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Fyre debacle shows how smaller acts can get burned in modern music festival economy

  • Written by Jonathan Wynn, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Fyre debacle shows how smaller acts can get burned in modern music festival economyFestivals can offer great exposure for smaller acts, but the competition for slots is fierce.dwphotos/Shutterstock.com

The Fyre documentaries on Hulu and Netflix gave a behind-the-scenes look into an ill-planned music festival and its aftermath.

Both films tell the story of how co-producers Billy McFarland and Ja Rule convinced investors and...

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