Sorry Hunger Games participants but it seems like the highly anticipated redo of the now infamous Fyre Festival will no longer be taking place this coming May.
Months after Billy McFarland announced that he was indeed going to hold a sequel to the abomination of a festival from 2017 that left whatever reputation Ja Rule had remaining in shambles, ABC News is reporting that McFarland is no longer going through with the festivities and has actually refunded ticket buyers their money without any word if Fyre Festival 2 will be happening at all.
While we’re sure that ticket holders are disappointed that they won’t be living it up in Mexico (at least it isn’t an island this time), we can’t help but feel some of them must have let out a sigh of relief as there was always that possibility that Fyre Festival 2025 could’ve gone just as left as it did in 2017 except with tacos this time.
ABC News reports:
A message sent to a ticket holder said, “The event has been postponed and a new date will be announced. We have issued you a refund. Once the new date is announced, at that time, you can repurchase if it works for your schedule.”
At the time, McFarland said a statement, “I’m sure many people think I’m crazy for doing this again. But I feel I’d be crazy not to do it again.”
“After years of reflection and now thoughtful planning, the new team and I have amazing plans for FYRE 2,” he added.
Like the initial Fyre Festival event, McFarland’s Fyre Fest 2 promised “an electrifying celebration of music, arts, cuisine, comedy, fashion, gaming, sports, and treasure hunting — all set in the stunning location of Isla Mujeres, Mexico,” according to the event’s website.
Honestly, it was probably for the best. McFarland just spent four years in prison for his first Fyre Festival f*ckery, so if he decided to pull the plug on the sequel it was probably because he felt it could land him back in the slammer. Just sayin’.
It definitely didn’t help that McFarland apparently didn’t have permission to even host the event on the Isla Mujeres (Island of Women) in Mexico.
Bernardo Cueto, tourism secretary of the State of Quintana Roo, where Isla Mujeres is located, told ABC News over a phone call that his agency would be the one giving permission for that kind of festival, but Fyre Fest 2 was not something he was informed about, nor was an event by that name happening in Playa del Carmen or Isla Mujeres.
Yeah, McFarland definitely wanted to avoid another possible investigation that could lead him right back into the bing and with $1,400 a ticket. He was going to raise some more eyebrows if things went left again.
What do y’all think about Fyre Festival 2 being canceled? Did attendees avert another disaster? Let us know in the comments section below.
