The Latest Breaking News from Fyre Festival II

What Is Fyre Festival 2: What Happened The First Time And Will Rich Kids Get Stranded Again?

Fyre Festival is set to make an unforgettable comeback later this year, featuring a lavish Caribbean island, luxury rooms and diverse acts for the perfect summer getaway.

International Business Times UK · Feb 26, 2025

Fyre Festival II: why people give fraudsters a second chance

The Fyre music festival and its well-publicised failure are widely seen as a mixture of incompetence and fraud, embodied in Billy McFarland, its chief architect. People paid thousands of dollars for what was advertised as a luxury music festival but they were served simple cheese sandwiches and the entertainment was…

The Conversation · Sep 27, 2024

Fyre Festival II going ahead with tickets costing $8,000, but details still unclear

Currently, there is no venue, no date, and no lineup but co-founder Billy McFarland has said ‘Fyre II has to work’

Evening Standard · Sep 6, 2024

Convicted co-founder Billy McFarland claims Fyre Festival II is drawing major interest

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.

Tribune News Service · Apr 18, 2023

Ja Rule says he has absolutely no involvement in Fyre Festival II: ‘I don’t know nothing about it!’

Rapper is at pains to distance himself after he co-founded the disastrous event

The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2023

'Fyre Festival II' is 'finally happening', says convicted fraudster Billy McFarland

After his 2017 music festival collapsed on its opening weekend, leaving attendees stranded and starving on a remote island with no musical performances, Billy McFarland says he wants to have another go at running the event.

ABC News · Apr 12, 2023

Fyre Festival ‘1.5’: Billy McFarland claims he has funding for second festival

The first Fyre Festival was branded a fradulant disaster and led to Billy McFarland’s imprisonment

Evening Standard · Apr 11, 2023

“Fyre Festival II is finally happening,” says the disgraced founder

You could be excused for asking if Billy McFarland is serious.

Fortune · Apr 11, 2023

Billy McFarland says Fyre Festival II is ‘finally happening’

McFarland asks his followers to tell him why they should be invited

The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2023