WME freed from Virgin Fest lawsuit over artist deposits
A California judge said the dispute is between the artists – Lizzo, Ellie Goulding and Kali Uchis – and the Virgin Fest organisers
News By IQ | 16 March 2021
WME has been freed from Virgin Fest Los Angeles’ lawsuit seeking to recover prepaid deposits from the event’s cancelled 2020 edition.
VFLA Eventco LLC – Virgin Fest’s organiser and the music festival arm of Richard Branson’s Virgin Group – filed a lawsuit against the agency in July 2020, as well as artists Lizzo, Ellie Goulding and Kali Uchis, saying the parties had agreed to return deposits in the event of cancellation due to “an uncontrollable factor”.
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