Friday, March 29, 2024

Travis Scott Sues ‘Wannabe Promoters’ Over Missed Pre-Super Bowl Gig

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Travis Scott (Instagram)
Travis Scott (Instagram)

*Travis Scott is countersuing the promoters of a pre-Super Bowl event in Minnesota for allegedly botching his travel arrangement, thereby causing him to skip the gig at the center of their lawsuit against him.

According to Variety, Scott entered into a contractual agreement with local promoter PJAM to perform a short set on Saturday, Feb. 3 at Myth Live in Maplewood, Minnesota. Scott reportedly made it clear that he had to be in Las Vegas later that night for another gig at the Cosmopolitan Hotel’s Marquee nightclub.

Well, Scott never made it to Minnesota, and according to his countersuit, it was because PJAM failed to properly secure travel as agreed upon in their signed contract. Scott’s girlfriend Kylie Jenner had given birth to their daughter Stormi just days before the scheduled gig, which had folks on social media thinking it had something to do with his cancellation. (See video above.)

PJAM originally sued Scott (real name: Jacques Webster) for an alleged breach of contract over missing the appearance, but Scott’s attorneys argue that PJAM was in breach – not just for failing to provide a travel itinerary, but also for allegedly planting a story with TMZ stating that Scott would be “Working a Double Shift Super Bowl LII Weekend.”

Any disclosure to the press, which was hot on Scott’s trail at the time due to the impending birth of his daughter with girlfriend Kylie Jenner (Stormi was born on Feb. 1), was explicitly forbidden in the original contract. Once the article appeared, Jefferson Agar, one of the PJAM promoters, shared a link to the story on Twitter boasting that he was “TMZ famous,” according to the suit.

The contract states that Scott was due to receive $200,000 for the gig, $50,000 of which was still owed at the time he was supposed to be “wheels up” on a private jet to Minnesota. Scott made it to his 1 a.m. gig in Vegas after making the decision to skip Minneapolis.

Scott is being represented by power lawyer Howard King of King, Holmes, Paterno & Soriano.

King said in a statement: “Three wannabe promoters — Alex Martini, Jefferson Agar and Patrick Johnston, and their company PJAM, contracted with Travis Scott to appear at a February 3 show under terms they had no financial ability to satisfy — even completely failing to arrange to get him to and from the event as required. In an obvious effort to shake Travis down and avoid the consequences of their breaches, they filed a spurious lawsuit while spreading specious falsehoods in the press. Rather than suing, these so-called promoters should have apologized and taken responsibility for their inability to provide the agreed-upon transportation. Instead of pursuing a misguided attempt to spin the narrative and salvage their tattered reputation, the responsible step would have been for PJAM to pay Travis the balance of his fee and move on to their next opportunity. Travis would have preferred to resolve the failures of the promoters privately and cooperatively. Their election to go public has left Travis no option other than to seek the balance of the fees owing. Travis apologizes to any fans who were duped by these promoters into showing up at the cancelled show even after the promoters failed to take the steps to get Travis there.”

Variety recently reported that Scott recently landed new management, leaving Three Six Zero to sign with Irving Azoff and longtime associate David Stromberg.

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