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Fyre Festival 2 ticket holders react after Billy McFarland postpones at the last minute

McFarland served jail time after the original 2017 Fyre Festival failure

The Independent UK

Fyre Festival 2 postponed

Fyre Festival 2 has been postponed and ticketholders have been told their tickets have been refunded.

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New twist in Fyre Festival saga as comeback event postponed

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Fyre Festival 2 postponed just weeks ahead of scheduled kick-off date

Event organised by convicted fraudster Billy McFarland, the man behind the original doomed festival, had been charging thousands for tickets

The Independent UK

In this year's least surprising news, Fyre Festival 2 has been postponed

Who could possibly have seen this coming?

Louder

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong joins The Go-Go’s at Coachella

The original five members of the LA new wave band reunited to perform at this year’s festival

The Independent UK

Coachella branded ‘worse than Fyre Festival’ after 12 hour wait to get in

The opening night of the Californian festival will be headlined by Lady Gaga

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Texas Country Music Festival Draws Fyre Fest Comparison Before Being Temporarily Shut Down

Country music legend Alan Jackson performed his last concert in Texas at a festival drawing unfortunate comparisons to the infamous Fyre Festival.

Latin Times

"There will be no event called 'Fyre 2' in Playa del Carmen." Grand plans to revive disastrous event come as a surprise to the resort city supposed to be hosting it

Fyre Festival was an unrivalled disaster and subject of two documentaries – now part 2 looks to be off to a less than ideal start

Metal Hammer

Fyre Festival 2 tickets go on sale — but Mexican officials say it has no permits

Ticket prices range from $1,400 to $25,000

The Independent UK

"This festival is not going to happen. There are red flags all over the place”: Bad news for Fyre Festival 2 ticket holders – Mexico’s tourist board reckon that the event “does not exist”

They shocked the world with the original… Then baffled us all with a sequel… Is Fyre Festival 2 on the brink of disaster again?

MusicRadar

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

Tourism and local officials in Mexico deny any knowledge of proposed follow-up to disastrous 2017 event

The Guardian - US

What Is Fyre Festival 2: What Happened The First Time And Will Rich Kids Get Stranded Again?

Fyre Festival is set to make an unforgettable comeback later this year, featuring a lavish Caribbean island, luxury rooms and diverse acts for the perfect summer getaway.

International Business Times UK

Fyre Festival 2 tickets are on sale for up to $1.1 million after founder served prison time for defrauding investors of the first event

"I'm sure many people think I'm crazy for doing this again,” 33-year-old founder Billy McFarland said. "But I feel I'd be crazy not to do it again.”

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The Guardian - US

Jimmy Kimmel: ‘The whole country is a Fyre Festival right now’

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Evening Standard

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

The Independent UK

Second time lucky? Everything we know about Fyre Festival 2, from sky-high prices to lineup

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

Latin Times

Founder of Disastrous Fyre Festival Explains How It'll Be Better The Second Time Around: 'There Is A Risk Component'

Billy McFarland is reviving Fyre Festival with a second iteration set for May 2025 in Isla Mujeres, Mexico.

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The Conversation

Fyre Festival II: why people give fraudsters a second chance

The Fyre music festival and its well-publicised failure are widely seen as a mixture of incompetence and fraud, embodied in Billy McFarland, its chief architect. People paid thousands of dollars for what was advertised as a luxury music festival but they were served simple cheese sandwiches and the entertainment was…

MusicRadar

“He hasn'tlearned a lot in prison... I'm just seeing a lot of red flags. And I feel bad. It saddens me”: Fyre festival investor warns punters to be wary of proposed Fyre II

Fyre Festival II: Investor warns punters of "red flags"

The Guardian - AU

‘An absolute art form’: the best, worst and weirdest celebrity apologies

In the wake of Dave Grohl’s public confession that he fathered a child outside of his marriage, Guardian staff choose their favourite mea culpas, from Lena Dunham to Fyre festival. Tell us your pick in the comments below

Fortune

Fyre Fest 2 tickets on sale for $1.1 million will let you scuba-dive with disgraced founder Billy McFarland

The convicted fraudster behind 2017's infamous Fyre Festival says fans are already snapping up tickets—ranging from $400 to $1.1 million—for its second attempt.

The Independent UK

Fyre Festival founder announces date for high-priced sequel (no word on cost of cheese sandwiches though)

Billy McFarland was jailed for fraud over the ill-fated 2017 edition of the festival

Evening Standard

Fyre Festival II going ahead with tickets costing $8,000, but details still unclear

Currently, there is no venue, no date, and no lineup but co-founder Billy McFarland has said ‘Fyre II has to work’

The Independent UK

Fyre Festival founder says sequel event is happening, but can’t say when, where, or who will attend

No word on if Fyre Fest II will use the same cheese sandwich providers it employed the first time around

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