Fyre Festival was a fraudulent luxury music festival organized by Billy McFarland, an American businessman whose enterprises have been characterized by fraud, and the American rapper Ja Rule. It was originally created to promote the company's Fyre app for booking music talent.

Jan 18, 2019 · Fyre Festival was the most talked about festival experience of 2017, but not because anyone had any fun there. Advertised by famous faces including Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid and Hailey...

The Fyre Festival was billed as a luxury music experience on a posh private island, but it failed spectacularly in the hands of a cocky entrepreneur. Watch trailers & learn more.

Aug 24, 2023 · Fraudster Billy McFarland spent almost four years in jail after his "luxury" Fyre Festival turned out to be the event from hell.

Sep 9, 2024 · Billy McFarland, the founder of the original 2017 music festival that was shrouded in controversy, sat down for an interview with NBC News’ Savannah Sellers on TODAY Sept. 9 to reveal exclusive...

May 2, 2017 · Those sad souls were promised a week of exclusive, high-end luxury accommodations on the private island of Exuma in the Bahamas from April 28-30 and May 5-7. How did it all go so wrong? Here’s a...

Aug 29, 2023 · How the infamous Fyre Festival came together and promptly fell apart in spectacular fashion. Billy McFarland and Ja Rule’s Fyre Festival ambitions were lofty from the jump: to create “the cultural experience of the decade,” as Ja calls it in FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened.

Aug 18, 2019 · In April 2017, roughly 5,000 people spent hundreds to thousands of dollars for tickets to what they thought would be the experience of a lifetime: a luxury music festival in an idyllic tropical...

Jan 19, 2019 · Fyre Festival, which promised a VIP experience on the island of Great Exuma in the Bahamas, turned into a nightmare situation as attendees were stranded with half-built huts to sleep in and...

Jun 10, 2019 · It was billed as the ultimate luxury music festival for a young, elite crowd. But from a 'Hunger Games' fight for resources to an incident with a sea urchin, festival survivors...