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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

"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

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Marvel director and pop-star wife to adapt Fyre festival nightmare into a musical

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The Independent UK

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

Romantasy ball labeled the ‘Fyre Fest of Booktok’ as organiser apologizes for disastrous convention

The viral book convention took place in Baltimore, Maryland, over the weekend

The Independent UK

Texas Country Music Festival Draws Fyre Fest Comparison Before Being Temporarily Shut Down

Country music legend Alan Jackson performed his last concert in Texas at a festival drawing unfortunate comparisons to the infamous Fyre Festival.

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"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

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Fyre Festival 2 tickets are on sale for up to $1.1 million after founder served prison time for defrauding investors of the first event

"I'm sure many people think I'm crazy for doing this again,” 33-year-old founder Billy McFarland said. "But I feel I'd be crazy not to do it again.”

Fortune

Fyre Festival founder says sequel event is happening, but can’t say when, where, or who will attend

No word on if Fyre Fest II will use the same cheese sandwich providers it employed the first time around

The Independent UK

Trump's doomed "Fyre Festival strategy"

Trump has privately suggested his lawyers should "worry" about additional sanctions, Rolling Stone reports

Salon

Fyre Fest 2.0? Chris Rock and Diplo escape Burning Man festival as 70,000 stranded in desert

Pair trudged through mud for five miles after heavy downpours led to chaos at the Nevada site

The Independent UK

Fyre Fest 2.0? Chris Rock and Diplo escape Burning Man festival as 70,000 stranded in desert

Pair trudged through mud for five miles after heavy downpours led to chaos at the Nevada site

The Independent UK

Billy McFarland went to prison for Fyre Fest. Are his plans for a reboot legal?

The controversial entrepreneur is seeking redemption and some people are ready for him to try. Tickets have sold out. But he still owes $26 million in restitution to the people he fleeced.

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Salon

That "We Didn't Start the Fire" revamp

Lyrics for Fall Out Boy's cover of Billy Joel's hit range from George Floyd and Fyre Festival to Kanye and Brexit

Pedestrian.tv

The F1 Miami Grand Prix Genuinely Served Up Soggy Ham Rolls For $62 It’s Giving Fyre Fest

The menu also had $405 nachos, a $435 fruit salad and $442 steamed buns.

Louder

Fyre Fest 2: The convicted fraudster behind the worst music festival never staged wants your money again

We regret to inform you that Billy McFarland is at it again

Daily Mirror

Fyre Festival fraudster Billy McFarland announces new event costing £200 - with a twist

Fyre Festival was advertised by A-listers including Hailey Bieber, Kendall Jenner and Bella Hadid, tickets cost as much as £75,000, but the event left a lot to be desired and organiser Billy McFarland was jailed

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The New Daily

Billy McFarland, the Fyre Fest organiser, is back with another venture

Fyre Festival's organiser Billy McFarland is out of prison and back with a new business which he hopes will repay his debts.

Pedestrian.tv

Fyre Fest’s Billy McFarland Is Out Of Jail, Asking For Money Again Being Roasted By Andy King

“Yep, you definitely eff’d around. And there’s a lot that people should find out," said Andy in a Stitch.

Pedestrian.tv

$400 A Night: The FIFA World Cup’s Shipping Container Accom Has Fans Dubbing It Fyre Fest 2.0

“The air con in the cabin barely works," one worker told The Times.

The Independent UK

Bahamas official calls Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland a ‘fugitive’ as he launches treasure hunt venture

McFarland just finished a five-year prison sentence for wire fraud

USA Today Sports Media Group

A video from Qatar’s FIFA World Cup tent village has fans making Fyre Fest comparisons

It's gonna be Fyre!

Daily Mirror

Creator of shambolic Fyre Festival teases new project after prison release

Inverse

How Artesian Builds became the Fyre Fest of gaming startups

Former employees of PC building startup Artesian Builds spoke to Inverse about the downfall of the company and their treatment by former CEO Noah Katz.

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