Billy McFarland, for no matter motive, thought he might revive Fyre Fest, however now claims he’s canceling the struggling music pageant earlier than making an attempt to make it occur.
Shortly after asserting that he’s remodeling Fyre Fest into a music streaming video-on-demand service, McFarland is now saying that he’s formally canceling the pageant.
The information comes after phrase of the Fyre Fest 2 postponement, with no new date of the pageant’s return in sight. McFarland additionally introduced that he’s planning to promote the model that’s now synonymous with Ja Rule and battle after poor festivalgoers discovered themselves stranded on the Bahamian island of Nice Exuma.
McFarland introduced the information through a press release he shared on Instagram:
“A brand new chapter begins. After two years of rebuilding FYRE with honesty, creativity, and relentless effort, it’s time to go the torch. We’re formally placing the FYRE model up on the market. To the proper purchaser: the platform is yours. Execute the imaginative and prescient. Make historical past.” On why he’s promoting the model, McFarland shares that he the pageant is turning into “larger than anyone individual and greater than what I’m capable of lead by myself.” He added within the assertion, “When my crew and I launched FYRE Competition 2, it was about two issues: ending what I began and making issues proper. Over the previous two years, we’ve poured every little thing into bringing Fyre again with honesty, transparency, relentless effort, and creativity. We’ve taken the lengthy highway to rebuilding belief. We rebuilt momentum. And we proved one factor indisputably: FYRE is likely one of the strongest consideration engines on the earth.”
Welp.
Billy McFarland Got here Up With The Concept of Fyre Fest 2 Whereas In Jail
McFarland claimed he received the thought to attempt once more with Fyre Fest throughout a stint in solitary confinement whereas he was in jail serving out his time period after being discovered responsible of economic crimes associated to the pageant.
It’s clear he didn’t be taught his lesson if he was planning on doing it over again. Our query is who can be dumb sufficient to bankroll this concept, and even take into account buying tickets after the final fiasco.