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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.”

Fortune

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

The Independent UK

Trump's doomed "Fyre Festival strategy"

Trump has privately suggested his lawyers should "worry" about additional sanctions, Rolling Stone reports

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Fyre Fest 2.0? Chris Rock and Diplo escape Burning Man festival as 70,000 stranded in desert

Pair trudged through mud for five miles after heavy downpours led to chaos at the Nevada site

The Independent UK

Fyre Fest 2.0? Chris Rock and Diplo escape Burning Man festival as 70,000 stranded in desert

Pair trudged through mud for five miles after heavy downpours led to chaos at the Nevada site

The Independent UK

Billy McFarland went to prison for Fyre Fest. Are his plans for a reboot legal?

The controversial entrepreneur is seeking redemption and some people are ready for him to try. Tickets have sold out. But he still owes $26 million in restitution to the people he fleeced.

WEKU

That "We Didn't Start the Fire" revamp

Lyrics for Fall Out Boy's cover of Billy Joel's hit range from George Floyd and Fyre Festival to Kanye and Brexit

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The F1 Miami Grand Prix Genuinely Served Up Soggy Ham Rolls For $62 It’s Giving Fyre Fest

The menu also had $405 nachos, a $435 fruit salad and $442 steamed buns.

Pedestrian.tv

Fyre Fest 2: The convicted fraudster behind the worst music festival never staged wants your money again

We regret to inform you that Billy McFarland is at it again

Louder

Fyre Festival fraudster Billy McFarland announces new event costing £200 - with a twist

Fyre Festival was advertised by A-listers including Hailey Bieber, Kendall Jenner and Bella Hadid, tickets cost as much as £75,000, but the event left a lot to be desired and organiser Billy McFarland was jailed

Daily Mirror

Billy McFarland, the Fyre Fest organiser, is back with another venture

Fyre Festival's organiser Billy McFarland is out of prison and back with a new business which he hopes will repay his debts.

The New Daily

Fyre Fest’s Billy McFarland Is Out Of Jail, Asking For Money Again Being Roasted By Andy King

“Yep, you definitely eff’d around. And there’s a lot that people should find out," said Andy in a Stitch.

Pedestrian.tv

$400 A Night: The FIFA World Cup’s Shipping Container Accom Has Fans Dubbing It Fyre Fest 2.0

“The air con in the cabin barely works," one worker told The Times.

Pedestrian.tv

Bahamas official calls Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland a ‘fugitive’ as he launches treasure hunt venture

McFarland just finished a five-year prison sentence for wire fraud

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A video from Qatar’s FIFA World Cup tent village has fans making Fyre Fest comparisons

It's gonna be Fyre!

Daily Mirror

Creator of shambolic Fyre Festival teases new project after prison release

Inverse

How Artesian Builds became the Fyre Fest of gaming startups

Former employees of PC building startup Artesian Builds spoke to Inverse about the downfall of the company and their treatment by former CEO Noah Katz.

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Athletes Have Called Out The ‘Inedible’ Fyre Fest-Like Food At The Olympics This Year

Russian Olympian Valeria Vasnetsova shared a pic of the depressing meal she said she was served for breakfast, lunch and dinner for five days.

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