Fyre Festival Organizer Plans New Caribbean Disaster, Promises It’s Different This Time

KEY POINTS

•Billy McFarland, convicted in 2018 for Fyre Festival fraud, is launching a new festival called PHNX in Honduras.
•He filmed an enthusiastic promo with French Montana claimed as headliner, though the rapper's management gave no official confirmation.
•The event targets 400 guests on Utila island plus hundreds of thousands watching virtually, mimicking the original Fyre hype.
•McFarland's previous attempt for a Fyre Fest 2 in Mexico failed due to court and government restrictions.

Billy McFarland, aged 33 and best known for turning a Bahamian island into chaos with his 2017 Fyre Festival, is back at it—this time in Honduras with 'PHNX' or Phoenix Festival, proving you can't keep a convicted wire fraudster down. Fresh off two years early in prison, McFarland praises headliner French Montana in a breezy pickup truck on Utila island, despite management passing on holding up a confirmation. PHNX boasts 400 fortunate Caribbean guests and 'hundreds of thousands' of virtual watchers, a repeat of his recipe for disaster. Intriguingly, $26 million owed victims didn't stop him hunting festival fame again, even after a failed 'Fyre Fest 2' in Mexico collapsed under court travel restrictions and local government skepticism. Look out world, the comeback king of festival flops rides again—this time with slightly fewer promises and hopefully more toilets.

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Billy McFarland’s back with PHNX fest, because who wouldn’t want to pilot a disaster sequel on a Caribbean island? Victims might need that $26 million twice.

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