The founder of the ill-fated Fyre Festival looks eager to see history repeat, plotting plans for the festival’s return from behind bars.
If you’ve spent any time looking at music news over the last two years, then the name Fyre Festival would undoubtedly conjure up laughter, shock, and a little bit of pity for everyone involved.
Described as a luxury concert of sorts, the festival was intended to be held on the Bahamian island of Great Exuma, and was supposed to have been headlined by the likes of Blink-182 – who famously pulled out before it was due to start.
Sadly, it quickly became clear that the whole thing was a mess from the start, with chartered flights not arriving or even taking off as anticipated, and accomodation for attendees being woefully inadequate.
Attendees who actually made it to the event (which by that point had been cancelled), described the entire situation as a “shit show”.
Ultimately, Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland was found guilty of defrauding investors out of a total of $26 million, and subsequently issued a public apology from prison.
Since then, co-founder Ja Rule has not only revealed that he was also “hustled, scammed, bamboozled, hood winked, lead astray” by the festival, but also noted his intentions to stage Fyre Festival 2.0. Now, McFarland appears to be echoing these plans.
Check out the trailer to Hulu’s Fyre Fraud:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljkaq_he-BU
According to NY Mag, Billy McFarland might be set to remain in prison until 2024, but freelance editor Josh Raab has been in contact with McFarland’s girlfriend Anastasia Eremenko, who has passed along 800 handwritten pages from the disgraced festival founder’s upcoming memoir.
Titled Promythus: The God of Fyre (yes, the misspelling is intentional), the memoir aims to tell the “raw” story of the festival, setting straight the narratives put forward by two seperate documentaries earlier this year.
Taking inspiration from The Wolf Of Wall Street’s Jordan Belfort, McFarland is hoping that the proceeds from this book will be able to go toward paying the $26 million in compensation he owes towards those affected by the festival’s losses.
While the memoir was originally set to be released through Amazon by the end of April, Raab explained that McFarland’s plan is to get it out there as soon as possible, before his comeback plans are set to occur.
“Putting in terms of Wolf of Wall Street, the Festival will not be a one and done event — it’s happening again,” McFarland explained via email.
“So the original story will lose the potential to be told and set the stage if it’s not done before the next events take place.”
While it remains to be seen whether or not Fyre Festival will indeed make a comeback, or if Billy McFarland is again making a promise that won’t be kept, you can be sure that there’s a few skeptic eyebrows being raised thanks to this news.
Check out the trailer to Netflix’s FYRE:
