Fyre Festival co-founder speaks out: Took a 'big risk' and failed
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- čas přidán 30. 04. 2017
- Billy McFarland, who co-founded the Fyre Festival with rapper Ja Rule, blamed inclement weather for the event's failure and promised refunds and free tickets for next year's event.
As a millennial, I've never felt more glad to be poor and introverted.
longbeacher my man 👍
Not sure if that’s something to be proud of. Besides, it wasn’t expensive to be begin with.
mcrfan343 the festival was expensive you dumb ass. Some packages cost 12k
@@mikexoxxxo sorry the basic package was 500 dollars so some people didnt pay that much
@@mcrfan343 SO 12K ISN'T EXPENSIVE?!?!? WOW
I LOVE how in the promo video, it even says, "the actual experience exceeds all expectations." They nailed that!
Lol you are right just did not exceed their expectation in they way they expected.
If it exceeds their expectations, they can't expect it anyways. It is EXCEEDING THEIR EXPECTATIONS.
Jake Finnegan yes, that could be their argument in court. They never said what kind of expectations. Case dismissed
😂😂😂😂😂
Rich people going without basic services causes an international panic. Flint, Michigan hasn't had clean water since 2014.
but michigan is a hellhole to be fair far worser than exhumas ;)
jk
People are much more concerned about Flint. Most people seem to be quite dismissive of this.
I don't see how this is an international panic...I mean..it is big news. Obviously, as much as everyone is mocking rich kids, people don't seem too concerned.
Fuck all of them in their rich entitled asses. They said they were starving? They wouldn't even know what hunger was if it wasn't for this fuck up. They deserve much much worse.
It's wasn't an international panic, it's just something that happened and it's on the news and it'll be irrelevant in a week unkind Flint. So get over it.
“Despite everything I’d still do it.” - A really stupid person
Indeed he is
It seems like he didn't learn nothing from that experience
I wish my wallet was as thick as him.
I bet he's fully invested in crypto
Blink 182 was a selling point?
lol exactly what i was thinking
Maybe 10 years ago
more like 18 years ago
They were soo bad and cheesy even when they had their fame 20 yrs ago. These are some very foolish human beings who went to this.
You all obviously didn’t grow up with the epic horny agnstyness of their music and tom delonges boner inducing voice.
Only happen because Kendall Jenner forgot the Pepsi back in America
This is the best comment
"Drinks were room temperature" lmao
@@SoldierBoy8686 wow you got it all figured out...
The drinks were room temperature 😑- poor baby
Storm Williams 🌃
Nothing worst than warm drinks.
Storm Williams hello people do drink drinks room temperature.
Everyone was suffering from heatstroke and was hungover.
I know right lol
Sometimes being middle class and street smart can be a blessing!!! Watched documentary on Netflix and can't believe this REALLY happened!
500 dollars for a weekend concert, with food, accommodation, and all entertainment provided? Damn, not everybody who paid for tickets was rich; I feel bad for the people who put their savings into what they thought was going to be a lovely holiday.
I feel worse for the unpaid workers in the Bahamas, what a mess this whole thing was
only stupid millenials can be that naive
Omg the drinks where ROOM TEMPERATURE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? WHO COULD DO SUCH A THING HOW DID YOU SURVIVE!?!?!?!?!
Everyone was suffering from heatstroke and were hungover.
4:17 There! Press it as many times as you can & be amazed by his testimony!
I am happy to see the rich kids cry
Wesley Mayhew lmao
Wesley Mayhew you are a cold hearted person
Wesley Mayhee I don't think the kids were rich, most tickets sold from what I was told were from 2000$-500$ dollars. From the advertisements, and advertisements showing what It is, then it seems like a good deal for a low price.
The attendees were mostly, if not all, poor ppl looking for a cheap deal ($500-1,200 for 2 weeks in the Bahamas, all inclusive). The claims of expensive tickets were part of the marketing, and were never proven (ie no one bought them).
Wesley Mayhew 🍿?
Pay 12k usd for the refugee experience
Now you people get to experience how 3rd class people are treated :P
Base price was actually 500 bucks, not 12,000. Everyone there was middle class.
It was 'literally' the hunger games you say? So people were killing each other? When will we prosecute the murderers?
Pierre S Hunger Games wasn't so much about killing, just surviving.
No one was killed or died
@@elizas4987 I feel like people always forget that aspect of the Hunger Games. Aside from the "careers" who were there for the glory, everyone in that arena was just trying to not die.
Apparently on the first night it was like a free for all. There was no system for sorting out bags, checking in (so people ran to tents and many didn’t get one because there wasn’t enough) and people hoarding stuff. It probably reminded them of the Cornucopia Bloodbath. 😂
this isnt minecraft edition this is movie hunger games where they try to survive
and the best troll of all time goes to......... (Ja rule )
I only think about yoooooooooou.
50 Cent Must've Been Predicting This He Called It
Free drinks were room temperature? WHAT ARE WE, ANIMALS!
Room temperature in the Bahamas is 70 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s a problem when your incredibly dehydrated cause no one gave out any water.
Hunger games: Catching fyre
🤣🤣🤣
All I can say is DAMN! Sucks for you. I'll be enjoying my Popeyes chicken and Jack Daniels with my own bathroom at home.
Alrucards Let's not forget the Blink 182 concerts you can easily find on CZcams!
Alrucards right!!! And i bet you got regular shaped ice that's just as good as the diamond shaped stuff...psst..and its cold😂😂😂
As for models you can easily find good free porn with actual voluptous women and not these very thin girls
That dude is definitely a purchaser of Apple products
Mellow Yellow I resemble that remark
BS - 😒🙄Apple has nothing to do with these spoiled brats
Sent from his IPhone
HAHAHAH
Naw just a parent advice seeking full bearded man child.
“It’s not your skill set, it’s your mindset” we’re always told. Well, if you’re throwing a music festival, your skill set at the actual results is kind of important! So obsessed by this story !
the fucking sandwich hahahahhahahahhaha
LoL, not even a piece of ham or turkey...
Poor babies!!! Let's have this much passion for the poor and suffering around the world! A taste of what most of the world goes through daily! No food, no water and no hope! So sad.
OH NO, rich kids are in trouble... Someone needs to find some extra give a shit, because I'm out...
Not room temperature drinks?!!D:
j russ Got to love how this line of thinking goes. Never mind Flint was a huge story when it was revealed to the masses...
People don't want to hear about the same story all the time.
LOL, they got water and cheese sandwiches....?
How about you pay $500 for nothing
They paid 500 dollars for what was advertised...and were welcomed to a festival that did not have enough water for everyone, they rationed out the food, had people stealing, and slept on wet mattresses IF they could find a mattress. Why is everyone being such a dick on here? I would be upset too!
Poor people that are jealous, in a nutshell
Source: Am poor
this still never gets old
You know, people are calling the people that went "spoiled rich kids" but the one at the end clearly wasn't spoiled in the least. He took it in stride and it was what it was.... he saw it as an adventure. Such is life.
Melanie Martin yeah you make a good point, sometimes bad experiences make for the best stories and can you really put a price on that?
Those models claim to be ''so sorry''. If they really felt that way they would donate the money they got for that ''one'' promotion post to the ones that got hurt duo this festival.
When there's models this high end that don't live paycheck to paycheck, I bet they invest money back into things anyway, so the money received from this probably went to a good cause already
Hell yeah they should throw wildly expensive concerts that only rich hipsters would go to and leave them there
Carti M you had fun at the concert didn't you?
Carti M you had fun at the concert didn't you?
Ha ha you got me!
Yeah, and at least one of them is stupid enough to go again next year XD
A TICKET FOR NEXT YEAR LMAO IM CHOKING😂
The fact that "next year" was even a suggestion, let alone "complimentary tickets to next year" tells me that Billy McFarland has absolutely no concept of how business works.
The idea was that you wouldn't ask for a refund.
@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 all good and well but then how were they planning to pay for the next event without any further cash coming in?? They could barely pay their vendors for the first balls-up event 🤷🏻♀️ money doesn't grow on trees. Mention is also made of "refund" at 2:58. You have clearly commented without actually watching the video.
well he did drop out of collage.
**laughs in poor**
Lol! "We had room-temperature drinks... It was basically the hunger games."
I wish I were sexy with an outgoing personality. My life consists of trying to fix my leaky shower and going to bed each evening exhausted.
At least your not one of these dumb twats.
Never talk about yourself like that or you just might start believing it
are you a Sim?
lmfao my sims were constantly fixing their shower
Fussy Kitten Do you go to work all day and come back, hungry, tired, needing social contact, and you have to go to the bathroom, even though you're sure they have bathrooms at the military base?
I laughed uncontrollably when he said it was like a disaster relief camp site 😂😂😂😂😂
Awwww feel so bad for those rich entitled americans😭😭
It was an international event idiot.
Riley Matthew hey look an entitled fuck
My Dad and my Mom have decent paying jobs working at the airport & the attorney general, my big brother & I are college students who are graduated or studying for a degree, a typical middle class Americans; Yet my dad and mom book a seven day cruise for the four of us to the Mexican Riveria using money from their retirement ($250 each), and somehow we're "Elitists"?
1tonyvalle these people are just jealous you don't have to rich to go to these events
Sucks for them lol
4:24 starving? I don't think anyone who can afford this crap can say that they've ever 'starved'.
I've always dreamed of screwing over rich kids in an extremely public and humiliating way, but it looks like Ja Rule did it for me. Huh what a guy!
Screwing entitled poor kids is even better.
It must suck to be poor like you, not just financially but mentally
I've been to some festivals, but I'm glad I've never considered this one. This is a nightmare and I feel awful for the people who paid money to go there just to be scammed.
I hate reading all these comments claiming that it's what these rich teenage americans deserved. I agree though, but that's looking past the problem. The problem is the fact that Fyre didn't give what they promised. They advertised it to be an amzing experience, which it clearly wasn't. It was a scam, a waste of people's time and money, and that's the real issue. Oh and also, what an idiot the guy that says he'll go to Fyre next year was. How can you be that delutional? There's so many better alternatives and festivals you can rely upon, which you should be able to. Fyre provided disasterous customer service, and a festival experience which no one in their right mind should ever support. It is basically the same as supporting the act of scamming.
Are you 12?
Also Billy Mcfarland the organizer fired every single one in his company without prior notice and let everyone down even his own friends.
U should never believe "influencers" they will promote anything just for the money that they received.
I never came across a story that had me in tears laughing but at the same time had me mad as hell how they did these ppl 😂😡
The tickets was 500 bucks for a Bahamas concert. That's expensive but I could afford that. the 250,000 package is a different story. I feel bad for all those people bcuz they was trying to have an incredible experience. money doesn't matter to me. to each it's own. I'm happy with what I got and I don't wish bad things to happen to anybody bcuz they rich or poor.
I don't think some people understand regardless if the person was a rich,middle class, poor, or down right broke (though I doubt the last 2 would go still possible tho) people still gave money to have a good time just glad they got a refund (and no im not rich nor am I poor) I just believe people should get what they paid for
You know it’s bad when all the news people and the people being interviewed can’t even keep a straight face
And people say we cosplayers waste money on attending anime and comic conventions... When DashCon happened, yeah... The Fyre Festival has taken it to a bigger and higher notch of terribly planned events!
party at a refugee camp!
I’m the opposite I go on vacation to get away from people. Those tents were previously used for a hurricane sheltering people. So basically people paid to sleep in disaster tent no air and on concrete.
Some people went for $500, which is a pretty sweet deal for a trip to the Bahamas. I’d be pissed
It is actually a free refund OR OR OR a VIP ticket to next years 2018 Fyre Festival.
"Say it's not so, I will not go"... that was brilliant.
I know I sound cruel, but am I suppose to feel sorry for these rich kids, that took a risk going to an island without doing any research into the organizers and being ill prepared when traveling?
I understand the complaints about lacking basic needs such as food, water and shelter.
but drinks at room temperature... Wow, my sympathies has now doubled. I'm ashamed by your plight, surely the scared refugees from less privilege countries feel your burden.
these comments are so retarded lmao. so what if people are starving in africa, or theres no clean water in some poor state? thats not the point. theres always the issue of people starving and living in poverty in certain parts of the world, it doesnt mean everyone who went to Fyre has no right to be upset or angry at what happened. Who wants to spend hundreds or even thousands on an event and have this shit happen? i'd probably kill someone if that happened to me, fuck that lmao
I honestly only feel bad for the locals who put in all of that work and didn’t get paid
So is 2018 on or not? I had a wonderful time :D (at home, laughing at the memes on Twitter)
We are all so screwed if the zombie apocalypse happens 😂
It's not about being spoiled or rich, but more of they paid a huge amount of money for it and got that in return. I think that's what's most annoying.
"Passengers stucks in the airport without food or water.."
AWW POOR RICH KIDS
Food and water is important?
Lmao
Shannon Burhenn 3rd world countries have it worse
$500 is not 12k. It's insane how the media hypes things these days. The event sucked, 100s of events suck every year. This is media distraction at its best
DoctorBlankenstein there were $12,000 tickets. They were also deeply discounted, "early bird" tickets that were $500. And there were $250,000 vip tickets.
Average ticket was $12000. So it's not misleading but some people did get tickets for $500, apparently new than should have since they didn't take in nearly enough money to pay for the event.
I live in ft. Lauderdale.fl. a ferry boat to Bahamas is gonna cost me $200 alone. A $500 ticket for an all inclusive weekend is insanely cheap.
But...the room temperature drinks?
They had luxury yaught tickets that were 250k
John Burgess could of got your self a room at the Super Bowl for 160k so 250k is someone feeding you bull shit
@@rickyspanish_6669 yea the superbowl the same as a private yacht vacation 🤦♂️ watch the doc for yourself...
.....and they will not give refunds only 10 % discount for next years festival where creed will be performing
How do you sign up for a festival with villas without seeing what the villas looked like????
Doesn’t matter whether anyone is entitled or not.The fact that so many people are happy that this happened is stupid and sad.
rich entitled kids got burned using daddys money. Ha
Guess that's why announcing they will increase pay for workers made American Airlines stock drop whole lot farther than United Airlines when they beat up that passenger, rich daddys are reinvesting to make up for their kid's screw up.
Mr. Tactical what an idiot. I paid for tickets and ultimately didn't go...using money from my paycheck, ya know?
WoWKoest you're the minority of those who went then 😂
Mr. Tactical I could use that money to buy myself a car or a apartment
I remember reading a blog from a person who actually worked there he was in charge of making sure the bands were getting paid. In fact no one paid $12,000 for this the festival event was going between 500 to $1,200. Organizers cut back on expenses because it will cost them millions of dollars to do plus an event like this needed to be planned 2 years ahead they had six WEEKS!!! 2:00 AKA they weren't being paid for it. Shoot most of that money went to the promotions that's it
ROOM TEMPERATURE DRINKS...WTF
Well you can visit Billy McFarland in Federal prison since that's where he will be hosting it this year.. As a matter fact it will be hosted there for the next 6 years.
Lmao I respect rich people who earned their way to the top, not born rich. Im glad these people now know how millions of people live every day.
This entire time I'm thinking of Dave Chappelle monologue of "where is ja" lmao
@1:47 "say it aint so....I will not go"....nice touch!
Ja Rule needed Ashanti
4:17 There! Press it as many times as you can & be amazed by his testimony!
Enjoy that room temperature drink!
Yeah, He took the risk of "getting caught for lying" like a hero.
"A fool and his money are soon parted."
The McFarland scammer and those gullible rich kids deserve each other. Let them fight it out. Real people have enough real problems to worry about.
Well we are getting closer to the next one! Today is 04/19/18! I already got my ticket and my sleeping bag 😂
Interestingly enough, it was a Blink 182 tribute band scheduled to play the show. They were 80% cheaper. If you get a chance, go see Blink 183.
Still waiting for that refund. But the Fyre festivals of 2018 and 2019 were awesome!
Hilarious and it was supposed to be two weekends of this 😂😂😂
as ja rule would say " it's murdaaaa!"
I remember looking at the packages and thinking 🤔 should I go?? My wallet said otherwise and I’m glad it did!!! 😂
500.00 for a luxury vacation should have been your 1st clue. Way way too cheap to cover costs.
2:34 IM ON THE FLOOR LAUGHING
4:15 "It got really bad, the drinks were room temperature" JA RULE, KEEP THESE RICH FOOLS MONEY!
Lol. The promoters promised free tickets to next years "Fyre Festival", which was so laughable cause u know it wasn't gonna happen, and these fools said they'd go again. Wow.
The world didn't know how BIG of a fraud Billy was at the time. To them, Fyre & Billy McFarland were legit and had just fucked up really bad. Now people know the real truth about how the entire company of Fyre Media was a total clusterfuck and Billy's a huge scam artist, but they didn't in 2017.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😊😊😊 Omg this is the funniest thing ever!!! Relief tents, no food, or water to drink! People are so gullible when it comes to festivals😂😂😂😂😊😊😊
I'm from Jamaica. I can attest that the weather conditions have been crazy, there's been flooding in some areas because the heavy rains. I'm an event organizer and I would never ever do an event between the end of April to June. Guaranteed rainfalls!
Plus I don't contractors will bring out their expensive equipment in those weather conditions. Maybe lateness was an issue. The culture is to do things last minute, which is bad.
Good try. Big risk. Try it in Jamaica next Summer.
They scammed so many people and investors out of millions of dollars. They probably may not see their money back again.
The media is laughing at this ridiculous debacle. That is the joke - how it was advertised vs what it amounted to. Laugh and learn, but don't fall into vicious classism, racism, or xenophobia. When anyone buys something, regardless of that person's income, age, skin colour, nationality, language, politics, etc, they don't deserve to get ripped off...
I just think that people don't even consider that they probably spend just as much on their own vacations as the people that went to fyre festival.
I mean, Disneyland is basically $100 per day, just to have tickets for the park. Throw in another $200-300 per day for hotel, food and travel between the hotel and park, and do that for 3 days. You're at about $1000 without even paying for the travel costs to Florida or California.
The guy says he plans to go again next year! You can’t fix stupid.
"Girl you know better"
Ja Ruel
Terrible living conditions, no water, no food and you paid hundreds of dollars to experience this. Then you say you want to do it again next year. That's got to be rich people thinking.
Who pays to see blink ?? The madness!! Wow....
The cheese sandwiches got me 😂😆
Didn’t eat for a day and they consider it starving hahaha MERICAAAAA
If you live in a first world country thats what you would expect
Anyone who thinks Fyre is merely rich people's dream need to remember that several people bought the ticket for cheaper promos as low as $500.
And "took a big risk" my posterior. He simply focused on the promotion than the setup.
In the 60s it was the Woodstock generation, in 2017 it is the “luxury experience” generation
The Caribbean is beautiful. Similar to Europe. And, some parts of the USA.
Drinks at room temperature are a real nightmare.
Billy and JA need to do some serious community service.
Your usually suppose to have all the details of the product and services and how to operate it first... before you start investing next in the promotion... like the idea was suppose to be clear before they jumped into making the videos and ads and campaigns... that's the red flag right there... this is not one of those "we'll cross that bridge when we get there" kind of things... not for this level of vision/dream/goal. didn't sound professional from the beginning. He really just fooled them all on a one to one personal level. Any one can have a vision and idea... (especially after taking a couple tokes...) just imagine that person got up and started making ads and video commercials about it... like my birthday is coming up in a few months and I said to my girl... I want to do it at the white house with 10s of thousands of people there (I have ZERO Friends) with all the celebs, the best caters serving shark and penguin sushi and then firework display for an hour while everyone parties to all the best bands/music artists!!! and she said OK, I'll design the invites because I'm a graphic designer and my friends a videographer and I've got some popular friends who can circulate this and I'll have it sent out by tomorrow. COOL OK THANKS!!!
***** 1 week before my Birthday ****
OK.... so how are we going to do this???
Worth all of the money for me. Beautiful.
I went there im never going there ever again!!
I went it sucked. I'm not rich. I hope to go next year.
Riley Matthew how much did you spend?
a little over 500 same as that guy said
Next year you can just give me the $500 and I can slap you. You'll get the same affect as going to Fyre.
your funny
I liked they're cheese though
dude should be in jail for much longer than 6 years
I'll go next year
Why do so many people hate rich people?
Jealousy.
jberda_95 I don't hate them but you can see why everyone else is making fun of them because beverages were room temperature as that is an issue while cities in the USA don't have clean water.
Melancholy that wasn't the main problem though. They didn't have enough food and water and gave shitty accommodations
You laughed at us for being nerdy and uncool in terms of not going to events like these. You showed off on Instragram and Facebook your #YOLO and #unforgettable experience while we can only hope one day to be as privileged as you. Now reality came in hard and knocked you off the ground. Now, the Internet will mock you for being scammed and played The Lord of the Flies in real life.