Fyre Festival 2 postponed, new date has not yet been announced

Four festival 2 have been postponed according to the organizers per ABC News and NBC News.

Fyre Festival 2 tickets went on sale in February, with General tickets starting at $ 1,400. The festival would take place in Isla Mujeres, Mexico, from Friday 30 May to Monday 2 June.

But on Wednesday, April 16, the ticket holders received a message that the incident was postponed. “The event has been postponed and a new date will be announced. We have issued you a refund. When the new date has been announced, at that time, you can repurchase if it works for your schedule,” said the message Per ABC News.

“Fyre Festival 2 is still on,” said the message Per NBC News. “We are looking for new places and will announce our host destination soon. Our priorities will remain unchanged: delivers an unforgettable, safe and transparent experience.”

Billy McFarland, the organizer of the first Fyre festival 2017 and 2025 festival, announced in August 2023 that the festival would return.

“I’m sure many people think I’m crazy about doing this again. But I feel like I would be crazy not to do it again,” said McFarland, 33, earlier, Per NBC News. “After several years of reflection and now thought -provoking planning, the new team and I have fantastic plans for Fyre 2.”

The festival was originally planned to take place in Isla Mujeres, but in early March, the government for Isla Mujeres denied that the incident took place there.

Ty weeks later, McFarland said at a press conference at the end of March that the new event would occur in Playa del Carmen. Thursday, April 3, the city denied that the music festival is happening there, according to a press release translated by Police stone.

But in a Friday April 4th Instagram Statement, McFarland said the event organizers have been working with the city of Playa del Carmen since March to secure permits for the music festival. He also included various photos of alleged documents – such as tourism state, environmental permits and payment clinics made to Playa del Carmen government – all submitted or submitted during the past month.

Fyre Festival Instagram account did not mention the launch on Wednesday, but it promoted a sweater in its stories with the logo “Fyre 2 is real.”

FYRE Festival organizers did not immediately respond to people’s request for comment.

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The original FYRE festivalwho compared himself with Coachella, took place in April 2017. Participants paid up to $ 1,500 for tickets to a festival in the Bahamas with performances from Blink-182 and Migos promised, along with Big Name models and influencers.

Upon arrival, guests were told that the promised luxury accommodation was no more than Provisional tents and folding chairs. It later inspired two documentaries, Netflix’s FYRE: The largest party that has never happened And Hulu’s Guys fraud.

McFarland was later found guilty in two bills of wire fraud in relation to the failed festival and Ended time in prison from 2018 to 2022.