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Indie band Easy Life have revealed they have been told to change their name by easyGroup - the largest investor of popular airline easyJet.
The Leicester band, who formed in 2017, came second in BBC’s Sound Of… poll in 2020 and have released two studio albums to date. Their most recent effort MAYBE IN ANOTHER LIFE… reached number two on the UK album charts last year.
The five-piece band has also performed at Glastonbury Festival, appeared on Later... With Jools Holland and even had their music featured in video game Fortnite. Frontman Murray Matravers took to social media on Monday evening (October 2) to reveal the band have now been faced with legal action.
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Despite the posts suggesting they were being sued by easyJet, the popular airline has strongly denied they are involved in the matter in any capacity. The legal action is instead being carried out by easyGroup - an investor in the airline.
Posting on Twitter, Murray said: “Okay… Never imagined having to do this but we’ve no choice but to address the situation we find ourselves in. As some of you have already discovered, we are being sued.
“easyJet are suing us for being called Easy Life. They’re forcing us to change our name or take up a costly legal battle which we could never afford. We’ve worked hard to establish our brand and I’m certain in no way have we ever affected their business.
“Although we find the whole situation hilarious, we are virtually powerless against such a massive corporation. I don’t really know what to say, will keep you lot updated.
“For those of you that bought gig
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Easy Life‘s last gig under their current band name in London tonight (October 13) following a legal battle with the airline’s licensing company EasyGroup.The band performed their sold-out farewell show at London’s KOKO today, following a goodbye date at the O2 Academy in their Leicester hometown last night (October 12).Both shows were performed in light of the recent legal action the members faced from EasyGroup over their band name.Frontman Murray Matravers told the London crowd that they hadn’t quite worked out what to say at the farewell shows, which was met by supportive cheers from fans before an impassioned chant of “fuck EasyJet” erupted.Matravers quipped in response: “Your words, not mine.
Easy Life have shared a new single called ‘Trust Exercises’ – their last release under their current band name. Check it out below.Shared this morning (October 13), the track is available now via Island Records and marks the final part of new music that the Leicester five-piece will release under the name Easy Life.It also arrives ahead of their sold-out farewell show at London’s Koko venue later this evening, following a goodbye date at the O2 Academy in their Leicester hometown last night (October 12).
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Easy Life have announced that they will be releasing their final single ‘Trust Exercises’ under their current band name after losing the EasyGroup battle.The band – comprised of Murray Matravers, Oliver Cassidy, Sam Hewitt, Lewis Berry and Jordan Birtles, took to their official Instagram page and posted a snippet of what will be their final track as a band under the name Easy Life. It is set to release this Friday, October 13.“‘Trust Exercises’.
Easy Life have today (October 10) taken to social media to say that they’re having to surrender their band name following a “David and Goliath” legal battle with EasyGroup.Earlier this week, the band revealed that they were being sued by the conglomerate and claimed the company was “forcing” them to change their name or they risked facing a costly legal battle.Easygroup are the Cayman Islands-registered company owned by Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou built to expand the “easy” brand from EasyJet’s airlines into the fields of hotels, supermarkets, financial services and more – licensing out the “easy” name.Now, in a new post on the website, the band have updated fans to say that despite “having explored literally every possible angle,” the band have “realised that there are no good options available” and that they have to subsequently “change our name to move forward.”In the statement, the band wrote: “Sadly, it seems that justice is only available to those who can afford it. We simply don’t have the funds to access a fair trial in the high court.
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Easy Life.Earlier this week, the group revealed that they were being sued by the conglomerate owning easyJet and claimed the company was “forcing” them to change their name or they risked facing a costly legal battle.In response, an EasyGroup spokesperson told NME: “Stelios and easyGroup founded and (now) own the right to the easy brand name.“Other companies (including easyLife) pay annual royalties for its use as part of their business strategy. We cannot allow unauthorised third parties to simply use it free, gratis and for nothing.
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Easy Life have refuted EasyGroup’s suggestion that they are “brand thieves”, arguing that they came up with their name long before the conglomerate licensed the name of the online retailer EasyLife.Easylife is an independent website and licenses its name from easyGroup for an annual fee. The easyJet owner has no financial interest in the business.The group revealed yesterday (October 2) that they were being sued by easyJet and claimed the company was “forcing” them to change their name or they risked facing a costly legal battle.In response, an EasyGroup spokesperson told NME: “Stelios and easyGroup founded and (now) own the right to the easy brand name.“Other companies (including easyLife) pay annual royalties for its use as part of their business strategy.
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Easy Life have said that EasyJet are suing them because their names are apparently too similar.The band shared a statement to their social media accounts, in which they claimed the airline was “forcing” them to change their name or they risked facing a costly legal battle.“okay… never imagined having to do this but we’ve no choice but to address the situation we find ourselves in,” they began. “as some of you have already discovered, we are being sued, easy jet are suing us for being called easy life.“they’re forcing us to change our name or take up a costly legal battle which we could never afford.
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