Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ Tour Faces Legal Setback With Cease-And-Desist Notice

Beyoncé has encountered legal trouble at the start of her “Cowboy Carter” tour, receiving a cease-and-desist letter from Sphere Entertainment Group (SEG). The company, headed by Madison Square Garden boss James Dolan has demanded to remove scenes from her show where she appears to grab and play with the Las Vegas Sphere.

Beyoncé began her concert tour in Los Angeles last week, but her production company, Parkwood Entertainment, is now accused of “impermissible use and violation” of SEG’s intellectual property rights. According to Page Six, SEG claims that Beyoncé appears to grab and manipulate the Sphere venue.

“Beyoncé – many orders of magnitude larger than the Sphere venue – leans over, picks up the venue, and looms over it,” wrote lawyer Kathleen McCarthy in the legal document. The lawyer emphasized that “SEG was never asked and the prominent appearance and manipulation of SEG’s Sphere venue in the video is unauthorized”.

The company has given Beyoncé until Monday to remove these images from her performances and stop using them in any merchandise or promotional materials warning it “reserves all rights to take further action” if she fails to comply.

About The Cowboy Carter Tour

Beyoncé’s tour began on April 28 and will conclude on 26 and the singer is set to perform 22 shows across the US, UK, and France. The tour officially started on April 28 at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles with 5 consecutive shows there Beyoncé will perform in Chicago, New Jersey, London, Paris, Houston, Maryland, and Atlanta. The tour will wrap up with two final performances in Las Vegas on July 25 and 26.