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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Jake Hackney

Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland says he is ‘working on something new’ following release from prison

Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland has revealed he is working on a new project following his release from prison earlier this year. McFarland, 31, posted a cryptic video to TikTok on Monday where he teases an event to which “everyone is invited.”

He also admitted his guilt in the infamous Fyre Festival fiasco by saying he “f***ed around” and is using the mysterious new event “to make things up to everybody”. In the video, McFarland is seen standing in front of a whiteboard and admitting his past mistakes.

He says: “As you might know, I f***ed around. And because of that, I definitely found out.

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