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Scott Fellows, the creator of the hit Nickelodeon show Big Time Rush, is suing Sony Music, accusing the label of cheating him out of profits from the band’s reunion tours.
Fellows claims Sony deliberately manipulated contracts to cut him out of his share of the earnings after the band reunited in 2021 as an independent entity. During the original run of the show from 2009 to 2013, and while the real-life members—Kendall Schmidt, James Maslow, Logan Henderson, and Carlos PenaVega—were signed to Sony Music, Fellows received 3.75% of the band’s touring revenue.
When Big Time Rush reunited in 2021, the group made a deal to operate independently from Nickelodeon and Sony, licensing their trademarks and past music back from the companies in exchange for 10% of future revenues. However, according to Fellows’ lawsuit, Sony restructured its internal arrangements to remove his rights to a share of the touring revenue.
Fellows is now seeking to recover his portion of the profits from the band’s 2022 reunion tour, as well as earnings from the upcoming In Real Life world tour, which begins on July 9.
SOURCE: Music News