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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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“He hasn'tlearned a lot in prison... I'm just seeing a lot of red flags. And I feel bad. It saddens me”: Fyre festival investor warns punters to be wary of proposed Fyre II

Fyre Festival II: Investor warns punters of "red flags"

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‘An absolute art form’: the best, worst and weirdest celebrity apologies

In the wake of Dave Grohl’s public confession that he fathered a child outside of his marriage, Guardian staff choose their favourite mea culpas, from Lena Dunham to Fyre festival. Tell us your pick in the comments below

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Fyre Fest 2 tickets on sale for $1.1 million will let you scuba-dive with disgraced founder Billy McFarland

The convicted fraudster behind 2017's infamous Fyre Festival says fans are already snapping up tickets—ranging from $400 to $1.1 million—for its second attempt.

Fortune

Fyre Festival founder announces date for high-priced sequel (no word on cost of cheese sandwiches though)

Billy McFarland was jailed for fraud over the ill-fated 2017 edition of the festival

The Independent UK

Fyre Festival II going ahead with tickets costing $8,000, but details still unclear

Currently, there is no venue, no date, and no lineup but co-founder Billy McFarland has said ‘Fyre II has to work’

Evening Standard

Fyre Festival founder says sequel event is happening, but can’t say when, where, or who will attend

No word on if Fyre Fest II will use the same cheese sandwich providers it employed the first time around

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Scandal-hit Fyre festival is back with tickets at nearly $8,000

Event in 2017 was axed over inadequate accommodation, food and water – and landed its co-founder in jail for fraud

The Guardian - UK

Lil’ Kim accused of taking money from — and then ghosting — concert promoter behind failed music festival

EXCLUSIVE: Hip-hop icon is accused of helping to sink an aborted Toronto event which some furious fans dubbed a hometown version of 2017’s infamous ‘Fyre Festival’

The Independent UK

Karen Gillan begs to be in movie based on Glasgow Willy Wonka Experience fiasco

Social media users around the globe have been totally enthralled by the drama that has ensued, with comparisons being drawn to the infamous Fyre Festival disaster organised by Ja Rule in 2019

Evening Standard

“Fyre Festival”: 30 Things That Were Massively Hyped But Turned Out To Be Huge Flops

Putting a new idea out into the world is always a risk, and unfortunately, these ideas definitely didn't pay off. The post “Fyre Festival”: 30 Things That Were Massively Hyped But Turned Out To Be Huge Flops first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Why Is The Internet Obsessed With This ‘9 Month Cruise’ & Why Are My Eyeballs Also Glued To It

Imagine if Fyre Festival and Below Deck had a baby — that’s what the internet wants #UltimateWorldCruise to become. Batten down the hatches, sailors. Cos’ we’re diving deep into this social media phenomenon that right now, seems to be more show than substance. On December 10, a cruise departed Miami…

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How the WTA Finals became the Fyre Festival of tennis tournaments

The chaos of the season-ending tournament in Cancun became an instant meme - but it raised serious questions about the future of the WTA

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How the WTA Finals became the Fyre Festival of tennis tournaments

The chaos of the season-ending tournament in Cancun became an instant meme - but it raised serious questions about the future of the WTA

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Trump's doomed "Fyre Festival strategy"

Trump has privately suggested his lawyers should "worry" about additional sanctions, Rolling Stone reports

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Fyre Festival II: a psychologist on why some people fall for fraudsters over and over again

If you’ve ever been scammed, perhaps you resolved to never allow someone to take you for a fool again. But research shows not everyone reacts this way and in fact some fraud victims go into denial.

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From Burning Man to Woodstock to Fyre Festival: what turns a festival into a disaster?

This year’s Burning Man Festival in Nevada has been washed out and 70,000 attendees are stuck in the mud. Summer rains have hit its desert location and, as we regularly find in the Australian Outback, when fine and dusty desert soils get wet, they are like glue. Transport becomes near…

Fortune

Now NYC has its very own 'Fyre Festival 2.0' after thousands storm the gates of the 'EZoo' EDM festival: 'Thank God people lived'

Labor Day weekend saw 88,000 attendees over capacity, the NYPD later reported.

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Evening Standard

OPINION - Oh Burning Man, this is delicious schadenfreude

Not since the ineptly managed Fyre festival of 2017 have I taken such pleasure in the suffering of a group of unbearably obnoxious people.

The Guardian - US

Relighting the Fyre: will anyone risk the follow-up to the worst festival ever?

Billy McFarland is claiming that Fyre festival 2 is on the way, following on from his catastrophic 2017 disaster, with tickets already selling out

The Guardian - UK

The Fyre festival fraudster is back – and I’m fascinated by his brazenness

He’s done his time in jail and now Billy McFarland has something new to sell. But who’s going to buy it this time, asks Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

Fortune

Fraudster Billy McFarland says $500 tickets for Fyre Festival II have already sold out

McFarland was jailed over his role in the original catastrophic music festival in the Bahamas.

Evening Standard

Would anyone be crazy enough to go to Fyre Festival 2?

There is no venue, no date, and no lineup. But Billy McFarland is selling $500 tickets for round two of his failed festival

The Independent UK

Wanted: gluttons for punishment. Billy McFarland announces ticket prices for Fyre Festival II

Festival fraudster has provided little information about what the sequel to the failed festival will entail

Evening Standard

Fyre Festival fraudster announces second festival after spending time in prison

The original festival saw guests, who had been promised a luxury music experience, met with cancelled acts and cheese sandwiches

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