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The Fyre festival fraudster is back – and I’m fascinated by his brazenness

He’s done his time in jail and now Billy McFarland has something new to sell. But who’s going to buy it this time, asks Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2023

Fraudster Billy McFarland says $500 tickets for Fyre Festival II have already sold out

McFarland was jailed over his role in the original catastrophic music festival in the Bahamas.

Fortune · Aug 23, 2023

Fyre Fest II is happening, no really

The convicted felon announced the new event, which supposedly already has early presale tickets sold out

Salon · Aug 22, 2023

Billy McFarland claims he has secured funding for ‘Fyre Festival 1.5’

McFarland does not reveal details about Fyre Festival 1.5, but says reaction to his getting artists ‘has been so extreme’

The Independent UK · May 19, 2023

Convicted co-founder Billy McFarland claims Fyre Festival II is drawing major interest

Fyre Festival co-founder Billy McFarland claims thousands of people expressed interest after he teased bringing back the event, six years after the disastrous first edition led to his fraud conviction.

Tribune News Service · Apr 18, 2023

Ja Rule says he has absolutely no involvement in Fyre Festival II: ‘I don’t know nothing about it!’

Rapper is at pains to distance himself after he co-founded the disastrous event

The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2023

Convicted fraudster Billy McFarland is on Fyre again

Billy McFarland, the fraudulent organiser says Fyre Festival II is 'finally happening', just over a year after he was released from prison.

The New Daily · Apr 13, 2023

'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 · Apr 12, 2023

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 · Apr 11, 2023

Fyre Fest 2: The convicted fraudster behind the worst music festival never staged wants your money again

We regret to inform you that Billy McFarland is at it again

Louder · Apr 11, 2023