Fyre Festival fraudster announces major career move amid second act controversy

Billy McFarland creator of the failed Fyre Festival music event on Wednesday publicized that he is selling the Fyre brand after attempting to organize Fyre Festival in Mexico between May and June McFarland spent several years in prison after failing to deliver what he promised would be a luxury music festival with big-name acts in the Bahamas ultimately defrauding investors out of million and scamming event ticketholders and staff out of thousands of dollars when they displayed up to a glorified campsite with no entertainment FYRE is one of the most of powerful attention engines in the world McFarland wrote in a Wednesday comment posted to Fyre Festival's Instagram Since FYRE has dominated headlines documentaries and conversations as one of the majority talked-about music festivals We knew FYRE was big but we didn't realize just how massive the wave would become That wave brought us here to a point where we know it's time to call for assistance McFarland added that the Fyre brand deserves a group with the scale experience and infrastructure to realize its full anticipated FYRE FESTIVAL FRAUDSTER'S MEXICO MUSIC EVENT RAISES RED FLAGS ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA FADS FORMER DESIGNER WARNS We have decided the best way to accomplish our goals is to sell the FYRE Festival brand including its trademarks IP digital assets media reach and cultural capital to an operator that can fully realize its vision McFarland wrote The announcement comes just weeks before Fyre Festival was set to take place in Mexico first in Isla Mujeres and then Playa del Carmen following what appeared to be miscommunication between the respective city governments and Fyre organizers FYRE FESTIVAL POSTPONED AFTER MEXICO PLANS DERAILED TICKET VENDOR ISSUES REFUNDSThe festival has since been postponed though Fyre organizers never declared the postponement on their website or social media Rather Fyre's partners validated to Fox News Digital and other outlets that the event had been paused and tickets refunded Earlier this month Fyre Festival organizers fired back at Playa del Carmen's comment saying the Mexican city's establishment had no knowledge of the event FYRE FEST FRAUDSTER'S REDO LOOKS LIKE NEW CATASTROPHE FOR TROPICAL MUSIC BASH EXPERT FYRE has been working directly with the regime of Playa del Carmen PDC and their officers since March to ensure a safe and prosperous event organizers declared All media reports suggesting our band has not been working with the ruling body of PDC are only inaccurate and based on misinformation the message read FYRE has operated as a good partner with PDC regime and has followed the proper processes and procedures to lawfully host an event FYRE FESTIVAL ORGANIZERS PROMISE FRUITFUL MEXICO EVENT AFTER OFFICIALS' CONCERNING ADVISORYMcFarland also posted a video of a press conference he and his association held in Playa del Carmen on March which included authorities representatives from the area But Playa del Carmen posted its own message to social media saying i n response to rumors about a supposed event called Fyre we inform you that no event of that name will be held in Playa del Carmen FYRE FEST FRAUDSTER'S REDO LOOKS LIKE NEW TRAGEDY FOR TROPICAL MUSIC BASH EXPERTIt was the second declaration from a establishment entity denying the festival's existence since March The event was originally scheduled to take place in Isla Mujeres Mexico between those dates but it not long ago moved to Playa del Carmen Mexico after Isla Mujeres noted Fyre Festival organizers had not requested permits in the popular vacation town Tickets for Fyre Festival started at per person for general admission and went up from there The bulk expensive tickets were selling for more than million and offered private air and yacht tour luxury villa accommodations and festival access over four days to eight people FYRE FEST FRAUDSTER SELLING TICKETS FOR NEW PARTY BUT LOCALS CLAIM IT DOESN'T EXISTAfter the Fyre 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 ticket holders in when it was ordered to pay each recipient an award of