Fyre Competition founder Billy McFarland is proving people cannot resist an excellent comeback … ‘trigger the pre-sale for the sequel to his notorious music occasion has made him a boatload of money!
Billy boasted about this achievement on IG Thursday — and he confirmed to TMZ as effectively … saying FYRE Competition II has obtained purposes for over $110,000,000 price of tickets throughout its second and ultimate pre-sale — a formidable feat in comparison with sluggish Coachella.
OCTOBER 2022
Pre-sale tickets began up at $2,500 and soared as much as a whopping $1M per ticket for the pageant which is ready for its Caribbean return in December … and we’re instructed that 40 of these ticket holders had been invited to rejoice the $110M determine throughout an intimate dinner Wednesday night time at Le Baratin in NYC.
March 2023
Whereas he is made one other fortune, it appears like Billy’s discovered just a few classes — ‘trigger this time round he is leaving it to the professionals and letting his operation companions and leisure bigwigs name the principle pictures on the pageant.
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Billy himself mentioned in his IG clip Thursday that the following time folks would hear from him was when his companions would formally announce the occasion … so he is masking his bases right here.
His do-over obtained off to a flying start when pre-sale was first introduced in August 2023. Again then, they launched 100 tickets, they usually all bought out in a day!
Billy attributed the success to the huge curiosity and curiosity generated by the epic failure of the 2017 Fyre Fest, telling TMZ on the time that he is residing proof of the saying “no publicity is bad publicity.”
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You may recall … Billy served 4 years in prison for wire fraud associated to the OG Fyre Fest catastrophe. Clearly, he is hoping FYRE Competition II does not go up in smoke like the primary one — and to date, it sounds prefer it’s nonetheless obtained the curiosity of loads of party-goers who’re all the way down to rage.
