Fyre Festival 2. This absolute mess of an event had more red flags flying up than a bad Tinder date. With a scheduled date of May 30th-June 2nd, 2025, only one confirmed artist, two possible locations that weren’t confirmed, and a vague list of events, there was no way it would’ve ended well. But festival founder and convicted felon Billy McFarland was insistent that the festival would happen as planned.
And shocking, it won’t.
There was no possible way that this event was going to happen as intended, with the lack of announced artists and 2 disputed venues. To be charging full priced tickets in advance of all this was ludicrous, if not a borderline swindle. Something had to give here, otherwise the catastrophe of the first Fyre Fest was going to happen yet again.
Indeed, something did give.
McFarland was holding firm to the end of May, but reports indicate customers have been told the event is postponed. Ticket holders reportedly were sent the following message:
“The event has been postponed and a new date will be announced. We have issued you a refund. Once the new date is announced, at that time, you can repurchase if it works for your schedule.” No date being announced sounds about right for this fiasco. At least it won’t take long to contact all the artists to tell them about the date change; one phone call to Antonio Brown.
Fyre Festival has responded to this news with the following statement:
“FYRE Festival 2 is still on. We are vetting new locations and will announce our host destination soon. Our priorities remain unchanged: delivering an unforgettable, safe, and transparent experience.”
A strange thing to say when you’ve previously announced two locations that were definitely going to be holding your extensively large music festival. We eagerly await more updates to see how this saga continues to unfold. At this point in time, watching McFarland flounder about is more entertaining than the festival itself.
