Hey, I'm Sam. You're listening to Into It. This episode, we're going to talk about a few pop culture headlines from the week, including the Return of Fire Festival.

Yes, you heard that right. Fire Fest. The one where people got stranded on an island, and none of the performers showed up, and ticket holders had to sleep in FEMA tents, and have the saddest plate lunches of all time.

It's back. So Billy McFarland, who went to jail for organizing the first Fire Fest, he says he's going to do it again, and this time, the most expensive tickets are close to $8,000.

You know what you can give for $8,000? You can almost get two Cartier bracelets. You can have pants. You can go to Beyonce like twice.

You could go to Beyonce. You might be able to buy some of Taylor Swift's masters. You could do a lot. You could buy seven seconds of Dear John with $8,000.

You do it. There's so many other things you could do for $8,000. Besides possibly get stranded in the Caribbean.

More on Fire Fest and other things after this break.

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