Metallica sue Lloyd’s over postponed tour losses
The band claims breach of contract for a cancellation policy they say was not honoured by a Lloyd's of London insurer
News By Gordon Masson | 14 June 2021
Metallica have filed a lawsuit against Lloyd’s of London, claiming that the organisation relied on an ‘unreasonably restrictive interpretation’ of an insurance policy purchased to cover its 2020 South American tour.
The band were due to play six dates across the continent in April 2020 and say that they had acquired a standard cancellation, abandonment and non-appearance insurance policy to cover their losses if any of the tour was postponed or cancelled.
The Covid-19 pandemic initially saw those dates postponed until…
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