Fyre Festival founder and CEO Billy McFarland sold the event's branding rights in an eBay auction. LimeWire, a file-sharing service that was once a hotbed for illegal downloads, won that auction.

The history of Fyre Festival is a long and complicated one that factors in everything from Ja Rule to actual prison sentences. Perhaps unsurprisingly, given the cultural and political moment, it's ...

We didn’t have this on our music tech bingo card this week. The Fyre Festival name is being repurposed for an unexpected new venture – a music streaming platform. Shawn Rech, co-founder of ...

The early 2000s music sharing software company LimeWire — now resurrected as a crypto company by new owners — won rights to the infamous Fyre Festival in an auction that was held on eBay, reportedly ...

Netflix’s new documentary “Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened” documents the mishap of Fyre Festival, a fraudulent music festival that advertised luxury on a private island in the Bahamas ...

Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland has put the embattled festival brand up for sale with the hopes that a new buyer will be able to guide it to eventual success. Earlier this week, there was an ...

Billy McFarland is trying once again to pull off a new festival 8 years after his failed Fyre Festival. McFarland, who served prison time for wire fraud and owes his victims millions, has long talked ...

The Fyre Festival saga is getting an unexpected new chapter. Shawn Rech, who co-founded the TruBlu streaming network for crime and investigative content, is planning to leverage the Fyre Festival name ...

Eight years after a weekend of leaky tents, insufficient bathrooms and a lack of running water, Fyre Festival is back for redemption. Festival founder Billy McFarland announced last year that the ...

As Fyre Festival 2 continues to near, one of the artists approached to appear at the event has spoken out on why she turned down the opportunity with ABC's Good Morning America. Skepticism has ...

The future of Fyre Festival 2 continues to remain rocky, as Mexican government officials claim the second take of the infamous festival isn't happening, again. In late March, the festival announced it ...