The second time is a charm.
Or so he says Billy McFarlandCreator of the FYRA 2017 catastrophic festival, who cheated on thousands of dollars and landed McFarland for six years in prison for his financial crimes, although he ended up only about four years from 2018 to 2022.
“I’m sure many people think I’m crazy about repeating it,” McFarland said on Monday in a statement. “But I would feel crazy about what I no longer do. After years of thinking and imagining planning, a new team and I have incredible plans for Fyre 2.”
McFarland added that “the seekers of adventures outside who believe in vision will take a jump in history.”
William “Billy” McFarland, organizer of the Fyre Festival, goes out to the US Federal Court of Manhattan after his presentation on charges of fraud from the wire fraud on July 1, 2017. (Reuters/Brendan McDermid)
Tickets for Fyre Fest 2 They range from $ 1,400 to more than $ 1 million.
A million dollar ticket includes a private air trip from Miami to Cancun and private yachts from Cancun to Isla Mujeres. Accommodation for this map includes a selection or yacht with four conditions or a four -bedroom villa with an access to festival terrain for three nights. It also assigns access to the festival for four days to eight people.
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Fyre Fest has not officially called any musical ranks, but promises a “chief of music, art, cuisine, comedy, fashion, games, sports and treasure hunting – everything is set up at the stunning place Isla Mujeres, Mexico.”
Fyre Fest has not officially called any musical ranks, but promises a “chief of music, art, cuisine, comedy, fashion, games, sports and treasure hunting – everything is set up at the stunning place Isla Mujeres, Mexico.” (Arthur Widak/Nurphoto)
The original Fyre Fest promised a music work with a big name from Blink 182, Migos and other artists; The students of the celebrity model including the Hadid and Emily Ratajkowski sisters; luxury accommodation; and fine food, with tickets ranging from 1,200 to over $ 100,000.
The festival reached a settlement with 277 ticket owners 2021, when it was ordered to pay $ 7,220 a prize to each recipient.
Now, McFarland wants to transmit, and promises a successful three -day event in Isla Mujeres in Mexico, between May 30 and June 2.
“Thank you to my partners for this other chance.”
Thomas Mustac, a publicist from Otter PR, told Fox News Digital to “Fyre Festival 2.0 sounds like a ticking bomb”.
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Billy McFarland promises a successful three -day Fyre Fest 2 in Isla Mujeres in Mexico, between May 30 and June 2. (Getty Images)
“Whenever you, as an individual or organization, so badly burn your stakeholders, it is difficult to regain confidence,” said the male. “Something so strongly announced will have difficult sales for the return of confidence, but you will always have a bunch of supporters who like to live at risk. In this way, they are at a crossing if things are planned and are on the line of a successful big event as it claimed to be the Fyre Festival.”
Mustac added that McFarland’s record may make the festival make it difficult to sign the main performers or an event organization.
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Billy McFarland visits “Jesse Watters Primetime” at Fox News Studios in New York, August 25, 2023. (Theo Wargo)
“The social media seems to love the news of the Fyre Festival, which is probably the attention that Billy wants, but this is not a way to repair the picture or trust when you want to make money, and you are still in debt to the original visitors of the festival and leaving them no year later,” said Muster.
The Media Culture Chisten Garduno director had a slightly different opinion, saying Fox News Digital that “Fyre Festival 2 surely can use her infamous past by accepting the” Bad Press is Good Press “mantra, but requires a strategic shift.”
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“The key to overcoming their reputation will be a complete transparency and dedication to providing experience exceeding expectations,” Garduno explained. “This time, they should lean into their purchase story – showing growth, responsibility and truly effort to correct things. If I can balance the attraction of exclusivity with strong messages of brands and ensure the real value of the customer, the negative press could actually encourage curiosity and encourage the sale of tickets.”
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Fyre Fest Fest 2017 became viral on social media after Hula and Netflix released documentary films about the failed beach Bash, which at the time seemed to be hashtag #fyrefraud hashtag.
A photo of a meal at the festival – specifically, a trembling sandwich on white bread thrown in a Styrofoam box – it also became viral, showing a small part of the larger fraud that was the original Fyre Fest eight years ago.
