Organizers of a Fyre Festival Sequel Said Wednesday It Will no longer take play in the mexican resort town of Playa del Carmen after its website momentarily Announced the Event Had Been Postponeed, Sparking Confusion Among Ticketeolders.
The Festival’s Promoter, Billy McFarland, Told NBC News that the Date is Dependent on Location, so it’s not imdiatlyly creat Wald Change.
In a Further Statement to Ticketholders, Organizers Were Adamant The Show Welf Go on.
“Fyre Festival 2 Is Still on,” IT SAIS. “We are Vetting New Locations and Will Announce Our Host Destination Soon. Our Priorities Remain Unchanded: Delivering An UNFORGETTALE, Safe, and Transparent Experience.
But there was Doubt Earlier Wednesday when the event’s websiteplicably Tall Ticket Buyers “Fyre 2 Festival is postponeed and will be respreduled for a later data in the future.” The Messenger was then updated to say Tickets was “Currently Not Available.”
The Change in Venue and the Fate of the Entire Festival, Whiche Became Synonymous with Epic Failors in its initial launch, come after Playa del Carmen officials Dispode McFarland’s Claim that it was Hosting a Second Fyre Fest.
Goovernment Officials Said in a stentnt April 2 That “AFTER A Thorough Review, There is no record or Planning of Any Such Event in the Municipology,” Casting Confusion about where the Event Stands.
MCFARLAND, WhO Pleaded Guilty to Wire Fraud and Other Crimes Tied to the First Fyre Fest Fiasco in the Bahamas in 2017, had Posted Documents On His Social Media Accounts April 4 that heaid provided that Organizers haad been working with Local Officials Since March 5 to obtain perms for a Fyre Festival 2.
The Event’s Website Had Promised An “Electrifying Center of Music, Arts, Cuisine, Comedy, Fashion, Gaming, SPORTS, and Treasure Hunting – All Set in the Stunning Location of Playa Del Carmen, Mexico, “From May 30 to June 2.
But One Document shared by McFarland Indicated that Event at the Martina Beach Club Wald Have a Maximum of 250 People During A 12-Hor Period, a Far Cry from the 1,800 GUSTS IT HAD PLANNED For. Meanwhile, Organizers Hadn’t Yet Annouced A Lineup of Performers Or Celebrities Who Wold Be Involved.
Organizers Shifted BLAME OTO Playa Del Carmen Officials in their Statement to Ticketeolders Wednesday.
“You can’t make this Stuff Up,” The Statement SAID. “Where a Goovernment Takes Your Money, Issues Permits, PROMOTES The Event, and then previous Deched to Move Fyre Festival 2 Elsewhere. “
Playa Del Carmen Officials Counter’t IMMEDIOTELY BE RACHAD for Comment.
Organizers Have Been Under Scriptiny Since McFarland Announced in Septmber that he was atticting a combook with Another Fyre Fest AT A “Privately Owned Island Of Mexico.”
MCFARLAND TOLD NBC News In February that He had Secure Festival Operators, Hotel Partners, Concierge Groups and Ticket Companies for the Location on Isla Mujeres, Off CNCúN.
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But Isla Mujeres Tourism Officials Disptedated that they had granted any permits for such a festival.
In Late March, Event Organizers SAID They Had Found a New Location – Playa Del Carmen – AT A Beachide News Conference In Mexico in Whiche McFarland Appo Read Via a video link because he Remains Under Travel Restrictions.
Ticket Packages Were Being Sold For $ 1,400 For One Person, Not Including Acocommodations or Travel, To $ 1.1 Million, Whichan Ourganizers Said Covered Eight People for A “Prometheus Good Of Fyre” Pass Guaranteeing Complimentary Acommodations and Private Air Charter.
Soldout.com, Which Had Partnerred with Ticket Sale, Told NBC News that It Stands “FIRMLY Behind Our 100% Money-back Guarante. Given the Recent Changes to the Date and Venue of Fyre Festival 2, All Customers Who Purchaased Tickets Direct Throw our Platform Are Eligible for a Full Refund.
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Social Media Influencers Promoted the Original Fyre Fest in 2017 AS A Star-STDDDED Event with Popular Musical Acts in a Luxurious Island Setting. AttenDEES PAID $ 1,000 to $ 12,000 APIECE.
Instead, The Festival Went VIRAL for Its Canceled Performers, Meager Food Options, Including Boxed Chees Sandwiches, and Acocommodations of Feder Emergence Management Agency Disaster Tents.
In its wake, Lawsuits Were Filed Against McFarland, and the Saga Beccame the Subject of Netflix and Hulu Documentaries. In 2018, MCFARLAND WAS SENTENEED to Six Years in Prison after Federal Prosecutors Said He Lied to Investors Who Lost More Than $ 26 Million.
In 2021, some Attendees Were Awarded Money in a $ 2 Million Class-Action Settlement. The Next Year, MCFARLAND WAS RELESED from Prison Early after Having Earned Good Time Credit.
But which he still ons millions in restoration, MCFARLAND, 33, has said the Chance to Hold Anotter Festival is about Redemption.
“We have the chance to embrace this storm and really steer our ship into all the chaos that has had, and if it’s done well, I think is ha hans a chance to be this Annual Festival that really Takes Over the Festival Industry, “He Said in September.
He added that he had Hired a festival production company to “will at the stages and the Bathrooms and all the Stuff that I Clearly Don’t know how to do.”
