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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

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

Fyre Fest II is happening, no really

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

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Would anyone be crazy enough to go to Fyre Festival 2?

There is no venue, no date, and no lineup. But Billy McFarland is selling $500 tickets for round two of his failed festival

Evening Standard

Wanted: gluttons for punishment. Billy McFarland announces ticket prices for Fyre Festival II

Festival fraudster has provided little information about what the sequel to the failed festival will entail

The Independent UK

Fyre Festival fraudster announces second festival after spending time in prison

The original festival saw guests, who had been promised a luxury music experience, met with cancelled acts and cheese sandwiches

Evening Standard

For Just $778, You Too Can Risk Suffering Extreme Dehydration & Financial Ruin At Fyre Fest II

Wonder who will suck a dick to save this one?

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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

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

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

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

'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

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

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

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“Fyre Festival II is finally happening,” says the disgraced founder

You could be excused for asking if Billy McFarland is serious.

The Independent UK

Billy McFarland says Fyre Festival II is ‘finally happening’

McFarland asks his followers to tell him why they should be invited

The Guardian - UK

When we happily pay £45 for a YouTuber’s energy drink, the age of the scammer is truly dead

Post-Fyre Festival, Caroline Calloway and Anna Delvey, being scammed by your idols now has currency, says journalist Amelia Tait

Fortune

The founder of the infamous Fyre Festival is planning another business venture

Billy McFarland spent four years in prison after the collapse of the previous event.

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The Walrus

Why Are We So Obsessed with Scammers?

As the threat of online fraud and phishing grows, so does our appetite for TV shows about con artists

Daily Mirror

Fyre Festival fraudster Billy McFarland announces new event costing £200 - with a twist

Fyre Festival was advertised by A-listers including Hailey Bieber, Kendall Jenner and Bella Hadid, tickets cost as much as £75,000, but the event left a lot to be desired and organiser Billy McFarland was jailed

The New Daily

Billy McFarland, the Fyre Fest organiser, is back with another venture

Fyre Festival's organiser Billy McFarland is out of prison and back with a new business which he hopes will repay his debts.

Pedestrian.tv

Fyre Fest’s Billy McFarland Is Out Of Jail, Asking For Money Again Being Roasted By Andy King

“Yep, you definitely eff’d around. And there’s a lot that people should find out," said Andy in a Stitch.

The Independent UK

Bahamas official calls Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland a ‘fugitive’ as he launches treasure hunt venture

McFarland just finished a five-year prison sentence for wire fraud

The Independent UK

Billy McFarland says he was ‘wrong’ to put on Fyre Festival in first TV interview since prison release

‘I was so driven by this desperate desire to prove people right,’ fraudster said

Daily Mirror

Creator of shambolic Fyre Festival teases new project after prison release

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