Lawyers seek big wins over Fyre Festival woes

Promoters and celebrity endorsers (as well as one unlucky attendee) are all facing legal action as the dust settles on Fyre Festival's disastrous first outing

Emily Ratajkowski and co in a Fyre Festival promo shot. The reality was rather different © Fyre Festival/Fyre Media

With Fyre Festival, the “adventure of a lifetime” that descended into what one attendee called “Rich Kids of Instagram meets Lord of Flies” – set to go down in history as a…

With Fyre Festival, the “adventure of a lifetime” that descended into what one attendee called “Rich Kids of Instagram meets Lord of Flies – set to go down in history as a cautionary tale of how not to organise a music festival, lawyers for both festival and attendees are circling ahead of what is expected to be a protracted legal battle to establish culpability for the disaster.

As reported on Thursday, Fyre Festival, the brainchild of rapper Ja Rule and tech entrepreneur Billy McFarland, descended into chaos on its first (and, as it transpired, only) day,…

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