Back in 2017, a new music event called Fyre Festival launched. Billed as a luxury two-weekend getaway on a remote island in the Bahamas with A-list musical talent, Fyre Festival actually delivered destitute accommodation, terrible food, no bands, and — for the influencers who found themselves stranded on the island — no escape.
As photos and video emerged from the festival, the world watched with captivated schadenfreude; on the first scheduled day, Fyre announced its cancellation.
The festival faced multiple civil lawsuits and an FBI investigation, leading to the arrest of the Festival co-founder Billy McFarland on wire fraud charges.
He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to six years in prison, serving four. Not long after his release, McFarland said that he was “in talks“ to bring Fyre Festival back alongside an official musical adaptation.
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