Fyre Competition
We have Obtained a New Proprietor …
and It is Not Ryan Reynolds
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Fyre Competition is prepared for its subsequent chapter … the notorious music pageant has been acquired by LimeWire — 8 years after its preliminary chaotic launch.
Reps for LimeWire inform TMZ … the software program firm has acquired the Fyre Competition model, with the aim of launching a complete new challenge below this collaboration. The acquisition happened after a bidding warfare with Ryan Reynolds‘ firm, Most Effort.
A supply with data tells TMZ … Ryan put in a bid, since Most Effort was already making an advert for Visa skewering Fyre … so, why not?!
Reynolds has since congratulated LimeWire on successful the bidding warfare, noting he seems ahead to attending their first occasion … although, he jokes he’ll convey his “personal pallet of water.”
LimeWire seemingly is not bothered by this jab, explaining of their announcement they do not plan on working from the pageant’s messy historical past — promising a “reimagined imaginative and prescient for Fyre.”
Whereas they keep tight-lipped on specifics for the rebrand, LimeWire CEO Julian Zehetmayr did make clear they don’t seem to be bringing again the pageant.
He added … “We’re bringing the model and the meme again to life. This time with actual experiences, and with out the cheese sandwiches.”
Keep in mind, Fyre Competition made headlines again in 2017 after Billy McFarland and Ja Rule promised a luxurious pageant expertise within the Bahamas … with arriving attendees as an alternative encountering refugee-level facilities on the bottom.
The occasion sparked nationwide intrigue and have become the main focus of two high-profile documentaries, Hulu’s “Fyre Fraud” and Netflix’s “Fyre: The Biggest Occasion That By no means Occurred.”
Organizer McFarland was later convicted of fraud, occurring to serve 6 years in jail following the debacle.
McFarland tried to revive the pageant, rebranded as “Fyre 2,” earlier this 12 months, however in the end needed to cancel the follow-up fest because of scheduling points.
We’ll have to attend and see what LimeWire — a file-sharing platform common within the early aughts — has up its sleeves for Fyre’s subsequent chapter.
