6 Years Jailed, Fyre Festival Promoter Billy McFarland Create Podcast

Billy McFarland in detention (Instagram @billy_mcfarland)

JAKARTA - Despite being jailed for six years, Fyre Festival promoter Billy McFarland still wants to tell the other side of the festival through a podcast .

Titled Dumpster Fyre , Billy McFarland leaked a story about the holding of the Fyre Festival through a 15-minute conversation he recorded secretly.

Launching the Daily Mail October 19, Billy McFarland's Instagram account uploaded the first teaser of this podcast , "I will not hide behind my mistakes, I will share everything that happened."

For 29 months running, Billy McFarland said the whole story had not been revealed. The premiere episode shows McFarland feeling wrong about the concept and schedule of the Fyre Festival.

“For the four to six weeks before the festival, we actually rented over 200 separate villas and houses. The head of the villa disappeared with the box containing the room keys and documents that were lost when 2 of the 3 guest planes had arrived. "

Billy McFarland also said he believed that many of the guests who arrived at the villa chose to stay for a week. "I wish we could ask them to talk."

Chaos of the Fyre Festival

The Fyre Festival in April 2017 is one of the most historic concerts. Billy McFarland as the promoter claims this event as the most luxurious festival.

In their promotional advertisements, they brought in a number of top models such as Kendall Jenner and Bella Hadid. However, a number of performers, one of them Blink 182 chose to cancel their appearance.

Spectators who pay 4-12 thousand US dollars must swallow disappointment after receiving facilities received not in accordance with the promotion. There are only simple tents and dishes that are put in Styrofoam boxes.

Billy McFarland was arrested on 30 June 2017 with a six year prison sentence and a fine of 26 million US dollars. In 2018, McFarland was arrested again for fraud by promising VIP access to exclusive events for $ 100,000.

Besides the podcast , Billy McFarland also plans to remove the documentary Fyre Festival that Hulu and Netflix made in 2019. Currently, the first episode of Dumpster Fyre can be listened to through the official dumpsterfyreshow.com website.