lol, short term problem to a long term problem - gotta fight fyre with fire they say hahaha. imagine you haven't eaten all day and the only thing to cure the (hunger) shakes is fucking tequila lol.
Imagine you're working at the American Embassy in the Bahamas and all of a sudden dozens of your countrymen show up who look like they've been human-trafficked there.
Having guarded an Embassy before, if these people had come up to me and told me that they'd been kidnapped and dragged there by a drug cartel on a boat, I'd probably have believed them lmfao Like damn this is just kinda unbelievable ngl
This entire situation is made 10x worse by the fact that now Billy's out of prison he's decided that the best course of action is to do Fyre festival 2.0
We are hungry and there’s no food for us Ok uhhh oh have this free tequila But this isn’t food this is a alcoholic beverage Yes and? We are hungry and you gave us alcohol Yea is there a problem?
@@salvatoremaglione6398 indeed. Same goes for cold weather too. Too often people have died in the cold when they should have survived because they thought drinking alcohol will warm themselves up. Spoiler alert; it does the exact opposite!
For anyone who’s wondering about Billy. On October 11, 2018, McFarland was sentenced to six years in federal prison. McFarland is currently incarcerated at FCI Elkton, in Lisbon, Ohio.
It's worth mentioning that they did actually rent out Norman's Cay, but the owners expressly forbid them from mentioning Pablo Escobar, which Billy started doing almost immediately, causing the contract to be cancelled.
What I like the most about Historians take on all of these stories is the somewhat grounded view of human behaviour and energy spent to uncover the truth. He goes time and time again out of his way to point out the opposite of what general lies and social narrative would have us believe. 1200$, all expenses paid for a a 2 week trip in the bahamas does sound like a great deal. Not all of the party goers were rich entitled brats. Alot of them were tricked by what appeared to be a great deal. Same for the cruise ship concordia. While he did have a giggle at the captain's expense, he
I swear every time i watch one of these videos i wonder how dense these people are. They act like theres no planning involved when creating a festival and they can start one just because they have an idea
Honestly, its a blessing this didnt take place on a private island. Cuz imagine all this, but there were no services to get you the hell out. This would go from people having a horrific time to a body count.
Billy McFarland got jailed. The customers got scam of their money and experienced fatigue. The social media celebrities like Kendall Jenner gets more richer. As for me, I laugh at people willing to pay a lot of money to fly to an island and just listen to music.
So update time. Billy DID end up going to jail. He was found guilty of two counts of wire fraud in 2018, and sentenced to six years in federal prison. But on March 30, 2022, he was released early, having only spent about four years behind bars. He spent another few months in community confinement, but as of September 2022, he's fully a free man. He's recently been quoted saying that he's considering starting a new company. "Something tech-based." Keep in mind that Billy has a life-long ban on serving as the director of a public company. And he still owes ~$25 million in damages to his victims (his wages will be garnished until he pays it back. Which will probably be never). But he claims that he's going to pay it all back. Presumably with whatever get-rich-quick scheme he's cooking up. (SIDE BAR: After Fyre Festival went down, Billy started a company called NYC VIP and started selling tickets to all sorts of VIP events. Did Billy have the tickets? Of course not. The Oscars, the Met Gala, Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, Master's Tournament, Hamilton, etc. You name it, he tried to sell it. Keep in mind, this is all while he was being investigated for fraud. He obviously got caught and charged, which possibly added to his prison sentence. But since he only got 6 years and served 4, maybe it didn't.) EDIT: Billy is now trying to start a new service called PYRT which is supposed to be some kind of VR thing? Some people are calling it virtual Fyre Festival... I don't know. And in April of 2023, he made a cryptic post to social media claiming that Fyre Festival II is officially happening with no additional details or context. Seems like he's back at it ladies and gentlemen. EDIT 2: August 2023, and Billy has begun selling tickets for Fyre Festival 2, which he claims will happen in the Caribbean towards the end of 2024.
@@kratek56 atrocity guide is the evolution of that whole genre but fascinating horror teaches you that you will very likely die like the mariners in that scene from *The Terror* where everyone gets trapped in a tent during a fire and people have to be cut open to make an escape route. don't go inside of anywhere
@@kratek56 That's how it should be. It's professional and factual. I watch the show Forensic Files in German and the voice is like that. But I've watched it in the original audio (US English) and it's disgustingly sensationalistic, like he's reading a fiction suspense novel... while talking about the -real- r@pe and murder of a kid for example... Just morbid.
Bill was an idiot for losing Norman’s Cay, but imagine the same shitstorm happening except on a private island. No taxis, no neighboring resorts, no nearby help. Just you, a lost crowd, and FEMA tents on an isolated island.
I think calling him an idiot is a compliment to him, and an insult to all idiots. I was watching the Netflix documentary on the festival a few years ago and I remember hearing the other organizers talk about how the only condition the owners of Norman's Cay had put on the marketing team was "DO NOT mention Pablo Escobar" and then it cutting to the promo footage where the literal second sentence was something along the lines of "Spend 2 weeks on a private island... Once owned by Pablo Escobar" I'm pretty sure there was a palm shaped imprint in my forehead for the next few days
The first fyre festival was OUT OF THIS WORLD and I can't wait for the sequel that will no doubt somehow manage to top off the first one in every way! Best of luck Billy, we believe in you!
Giving hungry people stuck ina very hot climate without water TEQUILA is a goddamn health hazard. The irresponsibility is just incredible, it's a miracle nobody died
@@TheAkwarium Nah man, a beer or two in the Sauna is one thing. Not too much alcohol to dehydrate ya plus you probably have access to drinkable water should you require it. Idk because I'm not you lmao but you get me. This on the other hand........whooo, that'd be something else. Constant 90+ degree (F°) weather, hundreds of people just standing about, high-alcohol tequila. . . . . They're just asking for someone to die of heat stroke.
@@stormisuedonym4599 yes, but once you drink 7 or 8 beers it's not 5% anymore. I personally know people who've almost died in a sauna because they got so drunk on Juhannus (Finnish Midsummer) in a sauna
The best thing about this guy partying is that he basically was some dude who won the tickets and went there for free, he had no expectations and found the hordes of influencers and such totally miserable absolutely hilarious
$500 all expenses paid 2 week trip to the bahamas holy balls dude. That vacation package is literally cheaper than my 1 bedroom apartment in california. No wonder it sold out
$35.71 a day Most video game conventions have an entry fee higher than that per day. Not including travel, food, tequila and lodging, just the entry fee.
I think you should've mentioned they actually HAD leased Norman's Cay but were kicked out when they had advertised it as once owned by Pablo, something the owners strictly forbid. Also man, your video is linked on the Fyre Festival wikipedia.
@@MisterSolitude George Jung was still a member of Escobar's cartel, so it still amounts to "hey, this island was once owned by rich drug dealers" - which was the image the new owners of the island were trying to disassociate themselves from. They allowed Fyre Festival to be hosted on the island, on the explicit condition that they didn't mention Escobar or anything related to him. Of course, the organizers completely ignored this request, and so they were kicked off the island.
@@MisterSolitude Norman cay was used as a refueling stop on the Caribbean route. So yes it did belong to Escobar regardless of what the paperwork says.
To be honest . i like that social experiment idea. i wouldnt be surprised if it was true. give rich millenials a glimpse into the life of a refugee whilst they spend the rest of their life in a privileged bubble of over indulgence and opulence.
Why wouldn't it be? Imagine if they turned Blackbeard's ship into a luxury cruise. You think people wouldn't pay more to go on that one if they had the money?
AGlassOf Whine no. Promising stuff to RICH people and lying will give you 6 years in prison. He went to prison for frauding investors, not festival attendees.
...when you're so good at prison you get out after 18 months (just my prediction. I actually agree with you, but there's no way he'll spend 6 years behind bars)
Also, how did they think that People would actually book a Flight to Fyer-Festival the next year? After the recent Festival was such a "smashing Success" for them. They prolly smoke some Crack before they offered this to the rioting Customers.
I don't even use YT that much yet I still see your comments everywhere. So you blatantly spend all day commenting on videos. Just admit that you have no social life and you sponge off the government and/or your parents. I bet you fucking stink as well.
Bruce William lmfao ok. I'm in college and I don't work so all I do is school, hangout and watch RUclips. It's not that difficult to take time out of my day and comment on good quality videos. but hey believe whatever your mind can come up with my guy
KatXYZ yes, medieval tents are a lot more fancy and comfy looking. Sometimes people even put full beds, tables, chairs, braziers, carpets, and other luxuries. They have them at reinasance fairs.
Billy is currently in federal prison in Ohio. He filed for a "compassionate release" due to Covid but it was denied and he has since contracted Covid lmao.
@@rio8603 it was so good, I couldn't take my eyes away from the trash fire that was the entire festival. I honestly just felt for the Fyre employees that tried to cancel the whole thing but were overruled.
Well I think some of the influencers did get sued for promoting it. A lawyer changed the rules of marketing to force them to take some responsibility for the graft. The huludoc has the information
@@a-ha4940 if you watch Netflix’s documentary, Billy was actually invested in turning this into an actual thing, it’s just that he was really inexperienced, and didn’t realize how much everything would cost, he spent his ass off during much of the time, being manipulative and always getting money out of nowhere.
Fun fact: the picture at 6:36 was taken by my (at the time) 12-year-old brother and then sold to the NY Times. The story behind it is even funnier, as he didn't even realize it was Billy getting arrested when he took the picture; he was just a curious and impulsive kid who saw a guy get led away by the FBI and saw an opportunity. It wasn't until the first few articles about Billy's arrest came out that he realized who it was. ETA: I'm getting people doubting this story. If you search for the NY Times article 'Fyre Festival Organizer Pleads Not Guilty To Fraud Charges', you'll see my bro's name listed as the image credit.
Ready for round 2? the same guy responsible for Fyre festival, Billy Macfarlane, has announced another island festival and has called it Pirate. Bravo Vince
The first tip-off should've been them using Ja Rule as the main hook for the event despite it being 2017 when fyre fest went down and Ja Rule's career being thrown in the trash since at least 2003.
@@alexeysaranchev6118 he was a big deal at the turn of the Millennium, mostly known by making shitty duets with Jennifer Lopez and some R&B girl named Ashanti. But 50 cent and eminem basically destroyed his career.
@@Rando_Shyte Since that, I've listened to some standup comedians and turns out Jah Rule is so fucking old, that he was presumably famous enough to comment the situation on 9/11, because he was available for Mtv to air him live. So there's that.
@@Rando_Shyte Yeah, he's a rapper and he had three Number 1 hit songs between 2001 and 2002 and a song that reached Number 2 on the hot 100 in 2003. Actually, he's one of the first rappers to make heavy use of singing....but the issue was that he couldn't sing and he didn't even try to hide it with autotune or anything. I'm not surprised his career finally died when T-Pain showed up and took that position except did it a lot better.
Nothing like collective punishment, right? "All journalists are lazy." "All politicians are corrupt." And most importantly, all RUclips commenters lash out at jobs they have no idea of.
Netflix is much more in depth and includes interviews from the staff and people involved. This video is just a small summary compared to the netflix doc.
What are you going to remember? Hahahahaha It was not the sinking of the Titanic. Hahahaha Some punks did not get everything they expected for their money....whoa..you mean he could have slept in a nice tent in the Bahamas?!?!? Are you taking names? Do you remember everyone who was interviewed, and if you did, does it matter? I think it is kind of ridiculous that he went to jail, because there are way more malicious and calculated and cognizant crimes being committed by people and corporations in this country.
HollywoodCreeper I think it’s crazy that you can go to prison for rape/assault/abuse!! There are serial killers that aren’t in jail so that means rapists shouldn’t go to jail!
@@supertrollfaxnoprinter3329 Do you have a source for that? On that logic, let's just let the jails open and everyone can go free and no one will ever go to jail again! Let's just turn everything back into the wild west.
I helped organize a local metal concert with a few friends. Just local metal bands. Maybe 600 people attended. It took literally like 6 months of planning.
Define "failing" - as a lot of people have mentioned, the furries may have behaved like complete degenerates and caused thousands of dollars in damage, but a lit party is a lit party!
"Let's please have at least one failed festival that has a sequel" With the recent news of Fyre Festival 2, I imagine the Internet Historian is a happy boy right about now.
I get the feeling Fyre Fest wouldn't have been nearly as much of a disaster if the tickets actually WERE at least twelve grand. Then at least the organizers would have been able to afford basic necessities for the festival-goers. It still would have been panned as richie horseshit by people who couldn't afford to attend, but at least this time it would have been more warranted.
I did the maths and 5,000 people were meant to be going, and if each spent $12,000 on a ticket there would have been $60 million raised which should be enough I reckon
@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 Was never a scam, Billy really did intend to put the festival together. Watch Netflix's documentary on this, you'll see Billy did indeed want to put this together as a festival, and not just scam everyone out of their money. He tried to get it going, taking personal loans and worked his ass off for a solid 2 months. However, no amount of work from an inexperienced baby is going to be able to plan something on this scale. It's just, he REALLY wanted to get it done, and couldn't see a reason not to do it. Thus, the root of all the problems was born. When there wasn't enough cash, he made a new service to raise funds. Whether it was promising new features that cost extra or extorting his friends and investors, he always came up with extra cash seemingly out of nowhere.
Indeed. Billy was an extremely ambitious man, dangerously so. He was incredibly manipulative and a sociopath, so he was great at convincing people of his ideas. He wanted this festival to be for anyone, to live the "good life" for only a couple grand. What he didn't realize is, just how much the "good life" costs. Watch Netflix's documentary on it. You'll see, the Fyre festival DID happen, just way before it was marketed to the public.
Blatant nationalism: insinuating that an expensive resort town geared specifically to US nationals is somehow "dangerous foreign land" just because it is in a different country.
@@BorysPomianek ...Dude. Have you ever left the USA in your life? Tourist locations are extra prolific in the kidnapping and human trafficking industry. So many soft, naive first-worlders out in the big bad world...
Not sure how accurate the wiki entry is for Norman's Cay, but according to the page, the Fyre Festival was originally supposed to be hosted on it under the condition that no reference was to be made concerning its past history with Pablo Escobar. Here's a snippet from that wiki entry: "In 2017, Billy McFarland arranged to lease the island from its owners to hold the Fyre Festival, on the strict condition that no reference be made to the Pablo Escobar connection. Promotional footage for the festival was shot on Norman's Cay, and planning for the festival went ahead. In early 2017, the video was released on social media, which advertised the island as "once owned by Pablo Escobar". The owners immediately canceled the arrangement."
It was never owned by Escobar. Carlos Lehder forced the residents out and bought up the rest. He was a top cocaine smuggler in the Escobar organization. He hosted wild cocaine parties there. Norman Cay was the “Island” in the movie blow that George Jung’s partner ran. Carlos was a very interesting fellow. He’s doing life in prison somewhere in the United States now. Still alive.
@@anthonyrinaldi1331 I think it's more if he had a brain he'd have planned the expenses out properly. I don't think it was impossible for fyre to succeed, at least right at the start.
They should of known it was too good to be true for 500 dollars. No way on planet earth that covers 2 weeks of concerts, gourmet food, luxury hotels, top notch security, and hot women
True, just the other day I was pricing tickets to Bonaroo, and yeah, no way am I paying $1000 for 3 days of doing acid with hippies (acid not included in price) in Tennessee just to see Bassnectar lol.
in my shitty eastern european country 4 days of festival ticket costs $100, and all you get is tent spot. you have to bring your tent, buy food and everything. and its hold in literally in a recultivated factory complex (read, about 30-50cm of soil poured on top of a massive concrete plain and grass planted on it. 10 years ago it costed $30 and only locals went but because western tourist started flooding it cos everything was so cheap, pirces hiked up so much that locals cannot even afford to go...
After first learning about this, and then other major scams, it didn't really surprise me about the fact that people bought into it. People will believe anything they read especially with "celebrity" endorsement
That’s a great idea. Some game developer could literally make this a profitable phone game. People who actually went to the event and verify that they went get extra bonus in-game currency / a badge next to their name.
@@elleofhearts8471 What is that even supposed to mean? You don't get to be clever just by making fun of America. Try relating your comment to the one you're replying too next time.
I watched an interview that was put in place to promote Fyre, and the co-founder said “let me introduce my partner in crime, billy” *more prophetic words have never been spoken*
#1 trending but the views still low and upvotes low as well.. yet there's vids from some content creators that get millions of views and tens to hundreds of thousands of upvotes within the first hour of posting but don't make the "trending" list #1 spot or even in the list at all... I don't understand youtube's trending list sometimes.. regardless, I'm glad this made the list.
-Tumblr at least got to keep the money they stole and the organizers got away scot free -Rainfurrest offered to pay for the damages they caused, but the hotel declined (so Rainfurrest was none the worse for wear aside from being cancelled forever) -Meanwhile, Fyre Festival lost all its money, put the organizers in debt, and Billy is now in prison
@@TheSecondVersion please remember that Tumblr was never truly connected to Dashcon - it was created, run, and killed by users who were completely inept. Tumblr itself also took action upon learning of stolen content being used in the advertisements.
Publicly and legally worse, yes, but Rainfurrest was reported to have a higher damage report than all other cons that same year COMBINED, so Rainfurrest and Fyre take gold for being the worst in different categories.
Imagine expecting a party, then being forced to sit in a hot tent with the only thing to quench your thirst is cheap tequila Then you try to leave and you get locked in the airport for 12 hours
Anyone who hears "get on a plane and come to this cashless event" as "don't bring ANY cash in case you need something during any portion of your trip, or, you know, if SOMETHING STUPID happens" kinda deserve a FEMA tent and Kraft singles
Didn't a ton of people have their stuff stolen? They probably had money in their bags but no locks on the lockers and a tent aren't the most secure things
He continued to commit fraud while he was out on bail for this case by selling fraudulent tickets to events such as the Met Gala, Burning Man and Coachella. He's delusional. Why he thought he could get away with that is beyond me. I felt the same as you, but if you actually read into how many fraudulent businesses this guy has set up in his life, all sympathy goes out the door.
"Why he thought he could get away with that is beyond me." Because Billy was a fucking spoiled ass. No seriously... both of his parents were real estate developers, he lived in Short Hills, NJ, pretty much were the rich people live, and attended Bucknell University... a $50,000 a year university. The guy pretty much grew up with a silver spoon in his mouth and thought he could be the next Elon Musk. Billy dropped out of Engineering and didn't even graduate. In short, just a spoiled brat trying to get money from other spoiled brats.
The guy is a thief. He got his money from scamming people through all of his scummy business practices. Only reason why he did time is because he stole from the rich.
Also while out on bail he was openly selling fraudulent VIP tickets to sports events and other festivals to try and raise emergency cash. It's in the Netflix documentary. Not the sharpest tool in the box, our Bill.
*drops out of college* *runs a business, probably should have gotten an education in business management* *gets charged with fraud due to mismanagement*
Oda Swifteye I don’t think he was going for ‘con man’ he just underestimated the price and time which means he never fully calculated the cost of all this so he just ‘winged’ it, which is evident by him taking loans. His inexperience and lack of formal education in business meant he probably did things he didn’t know were illegal.
Nathanael12 yeaaa you guys can figure out how to pay bills... but its not that simple in business and there is a lot more law and regulation and well as debt and equity calculations.... something you uneducated folks cant just “figure out”
...You know having a reply come out of nowhere to a comment I made over a month ago will never get old. So trying to recollect what the conversation was about, and what you were trying to add. My first thought was that you we're trying to win an argument by using vocabulary ripped right out of first year Accounting. I mean I'm no doctor but I do have some college under my belt. But then rereading what I said... I realized there was no argument to begin with. Apparently despite you having access to those fancy terms, you can't read a simple single sentence. I didn't say us simple folk can figure out those expenses I said we could figure out that figuring those expenses out was an obvious first step. Or are you for some random reason trying to argue that figuring out what you personally own of your own business and what portion others own of it is the first step? Maybe It is I misreading a sentence...
Kek Kekistan I think you misunderstood my comment Plus good luck being right wing or center this day in age when the regressive left are in charge of the internet
“With no food, they started giving out free tequila”
That... that is a very short term solution to that problem
Its basically a shot term solution
emphasis on the very
Oh no, my kid lost his favorite toy, Ah, I’m just gonna give him a Grenade.
its not even a solution, lol.
lol, short term problem to a long term problem - gotta fight fyre with fire they say hahaha.
imagine you haven't eaten all day and the only thing to cure the (hunger) shakes is fucking tequila lol.
my favorite part of the whole fyre festival mess was the photo that had the dashcon ball pit photoshopped into it
Ikr, lmao
That was glorious :D
The pit.
A ball pit so epic it can be recognized anywhere.
@Allwesucks :3 For the price it should be trademarked.
$500 with EVERYTHING included on a private island for 2 weeks?!?! That sounds like an excerpt from a Nigerian prince scam.
Well broke millennials in need of a vacation tend to have low critical thinking skills
@@birdy6049 not arguing that but these people look more like daddy money than broke
$500 for two weeks is cheaper than my rent for fucks sake that ahould have been a red flag
Don't forget the 12.000$ VIP tickets! :D
500 was the day tickets, not the whole thing and it was also without food.
"But... let's please have one failed festival that has a sequel"
When the world needed it the least, it returned.
Fuck yeah FF 2!!!
I'm so excited to see the results of this
Don't forget the musical!
Holy shit I'm just learning about this news from this comment. Can somebody please hit me with the deets?
@@TmanT321mcfarland made a twitter vid announcing fyre 2
Imagine you're working at the American Embassy in the Bahamas and all of a sudden dozens of your countrymen show up who look like they've been human-trafficked there.
*hundreds
You may honest to christ believe they were.
Having guarded an Embassy before, if these people had come up to me and told me that they'd been kidnapped and dragged there by a drug cartel on a boat, I'd probably have believed them lmfao
Like damn this is just kinda unbelievable ngl
Phosphoros I mean......They basically were.
Probably had more calls that week than the last decade combined lol
By far the best season of survivor
Nah man, this was the Total Drama live action movie.
Nikki L Billy even reminds me of Chris McLean
Ikr
Can’t believe they made lost a real thing
Probably the most entertaining.
People: hungry, angry, and tired
Administration: lets give them liquor
Alt comment.
Admin: how to help irate tourists
Admin: how to help drunken, starving, irate tourists
Admin: wait this isn't google
Need I say it: WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?????
Hotel: *TRIVAGO.*
@@grugg3108 "help"
warystatue33 now you have the Purge
This entire situation is made 10x worse by the fact that now Billy's out of prison he's decided that the best course of action is to do Fyre festival 2.0
OOOOHHH NNNNNOOOOOOO
he WHAT?
*Aw shit. Here we go again.*
I'm sure someone will be profiting from the next documentary
Darn it, He's make a Frye Festival 2: Electric Boogaloo..
> no food
> free tequila
Oh boy that sure sounds like a great idea
Sounds like a university's party.
Rule of thumb, NEVER drink on an empty stomach. You WILL vomit up more than just the booze.
We are hungry and there’s no food for us
Ok uhhh oh have this free tequila
But this isn’t food this is a alcoholic beverage
Yes and?
We are hungry and you gave us alcohol
Yea is there a problem?
@@crysisrevelation6132 Also never drink in hot weather.
@@salvatoremaglione6398 indeed. Same goes for cold weather too. Too often people have died in the cold when they should have survived because they thought drinking alcohol will warm themselves up. Spoiler alert; it does the exact opposite!
For anyone who’s wondering about Billy.
On October 11, 2018, McFarland was sentenced to six years in federal prison. McFarland is currently incarcerated at FCI Elkton, in Lisbon, Ohio.
Only 6?
@@atomicrenegade8194 he pleaded guilty, that's why I guess
Lukai I guess, but that still feels light
Atomic Renegade I agree, especially since it seems like you could count each individual ticket bought as a separate charge of fraud
I hope he's someone's bitch
It's worth mentioning that they did actually rent out Norman's Cay, but the owners expressly forbid them from mentioning Pablo Escobar, which Billy started doing almost immediately, causing the contract to be cancelled.
How did such a dumbass become a self made millionaire?
@@nightmarefanatic1819 Powerful, rich connections. The way most "self made millionaires" come about.
@@nightmarefanatic1819 it's like shovelin the yard of your old lady neighbor as a kid. Instead of a few bucks, it's a few millions.
But it didn't belong to Escobar, so why would it have mattered since it had nothing to do with Escobar?
@@Proserpira It belonged to Carlos Lehder, actually.
For those coming back to watch this.
Yes, Billy is out and Fyre Festival is back....
and yes, We're hoping for a second one from Internet Historian.
hopefully this will be gold content and i hope its another 10 minute video
10:45
They already selling almost all the tickets. People love punishment
@@eklipstashiiiiit really 😂😂😂
Literally the first thing I thought of when I heard the news was oh shit can’t wait for the internet historian video about FF2
This is the Fallout 76 of music festivals.
I'd like to see Todd organise a festival, it'd probably be in some place with loads of bugs lololololololol (dab).
Jozinek good candidate would be the Amazon Rainforest, smack dab on a bullet-ant mound.
@@Mikewolv007 it'd be good for an irl battle royale mode too
Owen Walters no, I was talking about the actual Amazon rainforest, the one that’s currently on fire; not Rainfurrest.
@@Mikewolv007 Oh. Yeah that's a lot worse then Fallout lol.
I revisit this video every few months to remind myself no matter how badly I fail at least I didn’t create Fire Festival.
Fyre* Festival
you failed to spell it correctly, but at least you didn´t create Fyre Festival
@PeamaSxh Cause its an absolute dumpster fire yeah
It's sad that this is the bar you compare yourself to
@@MartinLabuschin Hey, at least it's better than actually sinking that low right?
That just means you didn’t try hard enough
"...we got hit by a big storm."
A storm called "Failure".
Yes.
candiigurl7893 precisely
Lol
A shitstorm
candiigurl7893 a failure like Billy McFarland
What I like the most about Historians take on all of these stories is the somewhat grounded view of human behaviour and energy spent to uncover the truth. He goes time and time again out of his way to point out the opposite of what general lies and social narrative would have us believe. 1200$, all expenses paid for a a 2 week trip in the bahamas does sound like a great deal. Not all of the party goers were rich entitled brats. Alot of them were tricked by what appeared to be a great deal. Same for the cruise ship concordia. While he did have a giggle at the captain's expense, he
Bernie and Biden Supporters.
@@oldsalt8011 fuck are you talking about
👯👯👯👯👯👯👯👯
It wasn't all his fault? He alone created the disaster and acted cowardly, the others were only doing damage control.
@Nick I'm talking about the dipshit captain of the Concordia.
This is all just an Ed, Edd, and Eddy episode.
Like the movie.
Lol
ed,edd and eddy but edd is not there to warn eddy and ed that this is a bad idea
waluigi number one Actually there were advisors. Unfortunately they didn’t listen.
Did you really organize this?
You bet your sweet bippy I d1id!
*In a prison somewhere*
Prisoner: I robbed a bank. Why are you here?
Billy: well you see
It's kinda an original story, at least, I'll give him that 😂😂
Me and Ja Rule were coked up at a club ...
He's not even worth the trouble if picks up the soap.
"i didn't do anything wrong"
My uncle is in jail for embezzlement and even he was cracking up at what a flop Fyre Fest was
I swear every time i watch one of these videos i wonder how dense these people are. They act like theres no planning involved when creating a festival and they can start one just because they have an idea
ComradeWarb
don't worry, i will soon
I've ran into several people like that, wanting to start "businesses" if you can even call them that.
ComradeWarbear Love your content, and it doesn't surprise me to see you here (Also plz upload more comrade your content is fucking great :)
TheSadAttic nice
Honestly, its a blessing this didnt take place on a private island. Cuz imagine all this, but there were no services to get you the hell out. This would go from people having a horrific time to a body count.
The lord of the flies type of deal 😂. But 500 peoole
@@b.b.s7545truly a social experiment.
Boutta turn into rokkenjima incident
@@master.baiter2050 But is there a witch?
“Once owned by Pablo Escobar.”
Haven’t been this excited since I went to Osama bin Laden’s cave.
He wasn't in a cave, Dude. Whoever took you there scammed you harder than Billy and Ja.
@prinniesforeveryone You are a 12 year old child who just learned the N Word.
Genskiel Nationalist?
Probably one of the best comments in RUclips.
I know right? the only thing that could top this is getting a tour of Hitler's kitchen!
I like how paying Kendall Jenner to tweet about it cost more than the festival.
50 Million
Alejandro Reyes 50 million was the expected budget of the festival. They didn’t even come near that when they organised it.
Billy McFarland got jailed. The customers got scam of their money and experienced fatigue. The social media celebrities like Kendall Jenner gets more richer. As for me, I laugh at people willing to pay a lot of money to fly to an island and just listen to music.
MapleLeafAce
The Earth vomits every time it hears anything near Kardashian
@Rumpel Felt your mom
Look at the rearview mirror at 2:17. The bus driver knew exactly what was going on. His smile pretty much says 'Ya'll just got scammed real hard'
Lmao, good eye
He even drops his head, like he's thinking "wow, these kids are fucked".
He went to bed that night after he peaced out and slept with 0 remorse lmao
🤣
Those people would have had more fun just staying home and watching Mtv.
So update time. Billy DID end up going to jail. He was found guilty of two counts of wire fraud in 2018, and sentenced to six years in federal prison. But on March 30, 2022, he was released early, having only spent about four years behind bars. He spent another few months in community confinement, but as of September 2022, he's fully a free man. He's recently been quoted saying that he's considering starting a new company. "Something tech-based." Keep in mind that Billy has a life-long ban on serving as the director of a public company. And he still owes ~$25 million in damages to his victims (his wages will be garnished until he pays it back. Which will probably be never). But he claims that he's going to pay it all back. Presumably with whatever get-rich-quick scheme he's cooking up.
(SIDE BAR: After Fyre Festival went down, Billy started a company called NYC VIP and started selling tickets to all sorts of VIP events. Did Billy have the tickets? Of course not. The Oscars, the Met Gala, Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, Master's Tournament, Hamilton, etc. You name it, he tried to sell it. Keep in mind, this is all while he was being investigated for fraud. He obviously got caught and charged, which possibly added to his prison sentence. But since he only got 6 years and served 4, maybe it didn't.)
EDIT: Billy is now trying to start a new service called PYRT which is supposed to be some kind of VR thing? Some people are calling it virtual Fyre Festival... I don't know. And in April of 2023, he made a cryptic post to social media claiming that Fyre Festival II is officially happening with no additional details or context. Seems like he's back at it ladies and gentlemen.
EDIT 2: August 2023, and Billy has begun selling tickets for Fyre Festival 2, which he claims will happen in the Caribbean towards the end of 2024.
Just want to say I appreciate the diligence of these updates
Nice
Can't wait to come here end of this year for an update
WHO WOULD GO TO A PART 2 OF THAT SH*TSTORM ?????
fyre update
Part of what makes this series so good is that he’s not screaming or freakin out. His calm demeanor makes the crimes somehow so much worse.
Look up fascinating horror. He explains fucking tragedies and deadly accidents with a calm monotone and factual voice.
@@kratek56 atrocity guide is the evolution of that whole genre
but fascinating horror teaches you that you will very likely die like the mariners in that scene from *The Terror* where everyone gets trapped in a tent during a fire and people have to be cut open to make an escape route. don't go inside of anywhere
@@kratek56 That's how it should be. It's professional and factual. I watch the show Forensic Files in German and the voice is like that. But I've watched it in the original audio (US English) and it's disgustingly sensationalistic, like he's reading a fiction suspense novel... while talking about the -real- r@pe and murder of a kid for example... Just morbid.
Sorta like Jerry Lingered from fargo
True
This was the best episode of Total Drama Island
omg
Amen brother
Now this comment is funny
I could 100% see Chris Maclain doing this on purpose for the fun of it lol
Oh my god 💀
Bill was an idiot for losing Norman’s Cay, but imagine the same shitstorm happening except on a private island. No taxis, no neighboring resorts, no nearby help. Just you, a lost crowd, and FEMA tents on an isolated island.
It'd have been like Woodstock. For real, because somebody would've had to deploy military forces to prevent that shit from killing a bunch of people.
I think calling him an idiot is a compliment to him, and an insult to all idiots. I was watching the Netflix documentary on the festival a few years ago and I remember hearing the other organizers talk about how the only condition the owners of Norman's Cay had put on the marketing team was "DO NOT mention Pablo Escobar" and then it cutting to the promo footage where the literal second sentence was something along the lines of "Spend 2 weeks on a private island... Once owned by Pablo Escobar"
I'm pretty sure there was a palm shaped imprint in my forehead for the next few days
Lord of the Flies
Well... It'll be a bigger story
All they have is one Conch Shell
The first fyre festival was OUT OF THIS WORLD and I can't wait for the sequel that will no doubt somehow manage to top off the first one in every way! Best of luck Billy, we believe in you!
Giving hungry people stuck ina very hot climate without water TEQUILA is a goddamn health hazard. The irresponsibility is just incredible, it's a miracle nobody died
me who lives in Finland and drinks beer in the sauna regularly *looks around nervously*
@@TheAkwarium Nah man, a beer or two in the Sauna is one thing. Not too much alcohol to dehydrate ya plus you probably have access to drinkable water should you require it. Idk because I'm not you lmao but you get me.
This on the other hand........whooo, that'd be something else. Constant 90+ degree (F°) weather, hundreds of people just standing about, high-alcohol tequila. . . . .
They're just asking for someone to die of heat stroke.
@@Eye_Of_Odin978 "one or two beer" "access to water" I don't think you've ever drunk with Finn's in a sauna mate lol
@@TheAkwarium Beer is generally 5% alcohol, give or take. Tequila is typically in the ballpark of a 30-40% alcohol.
They're not the same thing at all.
@@stormisuedonym4599 yes, but once you drink 7 or 8 beers it's not 5% anymore. I personally know people who've almost died in a sauna because they got so drunk on Juhannus (Finnish Midsummer) in a sauna
The best thing about this guy partying is that he basically was some dude who won the tickets and went there for free, he had no expectations and found the hordes of influencers and such totally miserable absolutely hilarious
The one with the blue shorts
what a guy
2:39
Is this true? I want to read the guys anecdote
The People's Bro
$500 all expenses paid 2 week trip to the bahamas holy balls dude.
That vacation package is literally cheaper than my 1 bedroom apartment in california.
No wonder it sold out
500 in the Bahamas that shoulda been the first dead clue.
So I don't feel sorry for people who got sucker around for that prices.😂😂😂😂
$35.71 a day
Most video game conventions have an entry fee higher than that per day. Not including travel, food, tequila and lodging, just the entry fee.
That’s half of a months rent for a one bedroom here in Florida lol.
$500 that's a house with 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms sometimes with a pool in South Africa
@Eugene Miyelis Yeah right dude stay ignorant.
With the imminent release of the critically acclaimed sequel, Fyre Festival 2, can we expect on the scene, boots to the ground, first person gameplay?
Broke: Fyre Festival
Woke: Tropical Dashcon
They didn't have a ball pit though
Tropical Dashcon?! Its real or fake?
@@MechWarrior894 5:20 my dude
@@emmapatterson5049 holy fucking shit, I missed it!
@@MechWarrior894 the ball pit are the FEMA tents lol
I think you should've mentioned they actually HAD leased Norman's Cay but were kicked out when they had advertised it as once owned by Pablo, something the owners strictly forbid.
Also man, your video is linked on the Fyre Festival wikipedia.
Oh no these dumbasses
For those wondering, the wikipedia citing this video is true, its the 11’th source
Why would they forbid it if it wasn't true?
@@MisterSolitude George Jung was still a member of Escobar's cartel, so it still amounts to "hey, this island was once owned by rich drug dealers" - which was the image the new owners of the island were trying to disassociate themselves from. They allowed Fyre Festival to be hosted on the island, on the explicit condition that they didn't mention Escobar or anything related to him. Of course, the organizers completely ignored this request, and so they were kicked off the island.
@@MisterSolitude Norman cay was used as a refueling stop on the Caribbean route. So yes it did belong to Escobar regardless of what the paperwork says.
This seems like the start of a Far Cry game
LMAO!
Or Dead Island!
@@sekkusupisutoruzu or The Forest
If you change a few details, it's pretty much the intro to Far Cry 3.
That's because it is.
Billy just got out of jail and immediately announced another fyre festival
let see how many retard would give him another chance then
He can't go back to the Bahamas to do it, since its a ban and iirc he'll get automatically arrested if he even thinks he could go back
i think i read a book about this in english class
it was called "lord of the flies" or something
More like "Lord of the Fyres."
@@Dcfan200 More like "Bore: Ragnarok"
@@otulioeduardo780 Ah a fellow member of the Jim Pickens gang.
@@otulioeduardo780 *PRAISE THE DEAR LEADER*
Ze Bloody Pyro *DEAR LEADER*
Ja Rule: "I truly apologize because this is NOT MY FAULT."
You can't argue with logic like that.
Ja Rule clearly stated that it was a social experiment NOT A SCAM and most of all NOT he's FAULT. What a douche.
That's why 50 cent stay roasting him.
To be honest . i like that social experiment idea. i wouldnt be surprised if it was true. give rich millenials a glimpse into the life of a refugee whilst they spend the rest of their life in a privileged bubble of over indulgence and opulence.
Translation: I am at fault
love him or hate him, he's spittin straight facts
Yup, Billy's behind bars. He asked to leave prison to avoid TheVarus. They denied his request and ended up joining forces with TheVarus.
Couldn't have happened to a "nicer" guy.
Billy was TheVarus all along
Villain crossover
I like happy endings. :D
Another happy landing
In an alternate universe, Fyre Festival was everything it advertised and it truly was the best 2 weeks of some people's lives
Legend has it, that man is still there, partying
Amen
He's STILL the only one having fun 😂
Even without an arrangement to not talk about Pablo Escobar, how exactly is "Once owned by Pablo Escobar" good advertising?
bro pablo escobar? is that the guy from narcos?
@@st.zahren5683 naah dude wtf
He was a cab-company CEO and later became a politician
na it is all about his secret coke bunker find it and be happy for the rest of ur life until you overdose obv
So Instagrammers can feel like cool edgy party drug lords
Why wouldn't it be? Imagine if they turned Blackbeard's ship into a luxury cruise. You think people wouldn't pay more to go on that one if they had the money?
LOL they paid $1,200 for a refugee camp experience.
nah refugees have it way better
Did you not watch the video? Most people didn’t spend that much money.
Papa Christ he said in the video that prices were around $1,200 and that some prices were as low as $500
For $1,200 that still too expensive lol
Kevin Hanandi I mean if the festival was ACTUALLY how it was supposed to be, $1,200 is actually insanely cheap
Guys get ready for Billy’s second attempt: Pirate festival 2023 confirmed. Dudes out of prison and back on his bullshit.
when youre so bad at parties they give you six years in prison lol
no. promising stuff to others and not coming through with them and lying, gets you 6 years in jail
AGlassOf Whine no. Promising stuff to RICH people and lying will give you 6 years in prison. He went to prison for frauding investors, not festival attendees.
...when you're so good at prison you get out after 18 months (just my prediction. I actually agree with you, but there's no way he'll spend 6 years behind bars)
That’s pretty good
He should have read Spongebob's "Plan Your Own Party Kit"
Tents look like the promised quarantine zone in district 9
Ooooh, that's a deep cut!
I love that they actually said "let it ride", just acknowledging that getting a ticket to future events was a roulette spin
Also, how did they think that People would actually book a Flight to Fyer-Festival the next year? After the recent Festival was such a "smashing Success" for them. They prolly smoke some Crack before they offered this to the rioting Customers.
Yeah, a roulette spin . . . with a semi-auto.
I'm only excited for Fyre Festival 2 because it just means another Internet Historian video for me
*Absolute Quality.*
The video, not the festival. RiP Fyre
hmm yes interesting Should I say stop being everywhere
Bruce William nah I don't spend all day on youtube. do you not know how post notifications work? What are you, a fucking idiot?
I don't even use YT that much yet I still see your comments everywhere. So you blatantly spend all day commenting on videos. Just admit that you have no social life and you sponge off the government and/or your parents. I bet you fucking stink as well.
Bruce William lmfao ok. I'm in college and I don't work so all I do is school, hangout and watch RUclips. It's not that difficult to take time out of my day and comment on good quality videos. but hey believe whatever your mind can come up with my guy
Bruce William He's actually an AI implemented by the government to understand how citizens act on a day to day basis. Don't piss it off.
*L U X U R Y T E N T S*
ilyriandevil yeah, I've seen medieval tents for royals.
DammitSinged i actually want one of those tents
Katie Bayliss did the medieval tents at least looked better than the ones at Fyre Festival?
G O U R M E T
KatXYZ yes, medieval tents are a lot more fancy and comfy looking. Sometimes people even put full beds, tables, chairs, braziers, carpets, and other luxuries. They have them at reinasance fairs.
Billy is currently in federal prison in Ohio. He filed for a "compassionate release" due to Covid but it was denied and he has since contracted Covid lmao.
@@deadliestvice5356
Uh, The other humans in the prison?
Seriously though,
Guards.
@@kjj26k they're fine. Ohio prisons arnt so keen on giving social time anyways.
The wheels of justice turn slowly but unwavering
Good
@@obi-wankenobi5411 Is this the jedi way?
Broke: Netflix documentary
Also Broke: Hulu documentary
Woke: Internet Historian documentary
@@rio8603 it was so good, I couldn't take my eyes away from the trash fire that was the entire festival. I honestly just felt for the Fyre employees that tried to cancel the whole thing but were overruled.
@@yanndylan2239 but Twitter had a field day seeing rich people freaking out
@@rio8603 not really it's boring af
Please dont use the word woke, its mostly used now by the cancer of society.
Augie Spendley I get what “woke” means but what does broke mean?
Everyone got lied to, but the rich celebs got to walk out while everyone else got to suffer. God, the microcosm...
Montesama314 at least Billy was locked up for six years.
@@KingdomOfApple shoul have been put against the wall
Same things happens with the california fires, every celebs got the heads up while regular people are stuck in the fire.
Well I think some of the influencers did get sued for promoting it. A lawyer changed the rules of marketing to force them to take some responsibility for the graft. The huludoc has the information
Celebs have managers and lawyers who investigated. Fyre attempted too lie to the celebs, too.
It was fyre.
A Dumpster Fyre.
@@a-ha4940 if you watch Netflix’s documentary, Billy was actually invested in turning this into an actual thing, it’s just that he was really inexperienced, and didn’t realize how much everything would cost, he spent his ass off during much of the time, being manipulative and always getting money out of nowhere.
YourJokeButWorse
This year is a dumpster fire, from Australia burning to the plague returning.
The disclaimer at the start lol
Like Septimus Heap Book 7?
Because that book was actually called Fyre, and it was an actual Dumpster Fyre of a book.
You may be thrilled or disappointed to hear Billy tried to start another event called Pyrate
At least the title is honest
Billy must really hate the letter “I,” huh?
@@lukejensen9933 Remember: "'I' am not responsible or taking any of the blame for this event."
@@lukejensen9933there is no "i" in business
why billy didn't just buy more money?
Ow damn, I loled so hard at this! >. .
*G E N I U S*
ikr. billy is so dumb
Billy: hey man, $10,000,000 for $5,000 deal?
Banker: thats not how money works billy.
Billy: a trade it is than.
Learn how billy made 50 million dollars with this one weird trick!
Wiemar/South africa/the IRS hates him!
just buy a printer lol
Fun fact: the picture at 6:36 was taken by my (at the time) 12-year-old brother and then sold to the NY Times. The story behind it is even funnier, as he didn't even realize it was Billy getting arrested when he took the picture; he was just a curious and impulsive kid who saw a guy get led away by the FBI and saw an opportunity. It wasn't until the first few articles about Billy's arrest came out that he realized who it was.
ETA: I'm getting people doubting this story. If you search for the NY Times article 'Fyre Festival Organizer Pleads Not Guilty To Fraud Charges', you'll see my bro's name listed as the image credit.
Ha! Billy probably just wanted to kill your brother if he used flash
@@MsAmber82 It was pretty bright outside actually, so he didn't use flash. Sun hadn't even gone down yet.
bro,your brother saved a piece of history then,respect 👍👍👍
How much did he sell it for?
@@DonRoyalX About $100, if I remember correctly? He was pretty young then, so that was a lot for him at the time.
I love how Billy's wiki was changed from 'entrepreneur' to 'fraudster' xD
Wiki when it comes to living people is a joke now. Its basically the encyclopedia of Twitter.
Hahah.
Nah, I'm sure we can do better.
How about "Honest Tent Salesman" or "Master Troll"?
ACCURACY is important c:
Should add 'repeat offender', since there was stories going around that he wants to do it all again now that he's out of jail
Ready for round 2? the same guy responsible for Fyre festival, Billy Macfarlane, has announced another island festival and has called it Pirate.
Bravo Vince
The first tip-off should've been them using Ja Rule as the main hook for the event despite it being 2017 when fyre fest went down and Ja Rule's career being thrown in the trash since at least 2003.
Was Jawohl Rule ever famous? The only time I've heard about him is by watching this video.
@@alexeysaranchev6118 he was a big deal at the turn of the Millennium, mostly known by making shitty duets with Jennifer Lopez and some R&B girl named Ashanti. But 50 cent and eminem basically destroyed his career.
Is he a rap person? I can't think of a single song
@@Rando_Shyte Since that, I've listened to some standup comedians and turns out Jah Rule is so fucking old, that he was presumably famous enough to comment the situation on 9/11, because he was available for Mtv to air him live. So there's that.
@@Rando_Shyte Yeah, he's a rapper and he had three Number 1 hit songs between 2001 and 2002 and a song that reached Number 2 on the hot 100 in 2003. Actually, he's one of the first rappers to make heavy use of singing....but the issue was that he couldn't sing and he didn't even try to hide it with autotune or anything. I'm not surprised his career finally died when T-Pain showed up and took that position except did it a lot better.
These people who think $500 will bring them THAT much pleasure is the same people who fell for "hot singles in your area"
Wait, there aren't hot singles in my area?
I mean, yeah. Still, it sucks they were scammed like this.
To be fair hot singles in my area aren't promoted by celebrities who have images to keep.
But you must agree that hot singles definitely are in your area, its just that you won't reach out to them via a virus ad
@@TheGreenTaco999 Yes. You.
I like to imagine some journalist heard the term, “12 hundred dollars” and thought it meant 12,000
Considering the intellect and/or laziness of modern journalists, that's a very fair assumption.
Nothing like collective punishment, right?
"All journalists are lazy."
"All politicians are corrupt."
And most importantly, all RUclips commenters lash out at jobs they have no idea of.
@@JJSideshowBob no, all journalist are lazy leeches
@@JJSideshowBob ^blockhead bern burner account
@@nobodybw1962 Those "modern journalists" arent people. Most articles are written by AI now which is why is seems so low effort.
Billy's at it again! Fyre Festival 2 is coming. GET THE POPCORN
Honey! Ggèt de gån!
Who needs Netflix when Internet Historian has got you covered in just 11 minutes?
Netflix is much more in depth and includes interviews from the staff and people involved. This video is just a small summary compared to the netflix doc.
More interesting, not trying to hide their involvement, shorter, easier to understand, free to access....I'll take RUclips over Netflix any day
What are you going to remember? Hahahahaha It was not the sinking of the Titanic. Hahahaha Some punks did not get everything they expected for their money....whoa..you mean he could have slept in a nice tent in the Bahamas?!?!? Are you taking names? Do you remember everyone who was interviewed, and if you did, does it matter? I think it is kind of ridiculous that he went to jail, because there are way more malicious and calculated and cognizant crimes being committed by people and corporations in this country.
HollywoodCreeper I think it’s crazy that you can go to prison for rape/assault/abuse!! There are serial killers that aren’t in jail so that means rapists shouldn’t go to jail!
@@supertrollfaxnoprinter3329 Do you have a source for that? On that logic, let's just let the jails open and everyone can go free and no one will ever go to jail again! Let's just turn everything back into the wild west.
I helped organize a local metal concert with a few friends. Just local metal bands. Maybe 600 people attended. It took literally like 6 months of planning.
You sound like a good budding entrepreneur. Keep at it buddy.
How was it? Thats also a lot of work, good for you man!
Dude that's awesome. Keep up the grind
Organisation done right, friend. I hope everything went smoothly and everyone had a ton of fun! ❤️
In my country we have a saying: the wedding party is one night, but it take a whole year of planning
Dashcon: we are going to be the worst convention ever!
Fyre festival: hold My beer...
Woodstock '99 and Altamont '69 drinking in the back: Amateurs!
Hansbald do we count conventions that failed because the attendees behaved like degenerates
Define "failing" - as a lot of people have mentioned, the furries may have behaved like complete degenerates and caused thousands of dollars in damage, but a lit party is a lit party!
Niels Bjørn Outzen Schmidt| What about Tanacon?
Lisa Ramirez this comment is 7 months old tana con was like two weeks ago
"Let's please have at least one failed festival that has a sequel"
With the recent news of Fyre Festival 2, I imagine the Internet Historian is a happy boy right about now.
I get the feeling Fyre Fest wouldn't have been nearly as much of a disaster if the tickets actually WERE at least twelve grand. Then at least the organizers would have been able to afford basic necessities for the festival-goers. It still would have been panned as richie horseshit by people who couldn't afford to attend, but at least this time it would have been more warranted.
I believe it was a scam in the furst place, so that may be irrelevant
I did the maths and 5,000 people were meant to be going, and if each spent $12,000 on a ticket there would have been $60 million raised which should be enough I reckon
@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 Was never a scam, Billy really did intend to put the festival together. Watch Netflix's documentary on this, you'll see Billy did indeed want to put this together as a festival, and not just scam everyone out of their money. He tried to get it going, taking personal loans and worked his ass off for a solid 2 months. However, no amount of work from an inexperienced baby is going to be able to plan something on this scale.
It's just, he REALLY wanted to get it done, and couldn't see a reason not to do it. Thus, the root of all the problems was born. When there wasn't enough cash, he made a new service to raise funds. Whether it was promising new features that cost extra or extorting his friends and investors, he always came up with extra cash seemingly out of nowhere.
Indeed.
Billy was an extremely ambitious man, dangerously so. He was incredibly manipulative and a sociopath, so he was great at convincing people of his ideas. He wanted this festival to be for anyone, to live the "good life" for only a couple grand. What he didn't realize is, just how much the "good life" costs.
Watch Netflix's documentary on it. You'll see, the Fyre festival DID happen, just way before it was marketed to the public.
My brutha, how nice to see you again!
The worst part? Blatant classism. The celebs got warning, the plebs were put in danger in a foreign land.
NatSoc is our only hope
"Danger in a foreign land."
That's one way to call a shitty field trip to the Carribean... 😂
Michael Atanasio I think it’s more that the celebs could sue for way more then normies and get way more support
Blatant nationalism: insinuating that an expensive resort town geared specifically to US nationals is somehow "dangerous foreign land" just because it is in a different country.
@@BorysPomianek
...Dude. Have you ever left the USA in your life?
Tourist locations are extra prolific in the kidnapping and human trafficking industry.
So many soft, naive first-worlders out in the big bad world...
Not sure how accurate the wiki entry is for Norman's Cay, but according to the page, the Fyre Festival was originally supposed to be hosted on it under the condition that no reference was to be made concerning its past history with Pablo Escobar. Here's a snippet from that wiki entry:
"In 2017, Billy McFarland arranged to lease the island from its owners to hold the Fyre Festival, on the strict condition that no reference be made to the Pablo Escobar connection. Promotional footage for the festival was shot on Norman's Cay, and planning for the festival went ahead. In early 2017, the video was released on social media, which advertised the island as "once owned by Pablo Escobar". The owners immediately canceled the arrangement."
He literally had the one condition and used it for advertising.
Brilliant.
They said the same thing in the documentary
It was never owned by Escobar. Carlos Lehder forced the residents out and bought up the rest. He was a top cocaine smuggler in the Escobar organization. He hosted wild cocaine parties there. Norman Cay was the “Island” in the movie blow that George Jung’s partner ran. Carlos was a very interesting fellow. He’s doing life in prison somewhere in the United States now. Still alive.
@manifestation of Gudako's insanity
If he had half a Brain he wouldn't have done the Whole thing anyway.
@@anthonyrinaldi1331
I think it's more if he had a brain he'd have planned the expenses out properly. I don't think it was impossible for fyre to succeed, at least right at the start.
Guess who's back
Back again
Billy's back
Tell a friend
@@lessthanthreemetalguess who's back 😅
@@danpatrickth2759 guess who's back
"You see, when the chips are down, these civilized people - they'll eat each other."
Louis Johnson Case in point...
Love that quote. If law and order fell, you’d see how “good” people really are
relevant
5:12 "Just ate my first human"
@@SauceChef Holy shit that's hilarious now that you've pointed it out
They should of known it was too good to be true for 500 dollars. No way on planet earth that covers 2 weeks of concerts, gourmet food, luxury hotels, top notch security, and hot women
Shit, $1200 isn't enough for two weeks in a niceish hotel in the middle of nowhere. Say nothing of airfare.
True, just the other day I was pricing tickets to Bonaroo, and yeah, no way am I paying $1000 for 3 days of doing acid with hippies (acid not included in price) in Tennessee just to see Bassnectar lol.
We all know that there are no hot singles in our area.
Especially hot women! I think that most of them got what they bargained for... Hmmm, this expression fits perfectly :)
in my shitty eastern european country 4 days of festival ticket costs $100, and all you get is tent spot. you have to bring your tent, buy food and everything. and its hold in literally in a recultivated factory complex (read, about 30-50cm of soil poured on top of a massive concrete plain and grass planted on it. 10 years ago it costed $30 and only locals went but because western tourist started flooding it cos everything was so cheap, pirces hiked up so much that locals cannot even afford to go...
250,000 for an extra hour in the ball pit
itsmejasonp that's a deal nobody can turn down
Ball pit closed due to AIDS
I can’t wait for Internet Historian to cover Fyre Festival 2: Electric Boogaloo
"And VIP tickets to next year's Fyre Festival..."
*"NEXT YEAR?"*
yeh, cant believe it either. XD
yeah i already bought i hope in this year the festival will work
@Ders snek in me boots heard that bob marley will be there either
"We got hit by a storm!"
Yeah, it's called a shit storm.
A storm called "I'm a habitual liar who likes money and has waaaay too much power and influence" sometimes shortened to a "shit storm"
A Fyre Storm.
Violent2aShadow *Darude Sandstorm*
IDK I read that with the AVGN voice
you feel that? how the shit clings to the air? shit blizzard.
I almost can't believe this actually happened..seems like an alternate universe or something
Also sounds like an SCP. The Man Eating parallel universe cognitohazard festival.
@@Phoebe5448 "Also sounds like an SCP"
My fucking sides....
We are they alternate universe
@@Phoebe5448 The gimmick is that it makes people dissappointed
After first learning about this, and then other major scams, it didn't really surprise me about the fact that people bought into it. People will believe anything they read especially with "celebrity" endorsement
The funniest thing is that Billy is now out of prison & seeking to do another Fyre Festival, except now its called Pirate
"It's a free for all."
*Fyre Festival: Battle Royale* sounds like a good idea. Someone make that a game.
That’s a great idea. Some game developer could literally make this a profitable phone game. People who actually went to the event and verify that they went get extra bonus in-game currency / a badge next to their name.
@@maimkim Great idea? Profitable? No.
As someone going into game dev soon. I'm making a note of this.
Maim Kim but it costs $1200 and the ingame currency is fyrebands
I would unironically play this.
This is why you don’t let a college drop-out with no knowledge of how to organize events organize an event.
He knew exactly what he was doing. He was jailed for fraud and his previous company, Magnesis, was written off as a scam.
then what would be the point of america? the land of opportunists or whatever it's called.
Tbf not everyone goes to college
Also yeah, the price was too low that was the main issue
@@elleofhearts8471 What is that even supposed to mean? You don't get to be clever just by making fun of America. Try relating your comment to the one you're replying too next time.
thanks rosalina
Also is no one going to praise Historian's amazing editing? Because I will!
GREAT WORK
Sin Burner nah, editing was garbabe
Alden McGrath
Wrong.
Nathan Cortez He watch Behind The Meme.
No doubt.
I can’t wait for the Internet Historian to make a sequel to this!
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I watched an interview that was put in place to promote Fyre, and the co-founder said “let me introduce my partner in crime, billy”
*more prophetic words have never been spoken*
NO 1 ON TRENDING.
IT IS HAPPENING, MY FAVOURITE RUclips CHANNEL IS EXPANDING
Good job....ur so cool. Ha just messin check his other vids if ya haven't seen um he's the best.
M8ie M8 M8 we could be those cunts in the future.. I was around since 2k subs...
#1 trending but the views still low and upvotes low as well.. yet there's vids from some content creators that get millions of views and tens to hundreds of thousands of upvotes within the first hour of posting but don't make the "trending" list #1 spot or even in the list at all... I don't understand youtube's trending list sometimes.. regardless, I'm glad this made the list.
Not anymore.
EXPAND DONG
I'm so glad we're finally getting a part 2 :D
Jesus Christ this was worse than rainfurrest and tumblrcon combined imo
-Tumblr at least got to keep the money they stole and the organizers got away scot free
-Rainfurrest offered to pay for the damages they caused, but the hotel declined (so Rainfurrest was none the worse for wear aside from being cancelled forever)
-Meanwhile, Fyre Festival lost all its money, put the organizers in debt, and Billy is now in prison
@@TheSecondVersion please remember that Tumblr was never truly connected to Dashcon - it was created, run, and killed by users who were completely inept. Tumblr itself also took action upon learning of stolen content being used in the advertisements.
Publicly and legally worse, yes, but Rainfurrest was reported to have a higher damage report than all other cons that same year COMBINED, so Rainfurrest and Fyre take gold for being the worst in different categories.
Imagine expecting a party, then being forced to sit in a hot tent with the only thing to quench your thirst is cheap tequila
Then you try to leave and you get locked in the airport for 12 hours
@@brandonfoley7519 like a shite version and/or the humaniterian disaster equivalent of Going Loco down in Acapulco.
Anyone who hears "get on a plane and come to this cashless event" as "don't bring ANY cash in case you need something during any portion of your trip, or, you know, if SOMETHING STUPID happens" kinda deserve a FEMA tent and Kraft singles
I need to like your comment about 800x. Never go anywhere without cash or credit cards.
Even with cashless wristbands had I gone, I still would have had the common sense to bring cash and a credit card with me.
Didn't a ton of people have their stuff stolen? They probably had money in their bags but no locks on the lockers and a tent aren't the most secure things
Don’t forget that UNICEF rice.
Don't leave your country without cash, even if it has to be your home currency, and a credit card. -.-" Have these people never traveled?
Billy McFarland was sentenced to 6 years
lmao
Part of me feels bad for him but he kinda had this coming without thinking through any of the plannings
He continued to commit fraud while he was out on bail for this case by selling fraudulent tickets to events such as the Met Gala, Burning Man and Coachella. He's delusional. Why he thought he could get away with that is beyond me. I felt the same as you, but if you actually read into how many fraudulent businesses this guy has set up in his life, all sympathy goes out the door.
"Why he thought he could get away with that is beyond me."
Because Billy was a fucking spoiled ass.
No seriously... both of his parents were real estate developers, he lived in Short Hills, NJ, pretty much were the rich people live, and attended Bucknell University... a $50,000 a year university. The guy pretty much grew up with a silver spoon in his mouth and thought he could be the next Elon Musk. Billy dropped out of Engineering and didn't even graduate.
In short, just a spoiled brat trying to get money from other spoiled brats.
The guy is a thief. He got his money from scamming people through all of his scummy business practices. Only reason why he did time is because he stole from the rich.
I’m here now as they announce the second fyre festival, can’t wait for round 2!!
For those wondering, ya boi billy got to jail cause his smart ass decide to scam his former employee just right after he got bail out.
wow
Dats Da Real Shit!
@M J Not just that, but he was openly doing it with a camera crew in the room with him.
... welp. I don’t usually say people deserve to go to jail or prison buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut...
Also while out on bail he was openly selling fraudulent VIP tickets to sports events and other festivals to try and raise emergency cash. It's in the Netflix documentary. Not the sharpest tool in the box, our Bill.
I didn't realise storms turn Private Islands into Large Islands with resorts
The Netflix documentary was solid, but you can't top Internet Historian's entertainment value and editing
LOOKS LIKE A FYRE FESTIVAL IS BACK ON THE MENU BOYS!
*drops out of college*
*runs a business, probably should have gotten an education in business management*
*gets charged with fraud due to mismanagement*
You don't need a degree to be a conman.
But it helps.
Oda Swifteye I don’t think he was going for ‘con man’ he just underestimated the price and time which means he never fully calculated the cost of all this so he just ‘winged’ it, which is evident by him taking loans. His inexperience and lack of formal education in business meant he probably did things he didn’t know were illegal.
Have to agree with Natasha. Figuring out expenses is something even us uneducated, minimum wage workers can figure out to be a FIRST STEP.
Nathanael12 yeaaa you guys can figure out how to pay bills... but its not that simple in business and there is a lot more law and regulation and well as debt and equity calculations.... something you uneducated folks cant just “figure out”
...You know having a reply come out of nowhere to a comment I made over a month ago will never get old.
So trying to recollect what the conversation was about, and what you were trying to add. My first thought was that you we're trying to win an argument by using vocabulary ripped right out of first year Accounting. I mean I'm no doctor but I do have some college under my belt.
But then rereading what I said... I realized there was no argument to begin with. Apparently despite you having access to those fancy terms, you can't read a simple single sentence. I didn't say us simple folk can figure out those expenses I said we could figure out that figuring those expenses out was an obvious first step.
Or are you for some random reason trying to argue that figuring out what you personally own of your own business and what portion others own of it is the first step? Maybe It is I misreading a sentence...
"I truly apologize as this is not my fault" - Ja Rule, poet and intellectual
“I truly apologize as this is not my fault” - Ja Shakespeare
Real "I am so sorry you feel that way." vibes
@@planescapedNot as bad as "I'm sorry you think you deserve an apology."
It puts a smile on my face that you would be #1 on trending instead of the typical celebrity crap.
NatFillion S
Hey as long as it isn't some make up channel or some left wing propganda them I'm good
Kek Kekistan at least right wing propoganda is still generally not approved of. Plus lib tards are fucking annoying. And im a liberal!
CinnamonHoney
It was co opted by the skeptic community though that group is on fire now
Check out mister metokurs videos
Kek Kekistan
I think you misunderstood my comment
Plus good luck being right wing or center this day in age when the regressive left are in charge of the internet
Holy shit internet historian was right again, there is a sequel
So...It wasn't lit?
シkIiツ nah it’s fyre
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Can I get my vrius in fyre red?
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