Fyre Festival 2’s fate in turmoil after ‘postponed’ message is deleted: ‘This has to be a joke’

Déjà vu.

Ticketholders who planned to be Billy McFarland’s arguable Fyre Festival 2 adjacent period were near successful a authorities of panic connected Wednesday aft its charismatic website posted – and past deleted – an announcement saying nan arena was postponed.

“Fyre 2 Festival is postponed and will beryllium rescheduled for a later day successful nan future,” nan now-deleted connection read, per The Sun. “If you person purchased tickets already, you will person an email erstwhile nan caller day is confirmed.”

The website besides said that tickets for nan festival, which went for $1,400 and higher, were “unavailable.”

However, nan charismatic Fyre Festival 2 website was reportedly updated again to make it look arsenic if nan first “postponed” announcement had ne'er appeared.

Many took to societal media to mock nan ordeal. 

“Who could person imagined?” 1 personification posted connected X. “This has to beryllium a joke,” wrote another.

“Well that’s not good,” a 3rd personification tweeted. “Who could person perchance seen this coming?”

“It’s very easy to postpone thing that was ne'er gonna hap anyway,” added a fourth.

The chaos and disorder connected Wednesday came conscionable much than 1 period earlier Fyre Festival 2, nan successor of nan disastrous Fyre Festival successful 2017, was group to return spot from May 30 to June 2 successful Playa Del Carmen, Mexico.

McFarland, who served 4 years successful situation for fraud related to his engagement successful nan failed Fyre Festival successful 2017, first announced his plans for a 2nd effort successful September.

But those plans were formed successful uncertainty successful February aft Mexican officials said that McFarland, 33, and nan event’s different organizers ne'er requested permits.

“Due to accusation circulating successful nan media regarding nan ‘FYRE FESTIVAL II,’ nan General Directorate of Tourism of Isla Mujeres informs that nary personification aliases institution has requested permits from this agency aliases immoderate different Municipal Government section for said event,” nan Isla Mujeres authorities said successful a statement connected its Facebook page astatine nan time.

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