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Fyre Festival and blink-182’s ongoing lawsuit is finally over

Fyre Festival and blink-182‘s ongoing lawsuit is finally over. This week, the failed festival settled its lawsuits with blink-182, Major Lazer, Disclosure, Tyga and Pusha T. Read more: See Awsten Knight tease a new Waterparks song while cutting off his hair Following the complete disaster that was Fyre Festival in 2017, the festival filed various […]

Seized Fyre Festival merch is being auctioned off to reimburse victims

It’s been almost three years since the ill-fated Fyre Festival took place. However, new information regarding the event and its now-imprisoned founder Billy McFarland continues to pop up. The US Marshals have now seized various pieces of Fyre Festival merch from McFarland. As it turns out, he was hoarding the merchandise in hopes of selling […]

Somehow Kendall Jenner still profited off the failed Fyre Festival

The saga of the failed Fyre Festival is far from over. Just last month we learned that its founder Billy McFarland was trying to leave prison due to coronavirus. Now, Kendall Jenner has settled the lawsuit against her for a fraction of what she was paid.  There are a number of lawsuits ongoing against artists […]

Fyre Festival’s Billy McFarland is using coronavirus to try to leave prison

A number of celebrity criminals have been making requests for early release from prison over the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and Fyre Festival‘s founder Billy McFarland is the latest to make such a request. According to TMZ, his lawyers are arguing the Ohio prison he’s staying at is a hotspot for the virus and he should be released […]

blink-182 agency to go to court over $500k Fyre Festival fee lawsuit

blink-182‘s management company will be going to court to settle the $500,000 lawsuit against them from Fyre Festival. The festival is attempting to win back the $14.4 million they originally paid to the lineup and influencers. Some of the agencies have decided to settle, while others are taking the festival to court. Read more: Denny’s gig […]

Fyre Festival lawsuit officially finds Ja Rule not guilty of fraud

Much of the attention around Fyre Festival has revolved around founder Billy McFarland, but until now Ja Rule hasn’t been cleared of this mess. Ja Rule can now start moving past the disaster as he’s been cleared in the lawsuit resulting from the event. Read More: Woodstock 50 makes desperate plea for new venue to save event The lawsuit alleged […]

Fyre Festival catastrophe is getting its own feature film

The disastrous Fyre Festival already had a few documentaries made about it, but now it’s getting a full feature film. According to Deadline, the currently untitled film will be based on the 2017 Vanity Fair article detailing the massive failure. Read More: Frank Iero announces rescheduled Mexico tour dates The film is set to be directed by Tim […]

Fyre Festival founder writing memoir from prison, reveals absurd title

Fyre Festival has provided us with a seemingly neverending stream of ridiculous news but founder Billy McFarland isn’t done yet. According to New York Magazine, McFarland is writing a memoir while he spends the next six years in prison. Read More: ‘Winnie The Pooh’ voice actor Jim Cummings accused of rape, animal abuse The book is […]

Fyre Festival founder, ‘Jersey Shore’ star are prison pals

Alright get ready for this one — apparently, Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland and Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino from Jersey Shore are friends in prison. Both the men are currently serving sentences at Otisville Federal Correctional  Institution in Otisville, New York. Read more: IMDb under fire for using transgender actors’ birth names While Sorrentino is behind […]

Fyre Festival merch to be auctioned off to pay attendees debt

Fyre Festival is attempting to pay back the debt it owes by auctioning off some of the festival merchandise. Billy McFarland, one of the heads of the festival, has been sentenced to six years in prison for fraud charges related to the festival. He owes about $26 million to festival goers. Read more: Billie Eilish […]

Ja Rule responds to Fyre Festival documentaries, says he was “scammed”

Since Netflix and Hulu have come out with their own respective documentaries, Fyre Festival and its collaborators have been exposed. Among those highly involved with the festival include rapper Ja Rule. Back in April 2017, Ja Rule released a statement concerning the festival. The rapper claimed that the festival was not a scam. Fast forward […]

Two Fyre Fest attendees awarded $5 million for their suffering

The much-maligned Fyre Fest debacle is finally paying out dividends to a couple of attendees of the would-be music festival in the Bahamas last year. A $5 million settlement has now been awarded to two Fyre festival-goers for their suffering. Read more: Smashing Pumpkins house gig shut down by cops As reported by Vice News, […]