In response to video footage of a giant Beyoncé striding above the Las Vegas skyline before picking up and playing with the city’s Sphere during her new Cowboy Carter tour, the superstar singer has since been hit with a cease-and-desist letter from the concert venue.
Representing Sphere Entertainment Group (SEG), attorney Kathleen McCarthy has accused Bey’s production company Parkwood Entertainment of featuring and manipulating images of the Sphere without permission.
According to the New York Post, McCarthy’s cease-and-desist letter stated:
“Beyoncé – many orders of magnitude larger than the Sphere venue – leans over, picks up the venue, and looms over it.” “SEG was never asked and the prominent appearance and manipulation of SEG’s Sphere venue in the video is unauthorized.”
Accusing the musician’s organization of “impermissible use and violation” of the company’s intellectual property rights, the lawyer claimed that that video has caused “significant speculation” that the tour will end with a residency at the venue.
As a result, McCarthy has demanded that Parkwood “cease and desist from using the Sphere venue in the video immediately – in addition to refraining from using this imagery on any merchandise, promotional or marketing materials, or in tour movies”.
Should Parkwood Entertainment fail to comply with the demand, SEG’s legal team will consider taking further action.
In support of her country LP of the same name, on Monday (4.28,) Beyoncé launched her Cowboy Carter tour at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. Thereafter, the trek stop in several North American cities as well as London and Paris before wrapping up in July.
Though negotiations ultimately fell through, it was in 2024 that the now 43-year old songstress was in talks for a residency at the Sphere – which opened in doors in 2023.
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Author: Saul Goode
Photo: Harold Litwiler from Orcutt/Istanbul, USA