IT was billed as an exclusive VIP music extravaganza, backed by supermodels Bella Hadid and Kendall Jenner. But within hours of opening, Fyre Festival had became a global laughing stock. 10 Billy McFarland was released from prison in 2022 for financial crimes related to Fyre Credit: Getty 10 The rubbish-strewn festival site in 2017 Credit: Splash News 10 Exuma in the Bahamas where the event took place Credit: Alamy And now the organiser of the disastrous event in the Bahamas has announced it is coming back — with top-price tickets costing more than a MILLION DOLLARS.
In 2017, thousands of wannabe influencers attending were left starving and stranded, with no running water or electricity, and only soggy mattresses and emergency disaster relief tents for shelter. The world was hooked as ticket-holders — some of whom had paid £7,600 to be there — shared live updates from the site. And when a picture of one of the sad, plain, cheese sandwiches in a Styrofoam box given to attendees went viral, it told you everything you needed to know about the colossal festival failure.
Read More on World News TRAGIC FIND Body of missing Brit tourist 'found in Lanzarote nature park' after he got lost The interest sparked two documen-taries, with Netflix hit Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened detailing how investor Andy King got so desperate, he was willing to offer sex acts in return for the delivery of bottled water to the site. Unbelievably, when creator Billy McFarland was rel.