LimeWire has introduced that it's acquired the rights to Fyre Pageant, the disastrous, influencer-fueled 2017 music competition. The newly revived firm — which now acts as a NFT music market moderately than a file-sharing service — purchased the rights for $245,000 in an eBay public sale, The New York Times reports. A separate plan to make use of the Fyre Pageant title to launch a brand new music streaming service was introduced in April 2025.
"Fyre turned an emblem of hype gone incorrect, but it surely additionally made historical past," LimeWire CEO Julian Zehetmayr shared in a press launch. "We're not bringing the competition again — we’re bringing the model and the meme again to life. This time with actual experiences, and with out the cheese sandwiches."
It seems like LimeWire would possibly need to flip Fyre Pageant right into a bodily perk of the digital collectibles it sells by way of its NFT market. The corporate is planning to disclose "a reimagined imaginative and prescient for Fyre" within the coming months that "expands past the digital realm and faucets into real-world experiences, neighborhood and shock." In the course of the top of their recognition, NFTs have been ceaselessly offered as memberships to unique communities and occasions, so if that's the tack LimeWire takes, it wouldn't be a very unique one.
After all, originality may not be the objective when a key technique to your firm is seemingly buying and reinventing outdated manufacturers. LimeWire's guess appears to be that the title recognition of shopping for a musician's NFT from LimeWire or attending a Fyre Pageant occasion and never getting stranded in The Bahamas will probably be sufficient for some individuals.
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