Fyre Festival took place in 2017 and was marked by fraud and a completely different event than advertised
Second edition of the infamous Fyre Festival it may happen. Billy McFarland, co-creator of the event, announced plans to resume the festival in a publication on social networks. He left prison in 2022 after multiple fraud charges.
“Fyre Festival II it’s finally happening. Tell us why you should be invited,” he wrote on Twitter last Monday, 10 (via NME).
it’s in the best interest of those I owe for me to be working. people aren’t getting paid back if i sit on the couch and watch tv.
and because I served my time.
— Billy McFarland (@pyrtbilly) April 11, 2023
Without giving further information, McFarland was answered with jokes and more questions. One user asked: “Why shouldn’t you be in jail?” He countered: “It’s in the interest of those I owe that I’m working. People won’t get paid if I sit on the couch and watch TV. It’s because I’ve done my time.”
O Fyre Festival it was considered a fiasco in 2017. With tickets and accommodation packages that reached US$100,000, the festival would take place in the Bahamas and promised a luxury experience to the various influencers invited and paying public.
However, with the arrival of people at the site, it became evident that the conditions were very different from what was announced. In place of luxury accommodation, the public would have tents with a mattress. The mains provided would have been a sandwich with cheese and salad. In addition, the structure was not complete on the day of the event, and there were machines used for assembly on site.
Billy claims it owes $26 million. In addition to investors, the organizer did not honor commitments to local workers and restaurants on the island of Great Exuma, who went into debt to provide the agreements established in the contracts, as reported by BBC.
Source: Rollingstone
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