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TICKETS for Fyre Festival have gone on sale, including a staggering VIP experience with a $1.1 million price tag, nearly a decade after the first disastrous musical event.
Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland, who served a four-year prison sentence for financial crimes related to his failed 2017 event, said his “dream is finally becoming a reality” this time around.
The first Fyre Festival was one of the biggest debacles in history, which saw revelers spend tens of thousands of dollars for the catastrophic event on the Great Exuma, an island in The Bahamas.
Festival-goers, who were promised “luxury villas and star-studded musical performances,” arrived on the island to find a lack of food, water, and housing.
The event gained notoriety online after attendees and influencers shared their displeasures on social media.
However, this time around, McFarland reassured potential revelers Fyre 2 “isn’t about the past.”
“Fyre 2 is real,” McFarland declared to NBC’s Today.
“My dream is finally becoming reality. Fyre 2 really isn’t about the past, and it’s not really about me.
“It’s about taking the vision, which is strong.”
FYRE 2
Fyre Festival 2 is scheduled to take place from May 30 to June 2 on Isla de Mujeres, off the coast of Cancun, Mexico.
The tickets range from $1,400 to an outrageous $1.1 million for a “God-like” VIP experience.
McFarland previously described the Prometheus pass, which will run Fyre Festival attendees $1.1 million, as taking attendees “close to the sun.”
“Prometheus literally stole fire from the Gods and shared it with civilization,” he said in a video last October.
“For those of you who believe that life is meant to be lived, the Fyre Prometheus pass takes you pretty damn close to the sun.
“The Prometheus pass comes with eight tickets; your entire group will be flown to the island privately, and you’ll have your own yacht in the Artist Marina.
“But most importantly, the Prometheus pass gives you access to everything that will make Fyre the most memorable weekend of your entire life.”
McFarland explained the million dollar pass further to Today, “You will be on a boat, have the luxury yachts that we partner with who will be docked and parked outside the island.
“But once again, Fyre is not just about this, like, luxury experience.
“It’s about the adventure. So you’ll be scuba diving with me. You’ll be bouncing around to other islands and other countries on small planes.”
‘HORROR FESTIVAL’
Despite the event slated to kick off in late May, there are no music artists performances announced yet.
“We’re going to have artists across electronics, hip hop, pop and rock,” McFarland told Today.
“However, it’s not just music. We might have a professional skateboarder do a demonstration.
“We might have an MMA champion teach you techniques in the morning.”
McFarland is optimistic that a top-notch artist will be able to perform at the event.
“I really hope so, and I expect so from our conversations,” he added.
The horrors of the initial Fyre Festival were well documented online.
Partygoers were promised luxury villas but, instead, arrived to find emergency FEMA tents.
They were lured to the Carribean island by the promises of world-class cuisine, but were served cold cheese sandwiches on foam containers.
In 2018, McFarland pleaded guilty to wire fraud charges related to the event and was sentenced to six years in prison.
He was released in November 2022, and disclosed to The U.S. Sun last March that he owes the IRS $7 million in taxes as well as $26 million in restitution.
McFarland said the second Fyre Festival also comes with “risk.”
“I think it’s always a risk,” he told Today.
“You’re taking a risk because I made a lot of bad decisions and messed up the first festival.
“Until it’s experienced, there is a risk component of it.”