Billy McFarland pulls off music festival without stranding hundreds in Bahamas

Whether the PHNX Festival was a success or not, however, depends on whether you’re judging by McFarland standards or those by which you’d judge any other event. Attendees seem to have numbered in the “tens” or “dozens,” depending on who’s counting. (In more seriousness, Consequence estimates that there were a few hundred people on site.) French Montana, Bobby Shmurda, and Slim Jxmmi (of Rae Sremmurd fame) all performed. The concert was livestreamed for $7, with Consequence also estimating that there were around 100 active viewers at the stream’s peak. There was also a smattering of technical issues and power outages, but none so bad as to cause hundreds of people rushing back to a Bahamian airport, so we suppose we can call this an overall win for McFarland. As of July, the Fyre founder owed about $20 million in restitution; hopefully PHNX provides at least a few drops into that bucket.