{"id":319962,"date":"2025-04-07T18:40:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T23:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/og-fyre-fest-planner-andy-king-says-billy-mcfarlands-setting-himself-up-for-failure-again"},"modified":"2025-04-07T18:40:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T23:40:35","slug":"og-fyre-fest-planner-andy-king-says-billy-mcfarlands-setting-himself-up-for-failure-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/og-fyre-fest-planner-andy-king-says-billy-mcfarlands-setting-himself-up-for-failure-again","title":{"rendered":"OG Fyre Fest Planner Andy King Says Billy McFarland&#039;s Setting Himself Up for Failure, Once more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\" readability=\"8\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n       <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">OG Fyre Festival Event Planner<\/span><br \/><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Billy\u2019s Setting Himself Up For Another Failure!!!<\/span><br \/><\/h2>\n<p>\n      Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-04-07T13:59:13-07:00\">April 7, 2025 1:59 PM PDT<\/time>\n                   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"72.4030067895\">\n<section id=\"cb-ae280a2485d974da771bab9af324871a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n     <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250407_5d105f977add4ab8a6075acf90361bcf\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:3f33f61c-7bc4-4b3f-a2b0-a60e9d797bc1\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Andy King\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/OG-Fyre-Fest-Planner-Andy-King-Says-Billy-McFarland039s-Setting-Himself-Up-for-Failure-Again.jpg\" alt=\"andy king and billy mcfarland getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n    <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-39eb9b7fd7e94b1c7c6a6d247ad46f32\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"35\">\n<p>Event planner <strong>Andy King<\/strong> is disappointed in <strong>Billy McFarland<\/strong> \u2014 saying he hoped prison would\u2019ve knocked some sense into him after the first Fyre Fest fiasco, but clearly not \u2026 \u2019cause round two is already going up in flames.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-84e781622fe323dcbce24176838c2492\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"37\">\n<p>In a lengthy IG post, Andy said he was all for giving Billy a second chance \u2014 standing by him when no one else would \u2026 even linking up with him a year and a half ago to help him focus on empathy and paying back people from the OG festival. But clearly, it was all for nothing.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-abab6dd7d268eeb1ea08bc8c77fc5921\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n     <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250407_7945aa34c6414170a58ba44dba2685e3\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:3f33f61c-7bc4-4b3f-a2b0-a60e9d797bc1\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1744067571_787_OG-Fyre-Fest-Planner-Andy-King-Says-Billy-McFarland039s-Setting-Himself-Up-for-Failure-Again.jpg\" alt=\"andy king fyre festival instagram post 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n    <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-ef6a631778a25c8aba513e2092d56d6a\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"33\">\n<p>Andy added that on top of losing hundreds of thousands of dollars of his own money, his career also took a hit \u2014 getting labeled as toxic for his ties to the infamous fraudster.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-a4bebbfcfa64c5782d45a571628ad7ac\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"35\">\n<p>In fact, Andy says that when they started discussing a financial package to make sure he got paid this time around with FF2, Billy straight-up ghosted him and went off to do his own thing.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-a1f4dc7b8668d1017078a8392ab00e02\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-c4d07bdb-4330-4997-aec2-ff49f96e1ab1-681049755-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n   <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-c4d07bdb-4330-4997-aec2-ff49f96e1ab1-681049755-play-btn\"><br \/><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/><\/button><br \/>\n     <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/OG-Fyre-Fest-Planner-Andy-King-Says-Billy-McFarland039s-Setting-Himself-Up-for-Failure-Again.png\" alt=\"better billy\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"media-video-swipe video-block__media-video-swipe\">March 2023<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-3471926aa78a7f5d45273caa33abd942\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"33\">\n<p>Andy shared a post with a screenshot of himself from the 2019 Netflix doc \u201cFyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened\u201d \u2014 something he says he did for free just to help tell the real story and set up a GoFundMe to pay back as many people as possible.<\/p>\n<p><!-- adman_adcode (middle, 1) --><center\/><!-- \/adman_adcode (middle) --><br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-0d6996779f49abfb2c9299a6fbdc3da8\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"37\">\n<p>His post pretty much summed up his belief that Billy never shared the same goals \u2014 saying he\u2019s genuinely saddened by Billy\u2019s actions and, from the looks of it, he\u2019s setting himself up for another failure.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-636850716711033f94a57ccf9f277149\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n     <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250406_3e68dff6aee243a78c90aa5a915b2801\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:3f33f61c-7bc4-4b3f-a2b0-a60e9d797bc1\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743968476_357_Fyre-Festival-2.0-Not-Happening-in-Mexico-Organizers-Claim-Government-Screwed-Them.jpg\" alt=\"fyre-fest-texts-blurred-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n    <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-2c5bc0c279122e96922e3e69b6f64d30\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"26.1162790698\">\n<p>TMZ obtained text messages from a Fyre Fest 2.0 event producer saying the May event is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/04\/06\/fyre-festival-2-not-happening-in-mexico-government-issues\/\"><strong>blaming the Mexican government<\/strong><\/a> for pulling the plug on the event in Playa del Carmen.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-78a8f858becd9358dfacca856ae50171\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block--default \">\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-2c69398559e418d04b0d86b8ee958ec3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"34.3170731707\">\n<p>According to the producer, officials are acting like they had no clue the fest was even happening \u2014 a wild twist, considering Billy claimed just a day earlier that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/04\/05\/billy-mcfarland-fyre-fest-2-work-with-mexico-government\/\"><strong>his team was working <\/strong><em><strong>with<\/strong><\/em><strong> Playa del Carmen<\/strong><\/a> to move things forward, even posting a whole timeline of supposed interactions.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-c3a06413e63affbe8fc3ab3efefc8973\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-caba84ad-baa3-4725-b3af-cad872193352-1899544561-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n   <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-caba84ad-baa3-4725-b3af-cad872193352-1899544561-play-btn\"><br \/><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/><\/button><br \/>\n     <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743857255_860_Terrence-Howard-Claims-Diddy-Tried-To-Have-Sex-With-Him.jpg\" alt=\"menendez brothers-Key-Art-HORIZONTAL\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n     <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>     <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ Studios<\/span>\n   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-48d16c6c9e5eaa7d1a42e1c0d12781a0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30.6097560976\">\n<p>There\u2019s clearly a lot riding on Fyre Festival 2. Remember, Billy was convicted of fraud and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2018\/10\/11\/fyre-festival-organizer-billy-mcfarland-sentenced-wire-fraud-case\/\"><strong>sentenced to 6 years in prison<\/strong><\/a> after the disaster that was the first festival in 2017. He was released in 2022.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/og-fyre-fest-planner-andy-king-says-billy-mcfarlands-setting-himself-up-for-failure-again\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OG Fyre Festival Event PlannerBilly\u2019s Setting Himself Up For Another Failure!!! 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