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  1. second time’s the charm
    Fyre Festival Isn’t Learning Its LessonThe music-festival disaster is getting a reboot in 2024.
  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.
  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?
  4. festival szn
    Elements Festival Apologizes for ‘Disappointments’ After Fyre Fest ComparisonsA class-action lawsuit has now been brought against festival organizers.
  5. podcasts
    Fyre Festival Founder Allegedly Punished With Solitary Confinement Over PodcastAccording to his lawyer.
  6. fyre festival
    The Fyre Fest Merch Auction Is Finally HappeningPandemic shopping at its finest and worst.
  7. lawsuits
    Kendall Jenner Agrees to Pay $90,000 in Fyre Festival LawsuitThe lawsuit claims she was paid $275,000 to post on Instagram.
  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.
  9. last night on late night
    No, Ja Rule Still Hasn’t Seen the Fyre Festival DocumentariesHe lived it.
  10. scams
    Would You Trust Ja Rule With Another Music Festival?He sure wants one.
  11. scams
    Kendall Jenner Is Finally Offering Up Her Fyre Festival Rationale“You never really know what’s going to happen.â€
  12. the law
    You Can Soon Get Your Hands on a Piece of Fyre Festival History: the MerchGet your credit cards.
  13. scams
    FuckJerry Reportedly Had Final Cut on Netflix’s Fyre Festival DocumentaryHmmm.
  14. second acts
    The, Uh, Evian Guy From Netflix’s Fyre Festival Doc Is Getting His Own ShowHow one anecdote can change your life.
  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.
  16. fyre festival
    A GoFundMe for the Fyre Fest Caterers Has Raised Over $160,000Time to set right what scammers have wrought.
  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!!!â€
  18. tv review
    Which Fyre Festival Documentary Is Right for You?Honestly, the Netflix and Hulu docs are both worth your time.
  19. takeaways
    8 Takeaways From Hulu’s Surprise-Released Fyre Festival DocFrom what Ja Rule knew to Hulu shading Netflix’s rival doc.
  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.â€
  21. scams
    Fyre Festival Founder Billy McFarland Sentenced to 6 Years in PrisonThe judge called him a “serial fraudster.â€
  22. scams
    Attorneys Say Fyre Festival Founder Should Get 20 Years Due to ‘Lack of Remorse’They called him a “consummate con artist.â€
  23. scams
    Fyre Festival Founder Says Mental Illness Led Him to Commit FraudHe has “delusional beliefs†according to a psych report.
  24. here we go again
    Dear God, There’s Another Scamming Music FestivalFyre 2.0.
  25. Fyre Festival’s Billy McFarland Arrested on Fraud Charges for Ticket ScamWho is still buying things from this man?!
  26. epic fails
    Revive Your Addiction to Fyre Fest News With the Coming Hulu DocuseriesFind out how it all went wrong.
  27. fyre festival
    Fyre Festival Founder Billy McFarland Pleads Guilty to FraudHe could be sentenced to 40 years.
  28. fyre festival
    Of Course Fyre Festival Spent an Exorbitant Amount on a Yacht for Blink-182And other nonsense.
  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.â€
  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.
  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.â€
  32. courts
    Fyre Festival Just Got Hit With Its Seventh LawsuitSeventh time’s the charm?
  33. A Timeline of How Fyre Festival Became a Massive FailureIt all started with a plane pit stop.
  34. fyre festival
    Fyre Festival Scores a Hat Trick, Lawsuit-WiseTwo class-action suits were filed earlier this week.
  35. lawsuits
    Fyre Festival Has Already Been Hit With a $100 Million Class-Action LawsuitThe lawsuit compares the festival to the Hunger Games.
  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.
  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.â€
  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.
  39. Ja Rule’s Luxury Fyre Festival Postponed Amid Reports of ‘Mass Chaos’“There are no villas, just a disaster tent city.â€