In today’s WTF category: LimeWire has acquired the Fyre Festival brand. The file-sharing company, which relaunched in 2022, had won a competitive bidding war for the brand behind one of the most infamous festivals of all time. According to a release, LimeWire and Fyre will begin a new chapter “grounded …
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Billy McFarland‘s Fyre Festival is the disaster that keeps on giving. Earlier this summer, the convicted fraudster sold all trademarks related to the music festival on eBay for $245,300. Now, the chaos fest and the man behind it will serve as the basis for the upcoming musical comedy, Fyre Fest …
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Billy McFarland appears to have finally entered the most suitably stupid and funny endgame stage of the Fyre Festival saga, one worthy of the dilapidated tents and cheese sandwiches that launched this whole mess all those years ago. He’s selling the rights to the brand on eBay. Earlier this year, …
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Shocking absolutely no one: Fyre Festival 2 is not happening. Organizers for the fest announced that it had been “postponed” in a message sent to ticket holders today, per ABC News. “The event has been postponed and a new date will be announced,” the message read. “We have issued you …
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Billy McFarland denied reports of the government of Playa Del Carmen stating “no registration exists” for his Fyre Fest 2 event on the books for next month. Hours after the Mexican city’s statement Friday, McFarland alleged that he had his paperwork in order for the event to take place. “Fyre …
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Fyre Fest 2 already looks like it might be as fake as the first edition. On Thursday, the tourist town of Playa Del Carmen in Mexico denied that the Billy McFarland-planned fest is happening there, just weeks after the tourist board of Isla Mujeres also said the event “does not …
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For the morbidly curious and/or easily fooled music fan with anywhere from $1,400 to $1.1 million to spare, tickets for Fyre Festival II are on sale now. Billy McFarland, the convicted fraudster behind the infamous first Fyre Festival, finally revealed the details for his grand second attempt, which will apparently …
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The most trustworthy man in live music and grilled cheese, Billy McFarland, plans to host Fyre Festival II next spring on a private island off the coast of Mexico. McFarland — who pleaded guilty to fraud charges related to the disastrous first Fyre Festival in 2017 — revealed details about …
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The scammy, salacious saga of George Santos’ fraudulent life and short-lived congressional career will soon get the documentary treatment. According to The New York Times the project, which is already in the works, will be directed by self-proclaimed “scammer whisperer” and Fyre Fraud documentarian Jenner Furst — who has also …
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Everyone’s favorite grilled cheese salesman and concert industry scammer Billy McFarland is back with a brand new opportunity for you to give him money and ostensibly see a concert. The infamous Fyre Festival founder/fraudster — who pleaded guilty to fraud charges and spent a little less than four years in …
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