This guy can't read a room.
The creator behind the disgraced Fyre Festival says part 2 is in the works.
Co-founder Billy McFarland announced on Twitter on Monday that "Fyre Festival II is finally happening. Tell me why you should be invited."
The original 2017 event became instantly infamous after what was supposed to be a luxurious 2-weekend music festival turned out to be anything but.
Fyre Festival II is finally happening.
— Billy McFarland (@pyrtbilly) April 10, 2023
Tell me why you should be invited.
According to reports, over 5 thousand tickets were sold for the supposed grand event on the Bahamian island of Great Exuma. When guests arrived, they expected luxury but got storm tents, cheese sandwiches, port-a-potties and barely enough water.
Once the artists caught on, they immediately backed out.
The festival was such a disaster that it became the subject of a Netflix 2019 documentary, "Fyre"
McFarland was released last spring after serving four years for wire fraud. He was also ordered to pay $26 million he'd defrauded from investors.
Following his announcement on Monday, people are responding with memes and comments, basically saying "no way."
One person responded, "I'll show up with 100 crates full of bananas. No one will go hungry this time around."
Mcfarland took it a step further by saying it's in people's best interest to go so he could pay back those he defrauded.
it's in the best interest of those I owe for me to be working. people aren't getting paid back if i sit on the couch and watch tv.
— Billy McFarland (@pyrtbilly) April 11, 2023
and because i served my time.
You can watch the trailer for the original dumpster fire, I mean "Fyre" documentary below.
