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Newbies aside, the restaurant has attracted lots and lots of regulars. Some are professors at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, where the couple’s sons — ages 21 and 26 — both study ...
The former social media designer for Fyre Festival says social media is fueling the idolization of bad actors and scammers, specifically naming Fyre Festival creator Billy McFarland, notorious ...
When promoter and convicted fraudster Billy McFarland sought to revive his infamous Fyre Festival this year, he wanted to do it “with honesty, transparency, relentless effort, and creativity.” ...
Billy McFarland, creator of the failed 2017 Fyre Festival music event, on Wednesday announced that he is selling the Fyre brand after attempting to organize Fyre Festival 2 in Mexico between May ...
Plans for Fyre Festival 2 went up in smoke Wednesday after its creator, Billy McFarland, revealed he was putting the Fyre brand up for sale, effectively canceling the doomed music event.
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We kid you not. Two hours ago, about a day after Billy McFarland announced that he had sold two Fyre fest related trademarks, now the whole shebang is up for sale. You, yes YOU, can own Fyre fest. The ...
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 ...
What if Fyre Festival was a streaming service? That appears to now be the case as Shawn Rech, who co-founded the TruBlue streaming service, has acquired some of the festival's IP including a pair ...
As it waffles over whether to hold its infamously scammy music festival, Fyre Festival is getting into the streaming business. Per Deadline, a Fyre-branded streaming service will launch later this ...
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 ...
Back in 2017, the infamous Fyre Festival made global headlines for its spectacular failure after what promised to be a high-end festival experience ended in disaster, landing founder Billy ...