In 2017, Billy McFarland promised the world's most exclusive music festival on a private island once owned by Pablo Escobar. Supermodels, private jets, gourmet food, and the biggest artists - all for just $1200 a ticket. What festival-goers got instead was the influencer version of The Lord Of The Flies.
This is the story of how a 26-year-old scammer with a gift for nonsense convinced thousands of people to pay for a party that never existed, and how it all came crashing down in the most meme-worthy way possible. Plus, find out what Billy McFarland is doing now after selling the entire Fyre brand on eBay - for an amount that even he was shocked by.
We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:
Netflix Documentary: FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened
Hulu Documentary: Fyre Fraud
Rolling Stone: Inside the Fyre Festival Disaster
Vanity Fair: My Fyre Festival Hell
The New York Times: The Fyre Festival Was Always Going to Be a Disaster
Business Insider: Billy McFarland's History of Failed Ventures Before Fyre Festival
Vice: We Called Billy McFarland During Fyre Festival's Meltdown
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