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Billy McFarland and Ja Rule at the 2016 Web Summit An aircraft used to transport attendees to the festival, featuring Fyre Festival branding. The festival was organized by Billy McFarland and Ja Rule to promote the Fyre music booking app. [2] [1] Ja Rule had come to know McFarland through regular visits to events McFarland hosted for his previous venture, Magnises.
The convicted fraudster behind 2017's infamous Fyre Festival says fans are already snapping up tickets—ranging from $400 to $1.1 million—for its second attempt. ... chef-made meals, and a ...
With no confirmed artists, tickets for Fyre 2 range from $1,400 to $1.1 million. Fyre Festival 2 tickets go on sale as Billy McFarland attempts to come back from 2017 disaster: 'My dream is ...
The first Fyre Festival in 2017 was a disaster that landed him in prison on wire fraud charges. ... and McFarland claimed his first batch of 100 tickets sold out. More than a year after McFarland ...
Nevertheless, according to McFarland, the tickets sold out. [46] Fyre Festival II was "scheduled" for May 30, 2025 to June 2, 2025, on Isla Mujeres in Quintana Roo, Mexico. However, the Isla Mujeres municipal government said in a February 2025 statement that no festival permits had been requested or approved. [47]
Billy McFarland at a 2014 Magnises event. Magnises was a card-based membership club co-founded by convicted fraudster Billy McFarland in August 2013. [1] Similar to Fyre Festival, another later scam by McFarland, Ja Rule was the spokesman. [2]
Last August, the first drop of 100 presale tickets (at $499 each) for Fyre Fest II sold out within a day, despite its website at the time offering no lineup, no specific location and no details ...
Fyre Festival, a fraudulent, widely criticized music concert on the Bahamian island of Great Exuma Fyre Fraud, a 2019 Hulu documentary about the Fyre Festival; Fyre, a 2019 Netflix documentary film about the Fyre Festival; Fyre, a fantasy novel in the Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage; Fyre (software), a digital tool for producing artwork