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Le Fyre Fest sera de retour en 2025

On ne sait pas exactement où, ni qui va jouer. Mais Billy McFarland met déjà des billets en vente.

Le Fyre Fest sera de retour en 2025
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Billy McFarland, la référence en matière de festivals foireux et de grilled cheese décevants, prévoit de relancer le Fyre Festival II au printemps prochain, sur une île privée au large du Mexique.

McFarland – qui avait plaidé coupable de fraude suite à l’échec monumental du premier Fyre Festival en 2017 – a révélé quelques détails sur cette seconde édition tant attendue lors d'une entrevue avec NBC News.


«Nous avons la chance de prendre cette tempête de plein fouet et de vraiment diriger notre navire à travers le chaos. Si c'est bien fait, Fyre pourrait devenir un festival annuel qui bouleverserait l'industrie», a déclaré McFarland.

Le festival se déroulera du 25 au 28 avril 2025, avec pour objectif d’attirer 3 000 festivaliers. Les billets les moins chers coûteront environ 1 400 $, tandis que les forfaits les plus luxueux pourraient atteindre 1,1 million de dollars, incluant yacht privé, expéditions de plongée sous-marine et des vols en jet privés entre les îles.

McFarland avait déjà mis en vente 100 billets en prévente l'année dernière à 499 $ chacun, qui se sont écoulés rapidement, malgré l'absence totale de détails sur ce second volet. Un an plus tard, les informations restent tout aussi floues. Même si une date a été fixée, aucun artiste n'a encore été annoncé. McFarland a admis n’avoir réservé personne pour l’instant.

Quant au site du festival, la localisation est vaguement décrite sur le site de Fyre Fest II comme « une île privée au large des côtes caribéennes du Mexique », sans plus de précisions. McFarland assure toutefois que l'île dispose déjà d'infrastructures comme des hôtels et des villas.

Pour le reste, il affirme avoir engagé une entreprise (dont il a refusé de donner le nom) pour s’occuper de tout ce qu’il ne maîtrise pas : «les scènes, les toilettes, et tous ces trucs que je ne sais clairement pas gérer».

En ce qui concerne la nourriture, McFarland n'a pas beaucoup parlé, mais a plaisanté (?) en disant qu'il y aurait à nouveau des sandwiches au fromage comme la dernière fois. «Ils seront vraiment chers cette fois-ci», a-t-il ajouté. «On va les rendre vraiment bons. Ce sera probablement l’item le plus cher du festival.»

Pour rappel, McFarland avait plaidé coupable d’avoir escroqué les investisseurs du Fyre Festival et avait été libéré en 2022 après avoir purgé près de quatre ans de prison. Il avait déclaré que durant son incarcération, il avait rédigé un «plan de 50 pages» pour expliquer comment il comptait tirer parti de l'intérêt suscité par Fyre et de son «talent pour rassembler des gens du monde entier et rendre l'impossible possible».

Selon lui, c’est justement à cause de cette histoire documentée que le Fyre Fest II reste un projet aussi fascinant. «Beaucoup de gens veulent venir au Fyre II parce qu'ils ignorent comment ça va finir, et ils veulent une place aux premières loges, peu importe ce qui se passera», a-t-il confié. «Heureusement, nous avons de bons partenaires qui veilleront à la sécurité des festivaliers et s'assureront que tout fonctionne.»

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