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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. fyre festival
    This Is Billy McFarland’s Fyre Festival Comeback PlanMcFarland has been writing memoir pages by hand and mailing them from prison to his girlfriend for transcription.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  12. scams
    Kendall Jenner Is Finally Offering Up Her Fyre Festival Rationale“You never really know what’s going to happen.”
    By Devon Ivie
  13. the law
    You Can Soon Get Your Hands on a Piece of Fyre Festival History: the MerchGet your credit cards.
    By Victoria Bekiempis
  14. science of us
    Why We Can’t Get Enough of ScamsMillions of us are hooked on Fyre Festival, Elizabeth Holmes, and Dirty John, but what drives our fixation?
    By Katie Heaney
  15. scams
    FuckJerry Reportedly Had Final Cut on Netflix’s Fyre Festival DocumentaryHmmm.
    By Hunter Harris
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. fyre festival
    A GoFundMe for the Fyre Fest Caterers Has Raised Over $160,000Time to set right what scammers have wrought.
    By Bethy Squires
  19. 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
  20. tv review
    Which Fyre Festival Documentary Is Right for You?Honestly, the Netflix and Hulu docs are both worth your time.
    By Jen Chaney
  21. 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
  22. fyre festival forever
    Fyre Festival Is Dead, But Its Chaotic Energy Lives OnCompeting documentary alert.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  23. 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
  24. scams
    Fyre Festival Founder Billy McFarland Sentenced to 6 Years in PrisonThe judge called him a “serial fraudster.”
    By Victoria Bekiempis
  25. 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
  26. scams
    Fyre Festival Founder Says Mental Illness Led Him to Commit FraudHe has “delusional beliefs” according to a psych report.
    By Dee Lockett
  27. summer of scam
    Anna Delvey May Have Scammed the Fyre Festival FounderShe allegedly refused to leave Billy McFarland’s Soho office for months.
    By Lisa Ryan
  28. here we go again
    Dear God, There’s Another Scamming Music FestivalFyre 2.0.
    By Dee Lockett
  29. select all
    Tanacon Was a Fyre Festival for the YouTube Set“We just ended up driving home with nothing but broke bank accounts and sunburns.”
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  30. scams
    Fyre Festival Organizer Allegedly Sold Fake Met Gala Tickets While Out on BailHe’s accused of selling fake tickets to events like the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show and Coachella.
    By Jasmine Sanders
  31. Fyre Festival’s Billy McFarland Arrested on Fraud Charges for Ticket ScamWho is still buying things from this man?!
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  32. epic fails
    Revive Your Addiction to Fyre Fest News With the Coming Hulu DocuseriesFind out how it all went wrong.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  33. fyre festival
    Fyre Festival Founder Billy McFarland Pleads Guilty to FraudHe could be sentenced to 40 years.
    By Dee Lockett
  34. fyre festival
    Of Course Fyre Festival Spent an Exorbitant Amount on a Yacht for Blink-182And other nonsense.
    By Dee Lockett
  35. 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
  36. hexes
    Blink-182’s Matt Skiba Says He Ruined the Fyre Festival With WitchcraftAs good an explanation as any.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. courts
    Fyre Festival Just Got Hit With Its Seventh LawsuitSeventh time’s the charm?
    By Hunter Harris
  40. Fyre Festival Organizers Sent Cease-and-Desist Letters to Social-Media CriticsAccording to a new lawsuit.
    By Lisa Ryan
  41. A Timeline of How Fyre Festival Became a Massive FailureIt all started with a plane pit stop.
    By Hunter Harris
  42. fyre festival
    Fyre Festival Scores a Hat Trick, Lawsuit-WiseTwo class-action suits were filed earlier this week.
    By Jackson McHenry
  43. spring break frat party
    Fyre Festival Organizers Reportedly Blew Early Funding on Models and YachtsOf course.
    By Lisa Ryan
  44. great fyre festival disaster
    Now Fyre Festival Organizers Are Being Sued for Tricking People Into AttendingThis one claims organizers tricked people into attending the event.
    By Lisa Ryan
  45. 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
  46. fyre festival
    Bella Hadid Addresses Fyre Festival FalloutFans were not pleased.
    By Jenni Miller
  47. fyre festival
    This Model Narrowly Missed the Fyre Festival NightmareShe shared her tale with The Hollywood Reporter.
    By Jenni Miller
  48. 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
  49. fyre festival
    This Fyre Festival Apology Is As Extra As You’d Expect“We thought we were ready, but then everyone arrived.”
    By Jenni Miller
  50. 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
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