The Latest Breaking News from Fyre Festival

Now NYC has its very own 'Fyre Festival 2.0' after thousands storm the gates of the 'EZoo' EDM festival: 'Thank God people lived'

Labor Day weekend saw 88,000 attendees over capacity, the NYPD later reported.

Fortune · Sep 6, 2023

OPINION - Oh Burning Man, this is delicious schadenfreude

Not since the ineptly managed Fyre festival of 2017 have I taken such pleasure in the suffering of a group of unbearably obnoxious people.

Evening Standard · Sep 5, 2023

Relighting the Fyre: will anyone risk the follow-up to the worst festival ever?

Billy McFarland is claiming that Fyre festival 2 is on the way, following on from his catastrophic 2017 disaster, with tickets already selling out

The Guardian - US · Aug 24, 2023

Fyre Festival fraudster announces second festival after spending time in prison

The original festival saw guests, who had been promised a luxury music experience, met with cancelled acts and cheese sandwiches

Evening Standard · Aug 22, 2023

That "We Didn't Start the Fire" revamp

Lyrics for Fall Out Boy's cover of Billy Joel's hit range from George Floyd and Fyre Festival to Kanye and Brexit

Salon · Jun 28, 2023

Convicted co-founder Billy McFarland claims Fyre Festival II is drawing major interest

Fyre Festival co-founder Billy McFarland claims thousands of people expressed interest after he teased bringing back the event, six years after the disastrous first edition led to his fraud conviction.

Tribune News Service · Apr 18, 2023

Ja Rule says he has absolutely no involvement in Fyre Festival II: ‘I don’t know nothing about it!’

Rapper is at pains to distance himself after he co-founded the disastrous event

The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2023

Convicted fraudster Billy McFarland is on Fyre again

Billy McFarland, the fraudulent organiser says Fyre Festival II is 'finally happening', just over a year after he was released from prison.

The New Daily · Apr 13, 2023

'Fyre Festival II' is 'finally happening', says convicted fraudster Billy McFarland

After his 2017 music festival collapsed on its opening weekend, leaving attendees stranded and starving on a remote island with no musical performances, Billy McFarland says he wants to have another go at running the event.

ABC News · Apr 12, 2023

Fyre Festival ‘1.5’: Billy McFarland claims he has funding for second festival

The first Fyre Festival was branded a fradulant disaster and led to Billy McFarland’s imprisonment

Evening Standard · Apr 11, 2023