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Cancelled Thunder Beats Promoters Sued for Lack of Refunds
Earlier this year, Thunder Ranch Entertainment Group announced the Thunder Beats Music Festival to take place April 22nd through 24th in Pensacola, Florida. The festival came with an impressive lineup …
XO Festival (aka Fyre Festival 2.0) canceled
The XO Festival set for (and we use those words loosely) this upcoming weekend has been canceled after the venue, the Contra Costa Event Park, proactively canceled the event after …
Fyre Festival founder arrested by FBI on wire fraud charges tonight
The gift story that keep on giving, the founder of the Fyre Festival, Bill McFarland, was arrested by the FBI tonight in New York City. He is expected to appear …
Miami nightclub sued by investors for fraud
2 Russian business who invested $1 million into Star Island, the holding company which owned the Mansion nightclub in South Beach, have sued Justin Levine and Keith Menin and additional companies …
Canadian music festival canceled – major industry player calls it ‘fraud’
Canada’s Pemberton festival scheduled for later this year and recently canceled was called out my WME’s (William Morris Endeavor) head of music Marc Geiger for canceling their festival and not …
Fyre Festival sued for $3.5mm by their ticketing company for fraud
The gift that keeps on giving, the Fyre Festival is being sued for $3.5 million for taking the event presale revenue and not returning it to the ticketing company, Tableist, …
SFX bankruptcy plan approved with ~$400mm in debt wiped out
According to the Wall Street Journal, the bankruptcy case handling SFX Entertainment’s BK filing has approved a plan to wipeout approximately $400 million in debt. In addition, the bankruptcy judge …
Verboten in NYC seized for non-payment of back taxes! (Update – back open!)
News emerged today that Brooklyn-club Verboten has been seized by the State of New York for the non-payment of taxes. This follows well publicized lawsuits and djs posting on social …
$100,000+ allegedly stolen from Sharam by his bookkeeper!
According to an article in the Washington Post, a bookkeeper hired by Sharam for his record label, Yoshitoshi, 2 years ago, started embezzling money as soon as she got the …