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Fyre Festival 2 cancelled as founder Billy McFarland puts brand up for sale

Fyre Festival 2 had been scheduled to take place on Isla Mujeres, Mexico, from May 30 to June 2

Evening Standard

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Billy McFarland cancels Fyre Festival 2 and puts brand up for sale a week after postponement

Founder Billy McFarland says ‘it’s time to pass the torch’

The Independent UK

Fyre Fest 2’s Fate Left Unclear After Location In Mexico Fell Through & Is Anyone Shocked?

Ticket-holders to Fyre Festival 2 have been informed that the event will be postponed, after location planning fell through.

Pedestrian.tv

Fyre festival 2 ‘postponed’ just weeks before it was scheduled to start

Event was meant to kick off 30 May to follow failed 2017 event that led to Billy McFarland’s wire fraud conviction

The Guardian - US

Fyre Festival 2 postponed

Fyre Festival 2 has been postponed and ticketholders have been told their tickets have been refunded.

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"You can repurchase if it works for your schedule": Fyre 2, Billy McFarland’s ‘luxury’ festival is postponed indefinitely

‘The Greatest Party That Never Happened’ never happened again

MusicRadar

New twist in Fyre Festival saga as comeback event postponed

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The Independent UK

Fyre Festival 2 postponed just weeks ahead of scheduled kick-off date

Event organised by convicted fraudster Billy McFarland, the man behind the original doomed festival, had been charging thousands for tickets

The Independent UK

In this year's least surprising news, Fyre Festival 2 has been postponed

Who could possibly have seen this coming?

Louder

Has Fyre really gone out?: Billy McFarland’s festival will be limited to just 250 guests and just 12 hours of music

That’s if it even happens at all

MusicRadar

"There will be no event called 'Fyre 2' in Playa del Carmen." Grand plans to revive disastrous event come as a surprise to the resort city supposed to be hosting it

Fyre Festival was an unrivalled disaster and subject of two documentaries – now part 2 looks to be off to a less than ideal start

Metal Hammer

Fyre Festival 2 tickets go on sale — but Mexican officials say it has no permits

Ticket prices range from $1,400 to $25,000

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MusicRadar

"This festival is not going to happen. There are red flags all over the place”: Bad news for Fyre Festival 2 ticket holders – Mexico’s tourist board reckon that the event “does not exist”

They shocked the world with the original… Then baffled us all with a sequel… Is Fyre Festival 2 on the brink of disaster again?

The Guardian - US

Alarms raised over legitimacy of Fyre festival 2: ‘An event that does not exist’

Tourism and local officials in Mexico deny any knowledge of proposed follow-up to disastrous 2017 event

The Guardian - UK

Welcome back Billy McFarland and a new Fyre festival. Shows you can’t keep a good fantasist down

Fresh out of jail, does it matter that his 2017 festival was one of the biggest social-media-driven deceptions of our time? Not a bit, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

International Business Times UK

What Is Fyre Festival 2: What Happened The First Time And Will Rich Kids Get Stranded Again?

Fyre Festival is set to make an unforgettable comeback later this year, featuring a lavish Caribbean island, luxury rooms and diverse acts for the perfect summer getaway.

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Fortune

Fyre Festival 2 tickets are on sale for up to $1.1 million after founder served prison time for defrauding investors of the first event

"I'm sure many people think I'm crazy for doing this again,” 33-year-old founder Billy McFarland said. "But I feel I'd be crazy not to do it again.”

The Guardian - US

Jimmy Kimmel: ‘The whole country is a Fyre Festival right now’

Late-night hosts discuss Musk’s ultimatums to government workers and Trump being too pro-Russia even for Fox News

MusicRadar

Playing with Fyre: The greatest party that never happened is actually happening this time

So says Billy McFarland

Evening Standard

Fyre Festival returns for second instalment with tickets to cost up to $1 million

Despite the catastrophic failure of Fyre Festival, founder Billy McFarland has confirmed dates for the next event

The Independent UK

Second time lucky? Everything we know about Fyre Festival 2, from sky-high prices to lineup

Convicted fraudster Billy McFarland said the second iteration of his Fyre Festival is ‘my dream finally becoming a reality‘

Latin Times

Founder of Disastrous Fyre Festival Explains How It'll Be Better The Second Time Around: 'There Is A Risk Component'

Billy McFarland is reviving Fyre Festival with a second iteration set for May 2025 in Isla Mujeres, Mexico.

The Conversation

Fyre Festival II: why people give fraudsters a second chance

The Fyre music festival and its well-publicised failure are widely seen as a mixture of incompetence and fraud, embodied in Billy McFarland, its chief architect. People paid thousands of dollars for what was advertised as a luxury music festival but they were served simple cheese sandwiches and the entertainment was…

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