Fyre Festival - laugh long, laugh loud

[skyscraper101]

McFarland also shared that the first 100 tickets are up for sale. Prices for these tickets are $499 with other tiers that are “coming soon” ranging from $799 – $7,999. You can visit here to purchase.

Yeah, it's a no from me.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

If he’d sold the branding to Live nation or something I could see it happening.

As it’s him + ‘secret’ (i.e. imaginary) backers I have every faith in this ending in another law suit.

When I watched this docu I remember thinking, "the second this guy is out of prison, he's going to start conning again", I didn't think he'd be foolish enough to try the same hustle though!

 

[skyscraper101]

I mean there were only 100 of those tickets anyway but still. I’m amazed people are so keen to fork out for this.

 

[ska invita]

I mean there were only 100 of those tickets anyway but still. I’m amazed people are so keen to fork out for this.

Could be
. Fake "early bird tickets all gone" hype sales
. Journalists booked in to report back
. Another one born every minute

 

[Sue]

I mean there were only 100 of those tickets anyway but still. I’m amazed people are so keen to fork out for this.

 

[Gromit]

The sad thing is that there is potential for it to work.
He's proved that there are enough rich tossers who can be swayed by paid for influencers.

All he needs is to find accommodation that matches the promise at the correct price point and a booker who can actually book acts.

There's already festivals where people be ok outrageously expensive Las Vegas Villas to stay in.

If he could sell out a Sandals Resort somewhere and with the high profile existing brand recognition it could still fly.

America often admires people for trying to fake it till they make it. They see his biggest crime not as lying but not quite pulling it off and would have forgiven him anything had he succeeded.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

The problem this time around will be getting the site infrastructure in place without paying suppliers up front. Punters may be daft enough to give him money, but PA, staging, lighting, catering and all the other companies he’ll need on board… probably less so.

 

[editor]

Are you ready for Fyre Festival II?

Billy McFarland is out of prison and back in commission, which can mean only one thing: He’s re-doing the thing that got him behind bars in the first place. Fyre Festival II is slated for April 2025 on a private island somewhere between Mexico and the Caribbean.

Tickets for the four-day fest will be $1,400 at the lowest tier. The most expensive package will set you back a whopping $1.1 million, in exchange for luxury yachts, scuba diving, and island hopping. Supposedly. In case you needed the reminder, the original Fyre Fest in 2017 was nothing short of a once-in-a-lifetime abysmal disaster. McFarland was going to try to redeem himself with a make-up festival the following year, but I guess plans change when you’re slapped with multiple fraud charges.

Anyway, McFarland has now reached the exponentially wiser age of 32, and has apparently spent the past year planning FF2: “We have the chance to embrace this storm and really steer our ship into all the chaos that has happened, and if it’s done well, I think Fyre has a chance to be this annual festival that really takes over the festival industry,” he told NBC News.

He said he’s hired a festival production company, though he hasn’t revealed the company’s name. He also hasn’t booked any artists. But we’re still seven months out from when the festival is scheduled to begin, which is one more month than McFarland gave himself to plan Fyre Fest ’17. Should be fine. If you’d like, you can apply for tickets — yes, you have to apply — here.

Fyre Festival II Announced With $1.1 Million Ticket Package Option

Woo-hoo! Round two! Let’s go! Billy McFarland is out of prison and back in commission, which can mean only one thing: He’s re-doing the thing that got him behind bars in the first place. Fyre Festival II is slated for April 2025 on a private island somewhere between Mexico and the Caribbean.

www.stereogum.com

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

He should do a collaboration with the sad wonka guy and the organisers of dashcon

 

[Silas Loom]

Are you ready for Fyre Festival II?

Fyre Festival II Announced With $1.1 Million Ticket Package Option

Woo-hoo! Round two! Let’s go! Billy McFarland is out of prison and back in commission, which can mean only one thing: He’s re-doing the thing that got him behind bars in the first place. Fyre Festival II is slated for April 2025 on a private island somewhere between Mexico and the Caribbean.

www.stereogum.com

He’s not well, is he? This is beyond grifting.

 

[mojo pixy]

He's just trying to prove he's right and his idea was great. It's pretty normal blokey behaviour really, I Did It My Way vibe.

(And make a load of money from people willing to give it to him obvs.)

 

[Silas Loom]

It's pretty normal blokey behaviour really

Without going full NAMALT, I don’t know many men who repeatedly promote spurious festivals. Maybe they do it behind closed doors or something.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Does he seriously expect any supplier to work for him without 100% payment up front?

 

[planetgeli]

Well I've applied to charter the luxury yachts.

I've not actually got any yachts, luxury or otherwise, and I've never operated a yacht.

I'm perfect for this.

 

[mojo pixy]

Without going full NAMALT, I don’t know many men who repeatedly promote spurious festivals. Maybe they do it behind closed doors or something.

I'm sure you do know many men who fuck things up, don't apologize or repay or make good, but instead go on to do the same thing again as soon as possible because they're convinced against all evidence that it's a good idea and that they're good at it and that anyone who disagrees is wrong.

 

[Silas Loom]

I'm sure you do know men who fuck things up, don't apologize or repay or make good, but instead go on to do the same thing again as soon as possible because they're convinced against all evidence that it's a good idea and that they're good at it and that anyone who disagrees is wrong.

Not ones who have had a Netflix documentary, several prosecutions and reams of newsprint devoted to their fuck ups, no.