that the first 100 pre-sale tickets were up for grabs. Each retailed at $499 a piece with ticket tiers marked as “coming soon” ranging from $799 to $7,999.Despite the fact that the festival has no lineup, venue, or dates lined up for the event, the first 100 pre-sale tickets have sold out.

Billy McFarland is giving the Fyre Festival concept a second shot and made an announcement about ticket sales going on sale.

Fyre Festival is making a comeback following its controversy.

You may get your chance if you want to be stranded on an island for several days without proper food and amenities.

The Fyre Festival is officially upon us once again… and Billy McFarland is prepping for his comeback story down in the Caribbean!

video posted to YouTube on Sunday that Fyre Festival II is officially a go.“This is a big day. It has been the absolute wildest journey to get here, and it really all started during a seventh-month stint in solitary confinement,” the convicted con artist said in the video.“I wrote out this 50-page plan of how it would take this overall interest and demand in Fyre and how it would take my ability bring people from around the world together to make the impossible happen.”McFarland, 31, said he worked with the “best partners in the world” who have allowed “me to be me, while executing Fyre’s vision to the highest level.”In deciding where the big comeback should take place, he allegedly spoke to people “as far away as the Middle East and South America” before ultimately deciding on the Caribbean — again.“In the meantime, we’ll be doing pop-ups and events across the world.

Fyre Festival 2 – the second version of the disgraced music festival – are now on sale to the public.First developed by Billy McFarland six years ago, the botched festival Fyre Fest was originally set to run over two weekends on a private beach in the Bahamas but was revealed to be fraudulent once punters arrived on the scene, with inadequate conditions and a lack of food and water. The debacle was then captured in the now-iconic Netflix documentary FYRE.The festival’s creator was released from prison in 2022 after he pleaded guilty to multiple counts of fraud and has taken to TikTok to share his plans for the revamped Fyre Fest.

Back in 2017, a new music event called Fyre Festival launched. Billed as a luxury two-weekend getaway on a remote island in the Bahamas with A-list musical talent, Fyre Festival actually delivered destitute accommodation, terrible food, no bands, and — for the influencers who found themselves stranded on the island — no escape. As photos and video emerged from the festival, the world watched with captivated schadenfreude; on the first scheduled day, Fyre announced its cancellation.

Fyre Fest — claims he has secured adequate funds to pay off his debts, launch a new version of the festival, and develop a Broadway musical about the original event.First developed by McFarland six years ago, the botched festival Fyre Fest was originally set to run over two weekends on a private beach in the Bahamas, but was revealed to be fraudulent once punters arrived on the scene, with inadequate conditions and a lack of food and water.The debacle was then captured in the now iconic Netflix documentary FYRE.Following the failure of the festival, McFarland pleaded guilty to multiple counts of fraud and was sentenced to six years in prison. He was released early from his sentence in 2022, after serving four years.In March this year, McFarland laid out his plans to repay the $26million (£20.9million) he owes to investors.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic In a development that may land somewhere between Woodstock 1999 and “Staying Alive” on the list of all-time unnecessary sequels, Billy McFarland is promising that there will be a “Fyre Festival II,” even though there was never a Fyre Festival I. “Fyre Festival II is finally happening,” the promoter posted on Twitter alongside a flame emoji. “Tell me why you should be invited.” The immediate responses or quote-tweet comments includes such remarks as “Imagine having this level of audacity,” “I’ll just wait for the documentaries” and “Because I hate myself.” McFarland was released from prison in 2022 after doing four years of a six-year sentence as a result of pleading guilty to charges involving defrauding investors and scamming ticket buyers. He was fined $26 million, as well, and has vowed to find a way to pay the investors he owes.

Fyre Festival 2 is reportedly in the works, six years after that disastrous event.

Fyre Festival could be making a return, per the disgraced co-founder.Yesterday (April 10), McFarland took to social media to announce the return of Fyre Festival, writing on Twitter: “Fyre Festival II is finally happening.

The creator of Fyre Festival is sharing his side of the story.

There aren’t enough red flag emojis in the world, y’all…

EXCLUSIVE: Billy McFarland, the founder of the notorious Fyre Festival, is out of prison and starting his latest venture – returning to the Bahamas for a treasure hunt.

Fyre Festival disaster – has opened up about his plans to pay off $26million (£22.7million) in restitution owed to those he defrauded.McFarland was profiled by The New York Times this week, having completed his stint on house arrest earlier this month. It comes after he was moved from prison to a halfway house in March, being released from his six-year federal prison sentence more than two years early (he was formally sentenced in October of 2018).

Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland has been released early from prison.McFarland was serving a six-year sentence after pleading guilty to multiple counts of fraud, including for the disastrous festival in the Bahamas in 2017.He spent six months of his sentence alone in solitary confinement after taking part in the recording of a podcast.According to TMZ, McFarland has now been released from the Milan Federal Correctional Institution in Milan, Michigan, where he was being held.He is now under the management of Residential Reentry Management New York – the administrative office overseeing halfway houses located in southern New York, eastern New York and New Jersey, according to The Hollywood Reporter.McFarland’s release date from the halfway house is currently set for August 30.Back in 2020, he requested an early release from his six-year prison sentence due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, but his request was turned down.McFarland’s release comes after Martin Shkreli, the disgraced “pharma bro” who famously bought Wu-Tang Clan‘s ‘Once Upon A Time In Shaolin’ for $2million (£1.4m), was also released early from prison. Shkreli was serving a seven-year sentence after being found guilty of securities fraud following claims he defrauded investors in former hedge funds in 2017.

ill-fated Fyre Festival, Billy McFarland, is no longer behind bars. The convicted fraudster was released on Wednesday, more than two years ahead of the end of his six-year sentence, according to multiplereports.McFarland was released into the care of a halfway house in New York City, where he is expected to reside until his release in August, NBC News reports.Jason Russo, McFarland's attorney, told NBC News that his client intends to «put together a team of good people for a solid plan to make amends and pay» what he owes in restitutions to those he defrauded.The Fyre Festival made headlines in April 2017 when hundreds of festival-goers — who paid up to $100,000 for tickets and were promised gourmet food and accommodations — were left stranded on the island after arriving to an unfinished site and a lack of food and staffing, which quickly turned into chaos.

UPDATE: The promoter behind the crash-and-burn Fyre Festival has been released from prison after serving less than four years for his role in the 2017 Caribbean concert disaster.

Thania Garcia Fyre Festival organizer Billy McFarland, the man behind the ill-famed, high-profile, fraudulent music festival, has been released from prison early.TMZ reported that the 30-year-old has been released but is not yet completely free, as he has been sitting in community confinement since March 30.It is unknown whether McFarland is in his personal home now or if he’s at a halfway house — an institute for people with criminal backgrounds to learn the skills needed to reintegrate into society.McFarland was expected to stay in prison through the end of August 2023 but his lawyers have been fighting for an early release since 2020. The producer of the calamitous 2017 Fyre Festival — which left hundreds of people stranded on an island without food, shelter and water — was originally sentenced to six years back in 2018.