Formerly jailed fraudster Billy McFarland announces Fyre Festival II

KCAL News reported: "Fyre founder Billy McFarland has been out of prison on fraud charges for one year and announced tickets are on sale for the festival set to take place at the end of next year."

Seems like Billy McFarland didn't learn much from his years in prison after his botched Fyre festival disaster. He's out of jail and announced tickets for Fyre Festival II and it seems like an epic disaster already, especially considering ticket prices can go up to nearly $8,000. EW reported on Billy McFarland's Fyre Festival II ticket announcement saying the following in an entertainment report:

In a YouTube video posted Sunday, the convicted con artist officially announced Fyre Festival II, set to take place in the Caribbean sometime at the end of 2024. The specific dates, location, and festival lineup have not been revealed, but tickets are currently on sale starting at $499 and going up to $7,999, per the festival website.

"This is a big day," McFarland says in the video, sporting Airpods and a plush white robe. "It has been the absolute wildest journey to get here, and it really all started during a seventh-month stint in solitary confinement. I wrote out this 50-page plan of how it would take this overall interest and demand in Fyre and how it would take my ability bring people from around the world together to make the impossible happen."

Screenshot from Billy's video on YouTube.