Even though the primary one ended with common mockery and outrage, a monsoon of lawsuits, and its progenitor getting thrown in jail, it could seem that one other Fyre Competition is occurring. Billy McFarland, the aforementioned creator of the world’s worst “music pageant,” just lately instructed the Wall Road Journal that he’s prepared for one more go-round.

In a prolonged profile, McFarland mentioned that the pageant is completely occurring once more. In actual fact, he claims some folks have already purchased tickets. As early as final yr, the disgraced “occasion organizer” was speaking about how he needed to stage a sequel to his 2017 debacle, and tickets for the brand new fest went on sale final summer season. Now it could seem McFarland is starting to extra aggressively promote the occasion.

Promisingly, whereas McFarland says Fest II is “positively” occurring, he hasn’t been in a position to clarify how, when, the place, or who can be there. I assume that’s finally a step up from the final time, when he promised ticket-buyers the chance to hobnob with celebrities and fashions on a paradisiacal seaside, solely to ship them right into a state of affairs that was barely elevated above a refugee camp.

In the event you’ll recall, in 2017, McFarland instructed event-goers that they might be headed to an unique beach-side resort within the Bahamas, the place they’d be capable of get together their asses off and luxuriate in luxurious catered meals and repair. After they arrived, carted to the scene by cramped buses, they discovered an occasion house that was a tattered mess and have been served plain cheese sandwiches in styrofoam containers. Ticket-holders finally revolted and the occasion descended into Thunderdome-style chaos. Then everyone sued McFarland. He was finally sentenced to 6 years in jail for having defrauded Fyre buyers of some $26 million.

The dinner that @fyrefestival promised us was catered by Steven Starr is actually bread, cheese, and salad with dressing. #fyrefestival pic.twitter.com/I8d0UlSNbd

— Tr3vor (@tr3vorx) April 28, 2017

Now, for no matter cause, McFarland needs to do all of it once more, though he gained’t reveal a lot about his plans. “I don’t need the negativity that I deliver to kill one thing earlier than it’s prepared,” he instructed the Journal when requested about buyers. “I feel as soon as they’re able to reveal themselves and are available out with advertising and marketing or dates or location, all the important thing data, they’re keen to take that warmth. I simply don’t need to prematurely toss something on the market.”

It feels like McFarland gained’t actually be answerable for planning this Fyre Fest—a call I feel we will all agree is an effective one. He instructed the Journal that, as a substitute of him being in cost, a manufacturing firm that has bought a 51 % stake in Fyre Media (the pageant’s father or mother firm) will handle the pageant’s funds and operations, whereas a expertise company and pageant operator help. McFarland himself will work on “advertising and marketing and promotional occasions.” In different phrases, having realized that he’s no good at administration, McFarland is principally appearing because the promoter for an occasion that can be run by different folks.

It’s exhausting to see how a Fyre Fest II could possibly be any worse than the primary one, though you by no means know. You possibly can kind of think about a state of affairs by which the organizers deliberately stage a foul occasion and event-goers go simply to revel within the anticipated debauchery of all of it. It’s also possible to kind of think about a state of affairs by which, having discovered their classes from the final one, organizers placed on a really regular occasion and event-goers present up and discover themselves bored. Which is preferable? Truthfully, I’m unsure. In all probability finest to simply keep away from it completely.