Travis Scott has fired back at Minneapolis promoters with a countersuit after being sued for backing out of a Super Bowl LII club performance.
In the counterclaim filed on Tuesday (4/17), Travis accuses Jefferson Agar, Alex Martini and Patrick Johnston with entertainment events company PJAM of failing to set up travel arrangements for his scheduled 30-minute appearance at Myth Live nightclub in Maplewood, on Feb. 3, one day before Super Bowl LII on Feb. 4.
According to Travis’ attorneys, PJAM was in breach not just for failing to provide a travel itinerary, but also for allegedly planting a story with TMZ stating that Travis would be “Working a Double Shift Super Bowl LII Weekend.” Any disclosure to the press, 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 (Ooops!).
The contract states that Scott was due to receive $200,000 for the gig.
Says King 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.”
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