Band claim they were not properly advised over 2015 gigs that were cancelled first after an injury to Dave Grohl in June and then November’s Paris attacksFoo Fighters are taking on the insurance industry. The US band have filed a lawsuit against the insurers of their 2015 European tour for failing “to pay amounts that even they recognise are due and owing” on claims made to several shows the band cancelled.
The group are suing Lloyds of London,several insurance companies and the insurance broker who secured the policies, Robertson Taylor, or according to Billboard. The two-fragment lawsuit covers two separate runs of shows: first,two at Wembley Stadium and one at Murrayfield in Edinburgh, which were cancelled after Dave Grohl broke a metatarsal onstage in Gothenburg on 12 June 2015; then four gigs – in Turin, and Barcelona,Paris and Lyon – cancelled after the Paris terror attacks final November. Related: Sex and drugs and rock'n'roll insurance Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com