{"id":93961,"date":"2023-04-12T05:24:13","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T05:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/12\/fyre-fest-ii-is-finally-happening-says-billy-mcfarland-a-year-after-his-prison-release-national\/"},"modified":"2023-04-12T05:24:13","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T05:24:13","slug":"fyre-fest-ii-is-finally-happening-says-billy-mcfarland-a-12-months-after-his-jail-launch-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/12\/fyre-fest-ii-is-finally-happening-says-billy-mcfarland-a-12-months-after-his-jail-launch-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Fyre Fest II is \u2018finally happening,\u2019 says Billy McFarland a 12 months after his jail launch &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>It\u2019s the sequel nobody requested for: <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/fyre-festival\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fyre Festival<\/a> II.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Billy McFarland, the fraudster creator of the notorious failed Fyre Festival, is as soon as once more viral \u2014 this time for claims {that a} second Fyre Festival is at the moment within the works.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFyre Festival II is finally happening,\u201d McFarland wrote in a tweet on Sunday. \u201cTell me why you should be invited.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"readmore\">\n<p class=\"c-readmore\" data-sophi-feature=\"article-entertainment\" data-gnca-ab-test=\"article-entertainment\" data-gnca-ab-variation=\"control\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"c-readmore__label\">Read extra:<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"c-readmore__link\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9612808\/hilary-swank-gives-birth-twins\/\" data-track-region=\"content-read-more\" title=\"\u2018Pure heaven\u2019 \u2014 Hilary Swank welcomes twins, shares sweet Easter photo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\u2018Pure heaven\u2019 \u2014 Hilary Swank welcomes twins, shares candy Easter picture\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__oembed embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udd25 Fyre Festival II is lastly occurring.<\/p>\n<p>Tell me why you ought to be invited.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Billy McFarland (@pyrtbilly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pyrtbilly\/status\/1645215767552729088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>McFarland, who was <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/4068166\/fyre-festival-promoter-pleads-guilty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">jailed after he pleaded responsible<\/a> in 2018 to defrauding about 80 pageant buyers, didn&#8217;t present extra data.<\/p>\n<p>Despite McFarland\u2019s callout, which has been seen 2.3 million occasions, social media customers aren\u2019t clamouring to be added to a visitor record. Most replied to McFarland\u2019s tweets with memes and skepticism, referencing the unique pageant\u2019s lack of meals and water and poor situations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTell me why you shouldn\u2019t be in jail,\u201d one person replied.<\/p>\n<p>McFarland was launched from jail in March 2022 after serving almost 4 years of his six-year sentence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s in the best interest of those I owe for me to be working,\u201d he wrote. \u201cPeople aren\u2019t getting paid back if i [sic] sit on the couch and watch tv.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd because i [sic] served my time.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__oembed embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">it is in one of the best curiosity of these I owe for me to be working. individuals don&#8217;t get paid again if i sit on the sofa and watch television. <\/p>\n<p>and since i served my time.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Billy McFarland (@pyrtbilly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pyrtbilly\/status\/1645612176684580865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll show up with 100 crates full of bananas,\u201d one other Twitter person replied. \u201cNo one will go hungry this time around.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McFarland jokingly replied that he was \u201clooping in\u201d Andy King, a former Fyre Festival producer. King grew to become a meme when he appeared within the Netflix documentary <em>Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened <\/em>and mentioned he had been prepared to supply oral intercourse in change for water after customs seized Evian reserves en path to Fyre Festival within the Bahamas.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"readmore\">\n<p class=\"c-readmore\" data-sophi-feature=\"article-entertainment\" data-gnca-ab-test=\"article-entertainment\" data-gnca-ab-variation=\"control\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"c-readmore__label\">Read extra: <\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"c-readmore__link\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9604306\/hugh-jackman-skin-cancer-stop-tanning\/\" data-track-region=\"content-read-more\" title=\"Hugh Jackman reveals new cancer scare, urges people to stop tanning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tHugh Jackman reveals new most cancers scare, urges individuals to cease tanning\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__oembed embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Looping in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealAndyKing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@RealAndyKing<\/a> to advise on how a lot it will run us with customs<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Billy McFarland (@pyrtbilly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pyrtbilly\/status\/1645222210418647041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>King even tweeted about Fyre Festival II himself, writing, \u201cFYRE Festival 2.0. Who\u2019s in?? Let\u2019s go.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It shouldn&#8217;t be but clear if King is concerned within the Fyre Festival resurgence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__oembed embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FYRE Festival 2.0 \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>Who\u2019s in??<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s go \ud83d\udca6\ud83d\udca6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qKqYrIkXsj\">https:\/\/t.co\/qKqYrIkXsj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andy King (@ActualAndyKing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealAndyKing\/status\/1645424427243323397?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chris Bakke, founding father of the tech agency Laskie, tweeted a screenshot of a direct message allegedly from McFarland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWant to come to Fyre Fest II?\u201d McFarland wrote to Bakke. \u201cI mean sh\u2014posters are the new supermodels. Want to join?\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__oembed embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">going to crush the island model first, however <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@elonmusk<\/a> Fyre 3 positively must be in area<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Billy McFarland (@pyrtbilly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pyrtbilly\/status\/1645227445476311040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 10, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>McFarland replied to Bakke\u2019s tweet, writing, \u201cGoing to crush the island version first, but @elonmusk Fyre 3 definitely needs to be in space.\u201d<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9614939\/trudeau-foundation-ceo-board-resigns-china\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Trudeau-Foundation-China.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" data-title=\"\">Trudeau Foundation CEO, board out over alleged Beijing-linked donation<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9615275\/tupperware-shares-drop-collapse-warning\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/334313251_490757619751218_3480158684418595231_n.png?w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" data-title=\"\">Is Tupperware\u2019s destiny sealed? Shares plunge as firm warns it may collapse<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p>The first time round, the one factor Fyre Festival crushed was individuals\u2019s spirits.<\/p>\n<p>Originally marketed as a two-weekend-long, luxurious music pageant on the island of Great Exuma within the Bahamas, Fyre Festival and McFarland had been outed as frauds when festivalgoers had been met with lower than appropriate situations in 2017.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_3417091_64363ba60b6bc\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"3417091\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/3417091\/#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_3417091_64363ba60b6bc\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Fyre Festival descends into chaos, frustration, leaving rich festival-goers angry'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/571\/343\/FyreFestival_848x480_933679683991.jpg?w=1040&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/571\/343\/FyreFestival_848x480_933679683991.jpg?w=450#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 450w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/571\/343\/FyreFestival_848x480_933679683991.jpg?w=720#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 720w,https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/571\/343\/FyreFestival_848x480_933679683991.jpg?w=1040#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1040w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">1:13<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Fyre Festival descends into chaos, frustration, leaving wealthy festival-goers indignant<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The 5,000 ticketholders had been instructed the entire pageant\u2019s headlining musicians had already pulled out of the lineup. The gourmand meals they\u2019d been promised became below-subpar cheese sandwiches and the posh lodging was revealed to be FEMA catastrophe tents.<\/p>\n<p>The pageant was co-founded and marketed by rapper Ja Rule, who had influencers like Kendall Jenner, Emily Ratajkowski and Hailey Bieber promote the occasion. (Ja Rule later mentioned he was additionally scammed by McFarland and was subsequently dismissed from a US$100-million class-action lawsuit.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"readmore\">\n<p class=\"c-readmore\" data-sophi-feature=\"article-entertainment\" data-gnca-ab-test=\"article-entertainment\" data-gnca-ab-variation=\"control\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"c-readmore__label\">Read extra: <\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"c-readmore__link\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9601346\/american-idol-contestant-quits-sara-beth-liebe-katy-perry-mom-shaming\/\" data-track-region=\"content-read-more\" title=\"\u2018American Idol\u2019 contestant quits show weeks after Katy Perry \u2018mom-shaming\u2019 comment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\u2018American Idol\u2019 contestant quits present weeks after Katy Perry \u2018mom-shaming\u2019 remark\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As a part of his 2018 jail sentence, McFarland was ordered to pay again the US$26 million he\u2019d defrauded from buyers.<\/p>\n<p>In March, McFarland tweeted about his plan to return the cash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s how I\u2019m going to pay it back: I spend half my time filming TV shows. The other half, I focus on what I\u2019m really, really good at,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI\u2019m the best at coming up with wild creative, getting talent together, and delivering the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He connected his cellphone quantity and inspired individuals to textual content him.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__oembed embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I owe individuals $26m <\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how I&#8217;m going to pay it again: <\/p>\n<p>I spend half my time filming TV reveals. <\/p>\n<p>The different half, I give attention to what I&#8217;m actually, actually good at.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m one of the best at developing with wild inventive, getting expertise collectively, and delivering the second.<\/p>\n<p>Txt me: 929 325 1957<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Billy McFarland (@pyrtbilly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pyrtbilly\/status\/1640047268567941124?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Since his jail launch, McFarland has began a brand new Bahamas-based enterprise, PYRT, pronounced \u201cpirate.\u201d In a November 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pNS1khHWTmI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">look on the <em>Full Send<\/em> podcast<\/a>, McFarland mentioned the corporate is \u201cgoing to be a small, permanent hotel in the Bahamas for artists and entrepreneurs to come and partake in these crazy adventures.\u201d One such loopy journey is seemingly a treasure hunt wherein individuals seek for one among 99 bottles containing a secret message.<\/p>\n<p>In the identical podcast look, McFarland additionally pitched a PYRT pageant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, I have to do a PYRT fest, right? It can\u2019t be tomorrow, it can\u2019t be in four months, but there\u2019s going to be PYRT fest,\u201d he mentioned.<\/p>\n<section id=\"sophi_article_widget\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--text \" aria-label=\"More on Entertainment\" data-sophi-feature=\"article-entertainment\" data-gnca-ab-test=\"article-entertainment\" data-gnca-ab-variation=\"test\">\n<\/section><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2023 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] It\u2019s the sequel nobody requested for: Fyre Festival II. Billy McFarland, the fraudster creator of the notorious failed Fyre Festival, is as soon as once more viral \u2014 this time for claims {that a} second Fyre Festival is at the moment within the works. \u201cFyre Festival II is finally happening,\u201d McFarland wrote in a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":93963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-93961","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity-gossip"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}