Judge stops GAS from selling 2010 Crusty tix
Wednesday, 07 October 2009 23:30
Hot on the heels of Global Action Sports' release that said they were cleared to keep running Crusty Demons shows here in Australia, Fleshwound has again hit back with a different take on the judge's verdict. They claim GAS has been prohibited from selling tickets for eight of its 14 scheduled 2010 Regional Tour Shows. You can read the press release below.
A United States arbitrator (judge) has crippled the plans of Michael Porra’s company Rush Sports & Events International Pty Ltd (known as “Rush”, or referred to as the parent company Global Action Sports) to stage an unauthorised Australian Crusty Demons tour in 2010 by directing the immediate cancellation of more than half of their planned shows while the legal process over who has the right to hold a Crusty Demons tour here continues to its final conclusion.
The arbitrator prohibited Rush from going on sale with tickets for a total of eight of its planned unauthorised events. The other six shows that are already on sale in Whyalla, Bendigo, Orange, Gosford, Toowoomba and the Sunshine Coast are now effectively in limbo pending the court’s final ruling, which is expected within a few weeks.
Rush was not required to immediately cancel the six unauthorised shows that have already gone on sale simply because of the harm such action would inflict on innocent “third parties” (not Rush), including the fans who have already bought tickets and venue owners and riders who might be harmed if those shows were cancelled.
Fleshwound Films, owners of the Crusty Demons brand who are currently in legal proceedings with Porra’s company, terminated its contract due to numerous substantial breaches of contract and is suing for significant damages. Fleshwound then appointed Dainty Consolidated Entertainment to hold Australian Crusty Demons tours for the next six years.
Fleshwound Films owner Jon Freeman is pleased that Rush is prohibited from going forward with eight out of the 14 shows it had announced. “Eight unauthorised shows down, six to go is how we look at it right now. Rush should never have put these shows on sale, knowing their contract was terminated and these legal proceedings needed to be completed,” said Freeman. Fleshwound Films’ Freeman added: “We look forward to bringing the Crusty fans the most mind-blowing Crusty shows they have ever seen.”
Dainty Consolidated Entertainment Chairman and CEO Paul Dainty said: “We understand there is a legal process still to be determined in the US but this interim ruling is very positive for us. So we are continuing our planning for a sensational tour next year.”
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