The second Fyre Pageant has formally been introduced, almost 10 years because the first notorious occasion rapidly changed into a catastrophe.
The failed competition in 2017 hit headlines after charging friends as much as $100,000 per head to journey to the island of Nice Exuma within the Bahamas, however failing to ship the white sands, luxurious lodging and first-class meals that was promised.
It even led to co-organiser Billy McFarland serving almost 4 years of a six-year jail sentence after he pleaded responsible to wire fraud costs referring to the competition and numerous fraud costs stemming from a separate ticket-selling rip-off.
Plans for Fyre II have been on and off since 2023, however that is the furthest it has ever come, with the occasion set for 30 Might to 2 June and a couple of,000 tickets formally having gone on sale earlier this week.
In contrast to the unique competition, Fyre mentioned in an announcement that reside occasion organiser Lostnights has signed as much as deal with the small print, together with resort, journey and ticketing corporations additionally approaching board to assist plan and organise the occasion.
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One factor that has not modified is ticket prices, with costs starting from $1,400 (£1,100) to a watch watering $1.1m (£869,000).
The web site states that the top-tier ticket – named the Prometheus bundle – will get eight folks into the competition in addition to the choice to remain on a yacht, have a 24/7 personal chauffeur, entry to one of many phases in addition to unique “additional experiences”.
“You will be on a boat, have the luxury yachts that we partner with who will be docked and parked outside the island,” Mr McFarland informed NBC’s At present present.
“But once again, Fyre is not just about this, like, luxury experience,” he added. “It’s about the adventure. So you’ll be scuba diving with me. You’ll be bouncing around to other islands and other countries on small planes.”
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Billy McFarland after the failed competition in 2017. Pic: Reuters
Mr McFarland has additionally promised performances from a variety of artists throughout the digital, hip hop, pop and rock genres. However no artists are but to be introduced to be collaborating.
“It’s not just music. We might have a professional skateboarder do a demonstration. We might have an MMA champion teach you techniques in the morning,” he mentioned.
‘There’s a danger part to it’
The catastrophe of the primary Fyre competition grew to become the main focus of the Netflix sequence FYRE: The Biggest Celebration That By no means Occurred in 2019.
It portrayed stranded friends who had been confronted to battle for a restricted variety of tents, had points with entry to water, and as an alternative of gourmand meals, had been served limp cheese sandwiches in Styrofoam packing containers, a photograph of which went viral on social media on the time.
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When requested if there was a danger to purchasing a ticket to the second try on the competition, Mr McFarland informed At present: “Until it’s experienced, there is a risk component to it.”
“You’re taking a risk because I made a lot of bad decisions and messed up the first festival,” he mentioned.
“Since 2016, Fyre has been the most talked about music festival in the world. Obviously, a lot of that has been negative, but I think that most people, once they kind of get under the hood and study the plans and see the team behind Fyre II, they see the upside.”
He mentioned if the competition is successful, he thinks it has the prospect to be an annual occasion.
A minimal of $500,000 (£395,000) from the competition may also go towards the $26m (£20m) in losses that Mr McFarland nonetheless owes, NBC reported.
