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.
Originally billed as a luxury music extravaganza in the Bahamas, 2017′s Fyre Festival garnered widespread attention after attendees were given cheese sandwiches and tents to sleep in before the event was canceled. McFarland pleaded guilty to wire fraud in 2018 and was released from prison last year.
Last week, McFarland tweeted Fyre Festival II is “finally happening” as a way of testing interest, he told CNN.
