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Con artist Billy McFarland is back to sell us another Fyre Festival
The convicted felon announced the new event, which supposedly already has early presale tickets sold out
08/22/2023 17:55 UTC
"Sneak in food if you can": Why music festival food is so expensive and how to eat for cheap
Attending a music festival this summer? Here’s how much you can expect to spend on food
06/11/2023 18:00 UTC
Is the Fyre Festival over? Organizer pleads guilty to fraud
"I lied to investors," organizer Billy McFarland admitted as he pleaded guilty to wire fraud in federal court
03/07/2018 18:35 UTC
We can’t help but be cynical about Travis Scott’s post-Astroworld BetterHelp partnership
The concert left eight dead and hundreds injured, and Scott is ... touting a brand partnership?
11/10/2021 23:10 UTC
Fyre Festival turns into a real-life "Lord of the Flies" adaptation: Luxury musical festival abruptly cancelled after disastrous first day
Wealthy concertgoers paid thousands to party in paradise in luxury only to find a food and housing shortage
04/29/2017 00:33 UTC
The Venice Film Festival, toxic masculinity and the resistance to full equality in the film industry
At the Venice Film Festival, director Guillermo del Toro condemns inequities in film. Others feel very different
08/30/2018 21:50 UTC
Why did these Germans build a literal pipeline for their beer?
It's for the biggest music festival in the world.
05/31/2017 11:00 UTC
For millions of workers, Fyre Festival is a familiar tale
Netflix's Fyre Festival documentary tells a tale as old as time of bad managers and exploited contractors
01/27/2019 19:00 UTC
Fyre Festival "influencers" sued for social media promotion
100 Influencers targeted for not disclosing their social media promotions as ads under federal trade rules
05/05/2017 00:53 UTC
"Fraud from the start": A music festival is canceled and accused of deceit — again
XO Festival, canceled days before it was set to begin, is being called a second Fyre Festival
07/17/2018 00:00 UTC
Fyre Festival organizer arrested, charged with wire fraud
Billy McFarland was arrested Friday in New York for allegedly making false representations to investors
07/01/2017 20:43 UTC
It's time to tear down the music festival boys club
The 2018 Bonnaroo, Firefly and Governors Ball lineups are more male-dominated than ever — change is necessary
01/13/2018 20:30 UTC
Steve Bannon, dropped by New Yorker, is attending Film Festivals — but they aren’t inviting him
The former presidential advisor and propaganda filmmaker is causing all sorts of trouble
09/05/2018 15:30 UTC
The booming business of music festivals has a problem only gun control can solve
Safety at a music festival, like few other public events, requires a covenant between organizers and attendees
10/04/2017 22:59 UTC
Boomers vs. millennials, Fyre Fest edition: Kids today don't know how to enjoy a failed festival
In 1970, I traveled to a music fest that shut down unexpectedly. We didn't sue — we made our own experience
07/29/2017 23:30 UTC