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'Fyre Festival II' is 'finally happening', says convicted fraudster Billy McFarland

After his 2017 music festival collapsed on its opening weekend, leaving attendees stranded and starving on a remote island with no musical performances, Billy McFarland says he wants to have another go at running the event.

ABC News

Fyre Festival ‘1.5’: Billy McFarland claims he has funding for second festival

The first Fyre Festival was branded a fradulant disaster and led to Billy McFarland’s imprisonment

Evening Standard

“Fyre Festival II is finally happening,” says the disgraced founder

You could be excused for asking if Billy McFarland is serious.

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Billy McFarland says Fyre Festival II is ‘finally happening’

McFarland asks his followers to tell him why they should be invited

The Independent UK

When we happily pay £45 for a YouTuber’s energy drink, the age of the scammer is truly dead

Post-Fyre Festival, Caroline Calloway and Anna Delvey, being scammed by your idols now has currency, says journalist Amelia Tait

The Guardian - UK

The founder of the infamous Fyre Festival is planning another business venture

Billy McFarland spent four years in prison after the collapse of the previous event.

Fortune

'Fyre Festival' Christmas grotto leaves kids in tears over horror Santa with no hands

Families visiting the Enchanted event in East Lothian claim children were put on a ride by "undertrained" staff who then wandered off leaving them trapped "going round and round"

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Fyre Festival fraudster Billy McFarland announces new event costing £200 - with a twist

Fyre Festival was advertised by A-listers including Hailey Bieber, Kendall Jenner and Bella Hadid, tickets cost as much as £75,000, but the event left a lot to be desired and organiser Billy McFarland was jailed

Daily Mirror

Fyre Festival’s Billy McFarland launching PYRT festival in the Bahamas

Billy McFarland is back on the party scene with his new venture PYRT festival

Evening Standard

Billy McFarland, the Fyre Fest organiser, is back with another venture

Fyre Festival's organiser Billy McFarland is out of prison and back with a new business which he hopes will repay his debts.

The New Daily

Bahamas official calls Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland a ‘fugitive’ as he launches treasure hunt venture

McFarland just finished a five-year prison sentence for wire fraud

The Independent UK

Billy McFarland says he was ‘wrong’ to put on Fyre Festival in first TV interview since prison release

‘I was so driven by this desperate desire to prove people right,’ fraudster said

The Independent UK

Creator of shambolic Fyre Festival teases new project after prison release

Daily Mirror

Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland says he is ‘working on something new’ following release from prison

The convicted fraudster was released from prison earlier this year after serving four years

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Evening Standard

Fyre Festival scammer Billy McFarland ‘celebrated prison release with cocktail party’

Promoter William “Billy” McFarland was jailed for defrauding investors to help him stage the failed music show in the Exumas

The Conversation

Canada could have its own Fyre Festival fiasco if it doesn't amp up event regulations

In the spring of 2017, the public spectacle over the now infamous Fyre Festival seemingly broke the Internet.

The Guardian - UK

Break stuff! How Limp Bizkit, rioting fans and a huge candle handout led to a music festival fiasco

Woodstock 99 was meant to channel the peace and love vibes of its 1969 original – until it became a violent, drug-fuelled pit of arson. Luckily, there were plenty of camera crews there …

The Independent UK

Splendour in the Grass: TikTok videos show flooded campsites and massive queues at ‘catastrophic’ festival

People have compared the event to the notorious Fyre Festival in 2017

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Xbox’s 2022 conference was good, but still defined by the no-shows

If it wasn’t for Microsoft’s recent acquisitions, last night’s showcase would have been the Fyre Festival of video games, minus the ball pit.

Daily Mirror

UK's 'Fyre festival' descends into chaos as torrential rain batters event

Dave Parry has slammed the organisers of Love Saves the Day after the open air festival failed to provide adequate coverage when heavy rain broke out and led to people being crushed, he claims

Tribune News Service

Fyre Festival creator has put together team to ‘come up with ideas’ for new entertainment ventures after early prison release

NEW YORK — Billy McFarland is all fyred up.

Evening Standard

Fyre Festival scammer Billy McFarland released from prison early

Fyre Festival organizer has been moved to a half way house amid early prison release

Evening Standard

Hot, thirsty, angry influencers — is Revolve Festival really Fyre Festival 2.0?

Five-hour queues in the desert heat, no water and influencer in-fighting. Amy Francombe on the fashion photo-op gone wrong that left LA’s It girls and boys stranded

The Independent UK

Revolve speaks out after influencers compared it to Fyre Festival

‘We always strive to provide a great experience and we promise to do better’

The Independent UK

Influencers compare Revolve Festival to Fyre Festival after waiting hours for buses: ‘Influencer Hunger Games’

‘It was Fyre Festival 2.0’

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