What Happened at Billy McFarland’s PHNX Festival?
Former FYRE Festival scammer Billy McFarland has done it again. On December 3, McFarland announced yet another music festival. But the twist this time? It was happening that very same weekend. “To the millions of people who have doubted me, we are finally making our dreams come true in three days,” he shouted on Instagram. And the dream did indeed (kinda) came true. PHNX Festival ran for one day in Diamond Cay, Honduras. (Because a Phoenix is reborn from fire, get it? Do you get it? You don’t get it.) French Montana was there. He did perform. Concertgoers did show up, having paid $200 to $500,000 for the privilege (per the Daily Mail). There was a livestream that many people spent $7 to view. There was food. There were bathrooms. It all technically happened. So that’s the good news.
The bad news? Pretty much everything else. Folks who watched from afar on social media said the event looked as well attended as some Friendsgivings. “There must be tens of people there,” one commenter on TikTok said. People did not know the words to Bobby Shmurda’s songs. The power cut out intermittently. The vegetarian food option was reportedly white rice and corn with silk strands still on it. And for some reason, the banner behind the stage said “Gooch Island.” But hey, it’s still an improvement on vapowared FYRE 2.0.
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