For Billy McFarland, it seems the third time actually was the attraction. After the colossal failure of Fyre Fest 1.0 and the following botched try at Fyre Fest 2.0, McFarland really managed to stage an actual, bodily music pageant referred to as PHNX in Honduras on Saturday night time. Artists confirmed up. Individuals confirmed up. There have been loos. And (considerably) edible meals.
In fact, the definition of “success” in all probability varies relying in your interpretation of the phrase. However for McFarland, who spent 4 years in jail on fraud prices within the quick aftermath of Fyre Fest 1.0, he can now say he placed on a music pageant, headlined by actual artists (French Montana, Bobby Shmurda, and Slim Jxmmi all took the stage at numerous factors on Saturday night time).
The occasion was livestreamed on-line, and due to that, we all know a number of issues: PHNX was sparsely attended, with only some hundred folks on website by our tough depend. (A social media submit shared forward of Saturday’s festivities additionally urged locals have been inspired to attend without spending a dime to juice the numbers.) The livestream itself was a POV feed priced at $6.99, however at its peak we noticed solely round 100 lively viewers. All of which is to say: McFarland — or whoever underwrote the occasion — probably took a large loss to fly out Montana and the opposite artists and construct the infrastructure for the one-off.
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Some performances additionally bumped into technical points, together with a minimum of two short-term energy outages. French Montana, in the meantime, tried to get the gang singing alongside at numerous factors, solely to be met with a fairly lukewarm response. At one other level, a one-legged man crashed the stage.
However once more, in comparison with McFarland’s earlier two makes an attempt at placing on a pageant, these really feel like minor hiccups — and, on the very least, shouldn’t land him in jail this time round. So, congrats, Billy!
@machetephil PHNX Pageant with DOZENS in attendance! #PHNX #fyrefestival #billymcfarland
@davesmashville Replying to @iAmAdan wtf am I watching
@maddsofficial Confirmed ! French confirmed up each artist did! Love this island a lot ! #fyrefestival #PHNX
@phnxfestupdatez favorite efficiency of the night time #phnxfestival #fyrefestival #phnx2025 #billymcfarland #phnx
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