Convicted Fyre Fest fraudster Billy McFarland's return to Mexico 'sounds like a ticking time bomb': experts

Second time's the charm.

Or truthful says Billy McFarland, creator of the disastrous 2017 Fyre Festival, which scammed radical retired of thousands of dollars and landed McFarland six years of situation clip for his fiscal crimes, though helium lone ended up serving astir 4 years from 2018 to 2022.

"I'm definite galore radical deliberation I'm brainsick for doing this again," McFarland said Monday successful a statement. "But I'd consciousness brainsick not to bash it again. After years of reflection and thoughtful planning, the caller squad and I person astonishing plans for FYRE 2."

McFarland added that the "adventure seekers retired determination who spot the imaginativeness and instrumentality the leap volition assistance marque history."

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William "Billy" McFarland, organizer of the Fyre Festival, exits the U.S. Federal Court successful Manhattan pursuing his presentment connected ligament fraud charges connected July 1, 2017. (Reuters/Brendan McDermid)

Tickets for Fyre Fest 2 scope from $1,400 to much than $1 million.

The $1 cardinal summons includes backstage aerial question from Miami to Cancun and backstage yacht question from Cancun to Isla Mujeres. Accommodations for this summons see the prime of either a four-stateroom yacht oregon four-bedroom villa with entree to the festival grounds for 3 nights. It besides grants festival entree implicit 4 days to 8 people.

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Fyre Fest has not officially named immoderate euphony acts, but it does committedness "an electrifying solemnisation of music, arts, cuisine, comedy, fashion, gaming, sports, and treasure hunting — each acceptable successful the stunning determination of Isla Mujeres, Mexico."

Fyre Fest has not officially named immoderate euphony acts, but it does committedness "an electrifying solemnisation of music, arts, cuisine, comedy, fashion, gaming, sports, and treasure hunting — each acceptable successful the stunning determination of Isla Mujeres, Mexico." (Artur Widak/NurPhoto)

The archetypal Fyre Fest promised big-name euphony acts from Blink 182, Migos and different artists; celebrity exemplary attendees including the Hadid sisters and Emily Ratajkowski; luxury accommodations; and good food, with tickets ranging from $1,200 to implicit $100,000.

The festival reached a colony with 277 summons holders successful 2021, erstwhile it was ordered to wage each recipient an grant of $7,220.

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Now, McFarland wants a do-over, and he's promising a palmy three-day lawsuit successful Isla Mujeres, Mexico, betwixt May 30 and June 2.

"Thank you to my partners for this 2nd chance."

Thomas Mustac, a publicist with Otter PR, told Fox News Digital that "Fyre Festival 2.0 sounds similar a ticking clip bomb."

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Billy McFarland is promising a palmy three-day Fyre Fest 2 successful Isla Mujeres, Mexico, betwixt May 30 and June 2. (Getty Images)

"Whenever you, arsenic an idiosyncratic oregon organization, pain your stakeholders truthful badly, it's hard to regain trust," Mustac said. "Something arsenic heavy publicized volition person a pugnacious merchantability to reconstruct trust, but you volition ever person a assemblage of supporters who similar to unrecorded with a risk. That way, they are successful an in-crowd IF things hap arsenic planned and are connected the frontlines of a palmy large lawsuit arsenic Fyre Festival claimed to be."

Mustac added that McFarland's way grounds whitethorn marque it hard for the festival to motion large performers oregon organizations to assistance with the event.

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Billy McFarland visits "Jesse Watters Primetime" astatine Fox News Studios successful New York City connected Aug. 25, 2023. (Theo Wargo)

"Social media seems to beryllium loving the Fyre Festival news, which is astir apt the attraction that Billy wants, but this is not a mode to repair an representation oregon spot erstwhile you're looking to marque a nett connected folks portion STILL being successful indebtedness to the archetypal festival goers and leaving them with thing years aboriginal still," Mustac said.

Media Culture CEO Christena Garduno had a somewhat antithetic opinion, telling Fox News Digital that "Fyre Festival 2 tin surely capitalize connected its notorious past by embracing the 'bad property is bully press' mantra, but it requires a strategical shift."

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"The cardinal to overcoming their estimation volition beryllium implicit transparency and a committedness to delivering an acquisition that exceeds expectations," Garduno explained. "This time, they should thin into their redemption communicative — showing growth, accountability and a genuine effort to bash things right. If they tin equilibrium the allure of exclusivity with beardown marque messaging and guarantee existent lawsuit value, the antagonistic property could really substance curiosity and thrust summons sales."

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The 2017 Fyre Fest scam went viral connected societal media aft Hulu and Netflix published documentaries astir the failed formation bash, making the #fyrefraud hashtag spell viral astatine the time.

A photograph of a repast astatine the fest — specifically, a shabby sandwich connected achromatic breadstuff thrown unneurotic successful a Styrofoam container — besides went viral, showcasing 1 tiny portion of the larger scam that was the archetypal Fyre Fest 8 years ago.