Lizzo can keep $5m Virgin Fest fee, judge rules
Cancellation clauses added by attorneys for WME shifted the financial risk onto the festival, which was shut down due to Covid-19
News By IQ | 13 September 2022
Lizzo can keep her US$5 million booking fee for 2020’s cancelled Virgin Fest in Los Angeles, a California judge ruled earlier this month.
The company that was promoting Virgin Fest, VFLA Eventco LLC, filed a lawsuit against WME in July 2020, as well as artists Lizzo, Ellie Goulding and Kali Uchis, saying the parties had agreed to return monies they had been advanced in the event of cancellation due to “an uncontrollable factor”.
The acts had been scheduled to play the…
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