Getty Image On Tuesday, it was reported that a member of the tourism board where convicted fraudster Billy McFarland says Fyre Festival 2 is going to happen claimed the event “does not exist.” Tuesday night, […]
Billy McFarland Fyre Fest 2 Is For Real This Time … Trust Us, We Have Artists, We Swear!!! Published February 26, 2025 2:13 PM PST Play video content TMZ.com Fyre Festival creator Billy McFarland is […]
Getty Image Remeber Fyre Festival, the 2017 music festival in the Bahamas that turned out to be a complete farce and ended up with multiple documentaries about it and the creator in jail? Yeah, well, […]
Mexican event company Lostnights has been revealed as the production partner resurrecting Fyre Festival, the notorious 2017 event that ended in chaos and led to founder Billy McFarland’s imprisonment for fraud. The second iteration of […]
Billy McFarland has revealed new details about Fyre Fest 2, including a new date and location. Originally announced as taking place April 25th through 28th, Fyre Festival 2 is now going down from May 30th to […]
Play video content TMZ.com Fyre Festival creator Billy McFarland is guaranteeing Part II will be everything the initial event was supposed to be, but thinks some tweaks in the entertainment department are due … so […]
Stories of downfall don’t always leave room for redemption, but Billy McFarland has announced his plan to reverse the fortunes of 2017’s ill-fated Fyre Festival in early 2025. Speaking with NBC News‘ Savannah Sellers on […]
Another weekend is coming to a close, and a new week is among us … and we talked about a lot on TV. TMZ Live Play video content TMZ.com Starting out with “TMZ Live,” Harvey […]
Play video content TMZ.com The team behind the viral, and failed, Willy Wonka experience has some making up to do, and Billy McFarland — a guy who’s very familiar with that situation — wants to […]
In a decision that’s likely to be met with equal parts anticipation and skepticism, Billy McFarland has confirmed in a new interview that Fyre Festival has found a pathway to return to the Caribbean. “I’ve […]
The future of the controversial Fyre Festival is due to unfold in the Hamptons on August 26th, according to Billy McFarland. “The first FYRE event since 2017 is exactly two months away,” the disgraced Fyre founder said matter-of-factly […]
At least the cheese sandwiches will be warm this time around. If you were one of the many people who paid up to $12,000 to attend the disastrous Fyre Festival only to arrive to bedlam […]
Not everyone is shutting the door on the idea of a Fyre Festival redemption arc. The greatest redemption arc in festival history could be in the works. Either that, or a true spiritual successor to the […]
Photo Credit: Netflix Now that he’s out of prison, Billy McFarland is collecting speaking fees from would-be entrepreneurs. Bloomberg reports that McFarland will be paid $19,000 for the engagement to share his ‘unique business insights’ […]
Getty Image Just a few months after being released from a federal penitentiary, Fyre Festival fraudster Billy McFarland was back in the news with plans for a new event. In October, McFarland posted his first […]
The flame of the ill-fated Fyre Festival is still flickering after the reveal of a new venture planned by its disgraced organizer, Billy McFarland. After his release from prison, the infamous Fyre founder and convicted […]
Billy McFarland is returning to the Bahamas for a treasure hunt called PYRT, reports Deadline. The disgraced Fyre Festival co-founder’s new venture will be captured as part of a documentary film called After the Fyre. […]
Photo Credit: Web Summit / CC by 3.0 Fyre Festival promoter Billy McFarland is back from his four-year stint in jail to offer ‘something new.’ The infamous promoter shared a now-deleted TikTok in which he […]
Netflix It’s hard to believe it’s been over five years since the internet was treated to one of the wildest sagas to ever play out online in real-time courtesy of Fyre Festival, the ill-fated gathering […]
Infamous Fyre Festival founder and convicted felon Billy McFarland is out of prison after serving less than four years. McFarland was released early on March 30th and then transferred to community confinement until August 2022, Deadline reports. And now […]