8 h. ago Alarms raised over legitimacy of Fyre festival 2: ‘An event that does not exist’

After the announcement of a follow-up festival in Mexico, tourism and local officials have denied any knowledge of its existenceWhen tickets to the second Fyre festival went on sale this week, there was just one concrete detail: it would take place on Isla Mujeres, a tropical island off Cancún, Mexico.But the festival seems to be repeating its own history as an improvised disaster after the local government in Isla Mujeres denied knowing anything about it. Continue reading...

Events

14 h. ago Welcome back Billy McFarland and a new Fyre festival. Shows you can’t keep a good fantasist down

Fresh out of jail, does it matter that his 2017 festival was one of the biggest social-media-driven deceptions of our time? Not a bit“Since 2016, Fyre has been the most talked about festival in the world,” organiser Billy McFarland told a US broadcaster when tickets for Fyre 2 went on sale this week. McFarland was sentenced to six years in prison for wire fraud in 2018, related to his organisation of the first Fyre (he served only four). Whatever you think about the first Fyre – with its limp cheese sandwiches, its disaster-relief-tent accommodation, the absence of advertised headliners, the $26m of unpaid debt, the rats (were the rats influencer hyperbole? Perhaps, but on the other hand the festival happened on the parking lot of an abandoned resort development, and where else is a rat supposed to live?), you have to admit it lived up to one promise: it was legendary.Wire fraud is any swindling that happens electronically, whether by text, email, phone or social media. It’s so easy...

Culture

51 h. ago Fraudster founder announces Fyre Festival 2 and it's more farfetched than the first event

Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland has revealed that he's rebooting the notorious event that saw him sent to prison for fraud, this time with even bigger promises and prices

Politics

65 h. ago Fyre Festival returns for second instalment with tickets to cost up to $1 million

Despite the catastrophic failure of Fyre Festival, founder Billy McFarland has confirmed dates for the next event

Economics

3 d. ago Second time lucky? Everything we know about Fyre Festival 2, from sky

Convicted fraudster Billy McFarland said the second iteration of his Fyre Festival is ‘my dream finally becoming a reality‘

Politics

3 d. ago Fyre Festival fraudster Billy McFarland is slammed for unveiling plans for SECOND event: 'What an a**hole'

Billy McFarland said he partnered with a festival operator to book the talent this time and brought on hotel, travel and ticketing companies to make Fyre Festival 2 a reality.

Politics