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Inside Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland’s comeback event — with tickets ranging from $500 to $26,000

The founder of Fyre Festival, a disastrously organised luxury music festival which saw guests stranded on an island in the Bahamas, has hosted a comeback party.

The Independent UK

LimeWire outbids Ryan Reynolds to acquire Billy McFarland's Fyre Fest

LimeWire, the early-2000s illegal peer-to-peer file-sharing and pirating platform, which resurfaced in 2022 as a crypto company, has been revealed as the winning bidder on eBay for the infamous Fyre Fest brand - the brainchild of convicted fraudster Billy McFarland. Good luck to them.

Euronews

Legendary 2000s music sharing brand LimeWire acquires Fyre Festival — and everyone is saying the same thing

Crypto company that owns LimeWire’s iconic name has outbid Ryan Reynolds to buy branding rights for the infamous festival. Sorry, what?

The Independent UK

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“I never saw something as completely mind-bendingly ridiculous and intriguing as what went down”: Hold on to your cheese sandwiches – it’s Fyre Festival: The Musical!

But Billy McFarland won’t get a dime

MusicRadar

"This time there will actually be music or your money back": Taika Waititi is working on a Fyre Fest musical

"I think the idea is exciting, weird, and potentially disastrous, which seems apt and is how I like to work" - Taika Waititi

Louder

Taika Waititi and Rita Ora to turn Fyre Festival fiasco into a stage musical

The couple, who married in 2022, are set to produce a musical based on the ill-fated Caribbean festival

The Independent UK

Fyre Festival sells on eBay for $245K, a sum so low it wouldn’t have been able to afford disgraced founder Billy McFarland some tickets at his own event

The final bid is only a fraction of the court-mandated $26 million McFarland owes in restitution of his fraudulent scheme.

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Convicted fraudster Billy McFarland sells infamous Fyre Festival on eBay for less than $250,000

“Entrepreneur” and Fyre Fest fraudster Billy McFarland has sold the brand IP on eBay for less than $250,000 - while still owing $26 million.

Euronews

Someone bought all the rights for Fyre Festival on eBay

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The Independent UK

Billy McFarland sells Fyre Festival brand for just $245K on eBay

‘Damn. This sucks, it’s so low,’ said the convicted fraudster

The Independent UK

7 Rich People Who Got Caught Scamming Everyone

Wealth doesn’t always equal honesty. In fact, sometimes, it’s the richest and most powerful individuals who bend — or completely break — the rules to get ahead. From billionaires in luxury penthouses to CEOs of booming tech empires, many have built their fortunes not on brilliance, but on deceit.

Everybody Loves Your Money

6 Rich People Who Faked Their Way to the Top

The world of the ultra-wealthy is often cloaked in glitz, charm, and well-polished branding. But behind some of the most successful facades lie stories of audacious lies, carefully constructed illusions, and scandals that shook industries. While many millionaires and billionaires clawed their way to the top with real business savvy,…

Everybody Loves Your Money

Fyre Festival 2 cancelled as founder Billy McFarland puts brand up for sale

Fyre Festival 2 had been scheduled to take place on Isla Mujeres, Mexico, from May 30 to June 2

Evening Standard

Billy McFarland cancels Fyre Festival 2 and puts brand up for sale a week after postponement

Founder Billy McFarland says ‘it’s time to pass the torch’

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Fyre Fest 2’s Fate Left Unclear After Location In Mexico Fell Through & Is Anyone Shocked?

Ticket-holders to Fyre Festival 2 have been informed that the event will be postponed, after location planning fell through.

The Guardian - US

Fyre festival 2 ‘postponed’ just weeks before it was scheduled to start

Event was meant to kick off 30 May to follow failed 2017 event that led to Billy McFarland’s wire fraud conviction

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Fyre Festival 2 postponed

Fyre Festival 2 has been postponed and ticketholders have been told their tickets have been refunded.

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"You can repurchase if it works for your schedule": Fyre 2, Billy McFarland’s ‘luxury’ festival is postponed indefinitely

‘The Greatest Party That Never Happened’ never happened again

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New twist in Fyre Festival saga as comeback event postponed

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Fyre Festival 2 postponed just weeks ahead of scheduled kick-off date

Event organised by convicted fraudster Billy McFarland, the man behind the original doomed festival, had been charging thousands for tickets

Louder

In this year's least surprising news, Fyre Festival 2 has been postponed

Who could possibly have seen this coming?

MusicRadar

Has Fyre really gone out?: Billy McFarland’s festival will be limited to just 250 guests and just 12 hours of music

That’s if it even happens at all

Metal Hammer

"There will be no event called 'Fyre 2' in Playa del Carmen." Grand plans to revive disastrous event come as a surprise to the resort city supposed to be hosting it

Fyre Festival was an unrivalled disaster and subject of two documentaries – now part 2 looks to be off to a less than ideal start

The Independent UK

Fyre Festival 2 tickets go on sale — but Mexican officials say it has no permits

Ticket prices range from $1,400 to $25,000

MusicRadar

"This festival is not going to happen. There are red flags all over the place”: Bad news for Fyre Festival 2 ticket holders – Mexico’s tourist board reckon that the event “does not exist”

They shocked the world with the original… Then baffled us all with a sequel… Is Fyre Festival 2 on the brink of disaster again?

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