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After catastrophic failure and spending four years in jail organizer Billy McFarland is back with Fyre Festival II. He claims to have sold out the pre-sale tickets. Know the full story.
Fyre Festival, the 2017 event which ended as a big disaster, is now making headlines all over again. Here all you need to know about the festival which is now set to get a second edition.
Tickets to the event, billed as an ultra-elite festival in an idyllic setting, came with a hefty price tag. Poor organisation turned it into a disaster. Now, the original organiser is looking to revive the brand with Fyre Festival II - despite going to jail for his previous attempt.
Fyre Festival organizer William McFarland got an early prison release after he was released from federal prison custody and moved into a halfway house on Wednesday.
Four years on from the disastrous Fyre Festival, ticket holders will now receive $7,220 (£5,240) each after a $2million settlement between organisers and 227 ticket holders was reached on Tuesday. The ticket holders paid between $1,000 and $12,000 to attend the event that was billed as the most luxurious music festival, but in reality festival goers turned up to a “building” site and were offered cheese on a piece of bread. Organiser Billy McFarland, who was sentenced to six years in jail in 2018, said he was “committed to, and working actively to, find a way to make this right.” The...