Fyre Competition 2 Postponed, New Date Has But to Be Introduced

Fyre Competition 2 has been postponed, based on the organizers, per ABC Information and NBC Information.

Fyre Competition 2 tickets went on sale in February, with common tickets beginning at $1,400. The pageant was presupposed to happen in Isla Mujeres, Mexico, from Friday, Could 30, to Monday, June 2.

However on Wednesday, April 16, ticket holders acquired a message that the occasion was postponed. “The occasion has been postponed and a brand new date will likely be introduced. We’ve got issued you a refund. As soon as the brand new date is introduced, at the moment, you’ll be able to repurchase if it really works on your schedule,” the message stated, per ABC Information.

“FYRE Competition 2 remains to be on,” the message stated, per NBC Information. “We’re vetting new places and can announce our host vacation spot quickly. Our priorities stay unchanged: delivering an unforgettable, secure, and clear expertise.”

Billy McFarland, the organizer of the preliminary Fyre Competition in 2017 and the 2025 pageant, introduced in August 2023 that the pageant could be returning. 

“I am certain many individuals suppose I am loopy for doing this once more. However I really feel I would be loopy to not do it once more,” McFarland, 33, beforehand stated, per NBC Information. “After years of reflection and now considerate planning, the brand new group and I’ve wonderful plans for FYRE 2.”

The pageant was initially slated to happen in Isla Mujeres, however in early March, the federal government of Isla Mujeres denied that the occasion was happening there.

Weeks later, McFarland stated at a late March press convention that the brand new occasion would happen in Playa del Carmen. On Thursday, April 3, town denied that the music pageant is going on there, based on a press launch translated by Rolling Stone.

Nonetheless, in a Friday, April 4 Instagram assertion, McFarland stated the occasion organizers have been working with town of Playa del Carmen since March to safe permits for the music pageant. He additionally included numerous pictures of alleged paperwork — reminiscent of tourism permits, environmental permits and receipts of funds made to the Playa del Carmen authorities — all filed or submitted over the previous month.

The Fyre Competition Instagram account didn’t point out the postponement on Wednesday, however it did promote a sweatshirt in its Tales with the brand “Fyre 2 is Actual.”

Fyre Competition organizers didn’t instantly reply to PEOPLE’s request for remark.

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The unique Fyre Competition, which in contrast itself to Coachella, befell in April 2017. Attendees paid upwards of $1,500 for tickets for a pageant within the Bahamas with performances from Blink-182 and Migos promised, together with big-name fashions and influencers. 

Upon arrival, visitors realized that the promised luxurious lodging had been not more than makeshift tents and folding chairs. It later impressed two documentaries, Netflix’s FYRE: The Biggest Social gathering That By no means Occurred and Hulu’s Fyre Fraud.

McFarland was later discovered responsible of two counts of wire fraud in relation to the failed pageant and served time in jail from 2018 till 2022.