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Wednesday, August 23 by ABC News

Fyre Festival 2 tickets on sale and customers are buying, disgraced founder says

(NEW YORK) -- The disgraced founder of the 2017 Fyre Festival, Billy McFarland, is selling tickets for a follow-up event and customers are buying them, he said in recent posts on Instagram.An initial batch of tickets for Fyre Festival 2 sold out just two ...

Friday, November 4 by ABC News

Convicted Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland ‘apologizes’ after prison release

(NEW YORK) -- Billy McFarland, the convicted founder behind 2017's Fyre Festival, which rocked social media, is apologizing for his role in controversial music festival."I need to apologize. And that is the first and the last thing that needs to be done," McFarland said. ...

Friday, May 20 by ABC News

Fyre Festival organizer Billy McFarland moved to halfway house

(NEW YORK) -- Billy McFarland, who pleaded guilty to scheming thousands of people out of money from his Fyre Festival, was moved to a halfway house this week, according to Bureau of Prison records.McFarland was sentenced to six years in federal prison for defrauding ...