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
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The founder of the disastrous Fyre Festival has announced there will be a Fyre Festival II, with some tickets costing up to $1,000,000.
Despite the catastrophic failure of the original festival, founder Billy McFarland has confirmed dates for the next iteration - with the festival set to happen between May 30 and June 2 2025 on Isla Mujeres, Mexico.
But while the dates might be confirmed, the line-up seems to be up in the air, as there are currently no acts confirmed to perform.
McFarland, who served nearly four years in prison for his role in the debacle, told Today he hoped to be "one of the first festivals that can sell out with no artists", with McFarland saying there will be "artists across electronic, hip hop, pop and rock".
While McFarland has enlisted a festival operator to organise the event - as well as hotel, travel and ticketing companies - he has said the event “really isn’t about the past, and it’s not really about me”, and that he hopes there will be a star-studded line up.
Doomed music event Fyre Festival is getting a reboot
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Tickets for the event will range from $1,400 (£1,108.57) to $1.1million (£871,021), with the top tickets promising festivalgoers "a curated itinerary of FYRE Experiences, 24/7 private chauffeur service, dedicated on-site concierge", as well as accommodation on "a 4-stateroom yacht or a luxurious 4-bedroom villa".
McFarland has also said there will be more than just music on offer, adding: "We might have a professional skateboarder do a demonstration. We might have an MMA champion teach you techniques in the morning."
The 2017 festival had promised ticketholders a lavish experience on a Caribbean island, with tickets costing as much as £9,200 per person.
The event was advertised as an ultra-luxury getaway, featuring gourmet food, top-tier music performances, and accommodations fit for a VIP. Supermodels like Bella Hadid and Emily Ratajkowski appeared in promotional campaigns, although they later distanced themselves from the event.
However, when festival-goers arrived, they were met with a nightmarish scene of rain-soaked disaster relief tents instead of the promised luxury villas, and the gourmet meals turned out to be little more than cheese sandwiches in styrofoam containers.
The event's spectacular failure became the subject of the 2019 Netflix documentary, FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened, which chronicled the chaos and deception behind the scenes.
Guests famously described the original Fyre Festival as a "post-apocalyptic nightmare," with images of a sad, lackluster cheese sandwich for dinner going viral and becoming a symbol of the disastrous event.
Now, with Fyre Festival II on the horizon, McFarland is under immense pressure to deliver on his promises this time around.
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