After two failed makes an attempt as a music competition, Fyre Fest is now being being reimagined as a streaming service. Documentarian Shawn Rech has bought among the model’s IP (together with two Fyre Pageant emblems) with plans to spearhead an operation to rework 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 competition’s notorious identify to his (dis)benefit, and intends to launch the Fyre-branded service by Thanksgiving. “Music networks are all simply programming now and I’ve little interest in watching individuals slip on bananas. It has nothing to do with music,” Rech informed Deadline. “I wanted an enormous identify that individuals would keep in mind, even when it’s hooked up to infamy, in order that’s why I purchased these [trademarks].”
Absolutely utilizing the infamous label of a competition whose founder misled investors and pleaded guilty to fraud received’t deter clients from subscribing. Rech counters that the Fyre Pageant streaming platform will succeed: “We’re constructing one thing genuine and lasting.” As an added incentive, Fyre Pageant’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 (probably priced at $3.99 per thirty 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 may also be an audio-only streaming choice.
In the meantime, the second bodily iteration of Fyre Pageant was pushed again a number of occasions by means of 2025 earlier than being called off for the foreseeable future last week. It was set TO happen in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, with Antonio Brown introduced as the only performer. City officials denied involvement with McFarland’s operations. McFarland has since introduced plans to stage the occasion at a distinct 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 released in 2022. After his launch, he labored alongside Donald Trump to persuade 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 palms of the followers,” Rech stated.
