Second time's the charm. Or so says Billy McFarland, creator of the disastrous 2017 Fyre Festival, which scammed people out of thousands of dollars and landed McFarland six years of prison time for ...

Billy McFarland faces renewed scrutiny as Mexican officials distance themselves from his controversial festival revival. Billy McFarland promised paradise and luxury on Mexico’s Isla Mujeres but now ...

After the infamous Fyre Festival, a sequel has been announced for May 30 to June 2, 2025, in the Mexican Caribbean. Billy McFarland, the founder of the failed festival who later pleaded guilty to wire ...

The Fyre Festival saga is getting an unexpected new chapter. Shawn Rech, who co-founded the TruBlu streaming network for crime and investigative content, is planning to leverage the Fyre Festival name ...

Things are changing rapidly within the world of Billy McFarland's Fyre Fest scam. In a note posted to the Fyre Fest Instagram page today, McFarland says he's found "the ideal location" for the ...

A fantasy romance novel convention quickly went from Velaris to very messy. Romantasy fans — the extremely popular book genre among millennials and Gen Z women that blends fantasy fiction with smutty ...

Fyre Festival 2, a second attempt at the infamous and scandal-ridden 2017 festival, is being questioned by Mexican government officials and hotel venues. In 2018, McFarland was sentenced to six years ...

The early 2000s music sharing software company LimeWire — now resurrected as a crypto company by new owners — won rights to the infamous Fyre Festival in an auction that was held on eBay, reportedly ...

Here’s a mash-up you didn’t see coming: It turns out that LimeWire was the mystery buyer of the Fyre Festival’s brand assets back in July, when it spent $245,300 to acquire the failed music festival’s ...