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Fyre Festival 2 just got its viral organizer back: Andy King confirms he's working with Billy McFarland

With the questionable revelation of plans to hold Fyre Festival 2, it appears that convicted fraudster Billy McFarland is reassembling his original team. Andy King, an event producer whose quotes about oral sex in a Netflix documentary on the doomed and fraudulent festival became a meme and made him famous, confirmed that he has returned to work with McFarland. "I look forward to working with ...
Fyre Festival event producer Andy King visits "Radio Andy" at SiriusXM Studios on Feb. 27, 2019, in New York.

With the questionable revelation of plans to hold Fyre Festival 2, it appears that convicted fraudster Billy McFarland is reassembling his original team.

Andy King, an event producer whose quotes about oral sex in a Netflix documentary on the doomed and fraudulent festival became a meme and made him famous, confirmed that he has returned to work with McFarland.

"I look forward to working with Billy and our partners to share Fyre with the

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