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Fyre Festival promoters reveal brand is up for sale

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Sun, 4 May 2025, 11:35am
The original Fyre Festival, held in 2017 on the island of Great Exuma, the Bahamas, was fraught with problems. Photo / Getty Images, @wnfiv
The original Fyre Festival, held in 2017 on the island of Great Exuma, the Bahamas, was fraught with problems. Photo / Getty Images, @wnfiv

Fyre Festival promoters reveal brand is up for sale

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Sun, 4 May 2025, 11:35am

The Fyre Festival brand has gone up for sale - a matter of weeks after the organisers postponed Fyre Festival 2 with no new date set.

Billy McFarland, the former organiser who served six years in prison after the 2017 event, claimed giving control of the festival to a new group would help build on the global entertainment brand.

Flicks.co.nz editor Steve Newall wonders if anyone will pay for the event.

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