

He catered his first wedding at age 16 and went on to become a top event. Catch Andy at BIGSOUND 2019 in Brisbane September 3 - 6. Hell share his experience, insights and good humour with Australias emerging musicians, record labels and industry brands. Netflix FYRE Documentary Bombshell: Billy McFarland Asked Gay Event Producer. Andy is preparing to head to Australia to deliver the keynote address at BIGSOUND 2019, a music industry conference and festival held annually in Brisbane. Andy has spent the past 25 years helping top brands, foundations, and individuals market themselves, primarily through live events and experiential campaigns. Fyre Festivals Andy King Partners with Evian Water in Honor of His Team Spirit.

Earlier this year, the event producer turned his viral fame into an Evian sponsorship, in which he promoted a bottle emblazoned with the slogan: “So good you’d do anything for it.” Genius. Andy King is a co-founder/principal at Inward Point and the driving force behind today’s most engaging events. In 2019, two documentaries about the festival dropped, most famously Netflix’s FYRE, in which King became a human meme. Attendees – who paid between $4,000 and $12,000 for their tickets – were greeted at the festival by half-built tents, rubbish heaps, and “feral dogs”, while their “luxury box meals” were actually rank-looking cheese sandwiches.

Organised by Ja Rule and Billy McFarland – who’s now in prison – it was pegged as a boutique event, and was promoted by the likes of Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid, and Emily Ratajkowski. This year marks the third anniversary of the doomed Fyre Festival, which quickly descended into Lord of the Flies. ‘I’ve had a long, successful career as an event producer. “This festival gives us a chance to translate the anniversary of Fyre into some real good that’s needed in the world right now.” All proceeds from the virtual festival will go to non-profits Feeding America and Sweet Relief, which are providing support during the coronavirus pandemic. We all know Andy King was prepared to do whatever he needed to do to obtain the sacred water for Fyre Festival. “I’m beyond thrilled to host Room Service this weekend and bring everybody some well-deserved joy and distraction,” King said in a press release. Artists featured on the line-up include Yungblud, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, Chromeo, Lido, and more. King will host the Room Service Music Festival, which takes place on the Trap Nation and Chill Nation YouTube channels this weekend (April 24-26). Fyre Festival event producer Andy King is off the market, thanks to a man 32 years his junior. Having emerged as a hero (and meme) following the revelation that he almost sucked dick to get water shipped to the island during the disastrous 2017 event, the event producer is now honouring Fyre’s three-year anniversary with his own festival: a virtual EDM one. Immediately after Netflix’s documentary Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened debuted, event producer Andy King found himself in the middle of a social media blitz.He became a meme overnightand he didn’t even know what a meme was. "This festival gives us a chance to translate the anniversary of Fyre into some real good that's needed in the world right now.Andy King is unquestionably the King of Fyre Festival. Room Service Fest is designed to “bring everybody some well-deserved joy and distraction," King said in a statement. Playing out on YouTube channels Trap Nation and Chill Nation, viewers are encouraged to make donations to Feeding America and Sweet Relief Musicians Fund. His latest venture? This week, King announced he’ll be hosting Room Service Festival: a livestream event happening this weekend featuring Yungblud, Channel Tres, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, and Australia’s own What So Not Hayden James, Crooked Colours, and Joyride.
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The event producer who was ready and willing to ‘take one for the team’ came out of the whole Fyre saga an unlikely star thanks to his tale of bottled water, customs and oral sex in the Netflix doco.Ĭapitalising on his viral success, King came to visit Australia last year for BIGSOUND, landed an Evian sponsorship, and even got offers for his own TV show.
