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Fire Ravages Tomorrowland Music Festival’s Main Stage

Organizers of the major electronic festival in Belgium said that they were focused on finding solutions after the stage was severely damaged.

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Smoke caused by a fire billows above the site of the Tomorrowland electronic music festival in northern Belgium on Wednesday.

Scandal-Ridden Fyre Festival Is Sold for $245,000 on eBay

Billy McFarland, who served nearly four years in prison for fraud, said in April that he would put the beleaguered brand that he founded up for sale.

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Fyre Festival organizer Billy McFarland, who wound up going to prison for nearly four years after he entered a guilty plea to charges that included wire fraud, in Brooklyn following his release in 2022.

The Calgary Stampede Captures Canada’s Western Spirit

The Calgary Stampede, an event that started more than 100 years ago, has grown into one of the world’s most popular rodeos and a reflection of Western Canada’s culture.

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White cowboy hats were a popular choice at a reception hosted by Devin Dreeshen, a Legislative Assembly of Alberta member, during the Calgary Stampede.

Bob Vylan’s Chant Against Israel’s Military at Glastonbury Draws Criminal Inquiry

The band Bob Vylan led a chant of “Death, death to the I.D.F.” at Britain’s biggest music festival. A senior State Department official said the band’s U.S. visas had been revoked.

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Bobby Vylan of the band Bob Vylan crowdsurfing during the Glastonbury music festival on Saturday.
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