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Billy McFarland, sitting in front of a lit blue background, looks forward and frowns.
Finance

Fyre Festival sells on eBay for $245K, a sum so low it wouldn’t have been able to afford disgraced founder Billy McFarland some tickets at his own event

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July 16, 2025
Billy McFarland, in a black T-shirts, sits in front of a patterned blue background.
Lifestyle

Fyre Festival 2 tickets are on sale for up to $1.1 million after founder served prison time for defrauding investors of the first event

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February 26, 2025
Fyre Fest 2 tickets on sale for $1.1 million include scuba diving with disgraced founder Billy McFarland
Success

Fyre Fest 2 tickets on sale for $1.1 million include scuba diving with disgraced founder Billy McFarland

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September 10, 2024
The crowd standing in front of an illuminated stage at Electric Zoo
Lifestyle

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

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September 6, 2023
Billy McFarland on March 2, 2014 in New York City.
Lifestyle

Fraudster Billy McFarland says $500 tickets for Fyre Festival II have already sold out

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August 23, 2023
Billy McFarland and Fyre Festival survivor, Andy King.
Success

Disgraced Fyre Festival founder says he’s going to do it again despite being hit with a 6-year fraud sentence after the first event’s blistering failure

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April 11, 2023
Fyre Festival creator Billy McFarland
Finance

Disgraced Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland is out of prison and he’s trying his luck as a marketing consultant: ‘Want to learn my method?’

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January 30, 2023
The founder of the infamous Fyre Festival is planning another business venture
Finance

The founder of the infamous Fyre Festival is planning another business venture

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January 24, 2023
Ja Rule
Arts & Entertainment

Ja Rule Escapes Fyre Festival Lawsuit—For Now

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July 11, 2019
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Arts & Entertainment

Hulu and Netflix Could Face Subpoenas Over Their Fyre Festival Documentaries

By Polly Mosendz and Bloomberg
April 17, 2019
New York Screening Of Netflix's "FYRE: THE GREATEST PARTY THAT NEVER HAPPENED"
Tech

Data Sheet—How Unregulated Social Media Fed the Fyre Festival Scam

By Aaron Pressman and Adam Lashinsky
April 1, 2019
Skype’s New Feature Blurs Video Backgrounds to Hide Your Messy Life

Skype’s New Feature Blurs Video Backgrounds to Hide Your Messy Life

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February 7, 2019
Bahamas Canceled Festival

2 Fyre Festival Attendees Awarded $5 Million in Lawsuit Against Co-Founder

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July 3, 2018
The 23rd Annual Watermill Center Summer Benefit & Auction

Fyre Festival Founder Charged With Selling Fake Tickets to Big Events While Out on Bail

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June 14, 2018
Bahamas Canceled Festival
Arts & Entertainment

Promoter of Disastrous Fyre Festival Pleads Guilty to Fraud

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March 8, 2018

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