Fyre Festival 2 'postponed' after Mexico plans derailed, ticket vendor issues refunds
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The ticketing company that partnered with Fyre Festival 2 told Fox News Digital that the do-over event, scheduled to take place in Mexico starting next month, has been “officially postponed” just a week after its organizers promised a successful event.

Billy McFarland, creator of the disastrous original Fyre Festival eight years ago, served four years in prison for financial crimes after organizing the event in 2017 that promised attendees world-class music acts and entertainment but ended up scamming people out of thousands of dollars.

“It is our understanding that the organizers of Fyre Festival 2 have officially postponed the event. At this time, no new date or location has been announced,” SoldOut.com, which is listed as a Fyre Festival 2 partner on the event’s website, told Fox News Digital in a statement. “All customers who purchased tickets directly through SOLDOUT.COM have been issued full refunds. Our commitment to customer satisfaction is reflected in our 100% Money-Back Guarantee, which applies to all events on our platform.”

But despite the apparent postponement, nothing on the event’s website or social media pages mentioned anything about a postponement. As of Friday morning, Fyre Festival was still promoting merchandise on its Instagram account — namely, sweatshirts that read, “Fyre Festival 2 is real.”

Fyre Festival attendees eat and drink on dirt-covered ground

Fyre Festival attendees eat under a tent at the original Fyre Festival in the Bahamas in 2017. (Splash News)

In 2017, Fyre Festival guests arrived in the Bahamas to find bare-bones tents when they were promised luxury accommodations; cheap, boxed meals when they were promised a high-end culinary experience; unclean port-o-potties; and canceled music acts that they paid to see over the course of the festival.

The original Fyre Fest promised music acts including Blink 182, Migos and other artists; celebrity model attendees, including the Hadid sisters and Emily Ratajkowski; luxury accommodations and fine food, with tickets ranging from $1,200 to over $100,000. 

After the festival’s failure, it went viral on social media when Hulu and Netflix published documentaries about the failed beach bash, making the #fyrefraud hashtag go viral at the time.

The festival reached a settlement with 277 ticket holders in 2021, when it was ordered to pay each recipient an award of $7,220.

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