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Fyre Festival

  1. second time’s the charm
    Fyre Festival Isn’t Learning Its LessonThe music-festival disaster is getting a reboot in 2024.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  2. y’arrrr
    The Bahamas Will Straight Up Arrest Billy McFarland If He Tries Another Venture(1) Ninety-nine messages in bottles. (2) ??? (3) Profit.
    By Rebecca Alter
  3. scam detected
    Can Fyre Festival’s Billy McFarland Interest You in a New Venture?Perhaps you’d like to give him your Social Security number? Or tell him your mother’s maiden name?
    By Jason P. Frank
  4. festival szn
    Elements Festival Apologizes for ‘Disappointments’ After Fyre Fest ComparisonsA class-action lawsuit has now been brought against festival organizers.
    By Paige Skinner
  5. podcasts
    Fyre Festival Founder Allegedly Punished With Solitary Confinement Over PodcastAccording to his lawyer.
    By Halle Kiefer
  6. fyre festival
    The Fyre Fest Merch Auction Is Finally HappeningPandemic shopping at its finest and worst.
    By Victoria Bekiempis and Halle Kiefer
  7. lawsuits
    Kendall Jenner Agrees to Pay $90,000 in Fyre Festival LawsuitThe lawsuit claims she was paid $275,000 to post on Instagram.
    By Zoe Haylock
  8. crime
    Fyre Fest Founder Billy McFarland Asks for Early Prison Release Amid COVID-19Four inmates at his federal prison have died due to coronavirus complications.
    By Zoe Haylock
  9. last night on late night
    No, Ja Rule Still Hasn’t Seen the Fyre Festival DocumentariesHe lived it.
    By Zoe Haylock
  10. scams
    Would You Trust Ja Rule With Another Music Festival?He sure wants one.
    By Zoe Haylock
  11. scams
    Kendall Jenner Is Finally Offering Up Her Fyre Festival Rationale“You never really know what’s going to happen.”
    By Devon Ivie
  12. the law
    You Can Soon Get Your Hands on a Piece of Fyre Festival History: the MerchGet your credit cards.
    By Victoria Bekiempis
  13. scams
    FuckJerry Reportedly Had Final Cut on Netflix’s Fyre Festival DocumentaryHmmm.
    By Hunter Harris
  14. second acts
    The, Uh, Evian Guy From Netflix’s Fyre Festival Doc Is Getting His Own ShowHow one anecdote can change your life.
    By Devon Ivie
  15. scam artists
    6 Billy McFarland Stories That Should’ve Tipped Everyone Off About Fyre FestAin’t no party like a Magnises party because a Magnises party gets shut down by the government.
    By Zoe Haylock
  16. fyre festival
    A GoFundMe for the Fyre Fest Caterers Has Raised Over $160,000Time to set right what scammers have wrought.
    By Bethy Squires
  17. fyre fraud
    Those Fyre Festival Documentaries Really Struck a Nerve With Ja RuleThe co-organizer says he was “hustled, scammed, bamboozled, hood winked, lead astray!!!”
    By Devon Ivie
  18. tv review
    Which Fyre Festival Documentary Is Right for You?Honestly, the Netflix and Hulu docs are both worth your time.
    By Jen Chaney
  19. takeaways
    8 Takeaways From Hulu’s Surprise-Released Fyre Festival DocFrom what Ja Rule knew to Hulu shading Netflix’s rival doc.
    By Dee Lockett
  20. fyre festival
    Fyre Festival Goes Up in Flames All Over Again With New Netflix Doc“Powerful models built this festival and then one picture of cheese on toast ripped down the festival.”
    By Dee Lockett
  21. scams
    Fyre Festival Founder Billy McFarland Sentenced to 6 Years in PrisonThe judge called him a “serial fraudster.”
    By Victoria Bekiempis
  22. scams
    Attorneys Say Fyre Festival Founder Should Get 20 Years Due to ‘Lack of Remorse’They called him a “consummate con artist.”
    By Victoria Bekiempis
  23. scams
    Fyre Festival Founder Says Mental Illness Led Him to Commit FraudHe has “delusional beliefs” according to a psych report.
    By Dee Lockett
  24. here we go again
    Dear God, There’s Another Scamming Music FestivalFyre 2.0.
    By Dee Lockett
  25. Fyre Festival’s Billy McFarland Arrested on Fraud Charges for Ticket ScamWho is still buying things from this man?!
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  26. epic fails
    Revive Your Addiction to Fyre Fest News With the Coming Hulu DocuseriesFind out how it all went wrong.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  27. fyre festival
    Fyre Festival Founder Billy McFarland Pleads Guilty to FraudHe could be sentenced to 40 years.
    By Dee Lockett
  28. fyre festival
    Of Course Fyre Festival Spent an Exorbitant Amount on a Yacht for Blink-182And other nonsense.
    By Dee Lockett
  29. respect the classics
    This Classical Music Festival Just Had Its Very Own Fyre Festival-Like Implosion“It was the most inept conducting I’ve probably ever seen, and that’s counting grad students.”
    By Hunter Harris
  30. Fyre Festival Co-Creator Billy McFarland Arrested and Charged With Wire FraudFyre Media racked up multiple lawsuits following its now-infamous failed music festival.
    By Halle Kiefer
  31. investigations
    Fyre Festival Reportedly Under FBI Investigation for FraudThe festival’s parent company, Fyre Media, faces allegations of “possible mail, wire and securities fraud.”
    By Halle Kiefer
  32. courts
    Fyre Festival Just Got Hit With Its Seventh LawsuitSeventh time’s the charm?
    By Hunter Harris
  33. A Timeline of How Fyre Festival Became a Massive FailureIt all started with a plane pit stop.
    By Hunter Harris
  34. fyre festival
    Fyre Festival Scores a Hat Trick, Lawsuit-WiseTwo class-action suits were filed earlier this week.
    By Jackson McHenry
  35. lawsuits
    Fyre Festival Has Already Been Hit With a $100 Million Class-Action LawsuitThe lawsuit compares the festival to the Hunger Games.
    By Dee Lockett
  36. in development
    Seth Rogen, the Lonely Island Tease New Movie About Fyre Festival–Type FiascoA story of what happens when you pop too hard.
    By Karen Brill
  37. fyre fire
    Fyre Festival Co-organizer Admits His Team Wasn’t ‘Experienced Enough’“There wasn’t water or sewage. It was almost like we tried building a city out of nothing.”
    By Devon Ivie
  38. Ja Rule’s Fyre Fest Is the Breaking Point for Luxury Festival ExperiencesThere’s a comfort ceiling, and with Fyre’s disaster showing, it may have been reached.
    By Sam Hockley-Smith
  39. Ja Rule’s Luxury Fyre Festival Postponed Amid Reports of ‘Mass Chaos’“There are no villas, just a disaster tent city.”
    By Hunter Harris