After two failed makes an attempt as a music pageant, Fyre Fest is now being being reimagined as a streaming service. Documentarian Shawn Rech has bought a few of the model’s IP (together with two Fyre Competition emblems) with plans to spearhead an operation to remodel Fyre into a brand new music-focused subscription video-on-demand platform.
Rech co-founded the true crime streaming platform TruBlu alongside To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen. He’s now introduced plans to make use of the pageant’s notorious title to his (dis)benefit, and intends to launch the Fyre-branded service by Thanksgiving. “Music networks are all simply programming now and I’ve no real interest in watching folks slip on bananas. It has nothing to do with music,” Rech informed Deadline. “I wanted a giant title that individuals would bear in mind, even when it’s connected to infamy, in order that’s why I purchased these [trademarks].”
Certainly utilizing the infamous label of a pageant whose founder misled buyers and pleaded responsible to fraud gained’t deter clients from subscribing. Rech counters that the Fyre Competition streaming platform will succeed: “We’re constructing one thing genuine and lasting.” As an added incentive, Fyre Competition’s disgraced founder and convicted felon, Billy McFarland, is anticipated to have a presence on the community.
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Fyre will function as each a subscription service (possible priced at $3.99 per 30 days) and as an ad-supported FAST channel, the latter of which can function use-submitted content material leaning heavy in hip-hop and pop. There can even be an audio-only streaming choice.
In the meantime, the second bodily iteration of Fyre Competition was pushed again a number of occasions by means of 2025 earlier than being known as off for the foreseeable future final week. It was set TO happen in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, with Antonio Brown introduced as the only real performer. Metropolis officers denied involvement with McFarland’s operations. McFarland has since introduced plans to stage the occasion at a unique location to be introduced.
McFarland was convicted on counts of mail and wire fraud, then sentenced to 6 years in jail, and ordered to pay $26 million in restitution. however was launched in 2022. After his launch, he labored alongside Donald Trump to influence Black voters in his 2024 presidential marketing campaign.
“This isn’t about festivals or hype — it’s about placing the facility of music discovery again within the arms of the followers,” Rech mentioned.
