Device are reportedly going through a category motion lawsuit following their first-ever Device Reside within the Sand competition, which befell final weekend.
Device Reside within the Sand was held on the Onerous Rock & Royalton Resorts in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Primus, Mastodon, Coheed and Cambria and some different bands carried out on the competition, and Device headlined it on Friday and Saturday night time.
Why Device Followers Are Upset After Device Reside within the Sand
The rationale followers are upset with the band is as a result of they performed a 10-song set the primary night time [via Setlist.fm] and 9 songs the second — 4 of which have been additionally performed the primary night time. Thus, they really feel as if they have been ripped off after the competition promised “two distinctive units” from Device.
The band was booed and flipped off throughout their set Saturday night time, one fan put a “Fuck MJK” signal on their resort balcony the subsequent day and numerous different attendees shared their frustrations concerning the expertise on-line this week.
The Potential Lawsuit In opposition to Device
One of many attendees was an legal professional from Georgia named Stas Rusek, whose agency is rallying up followers who need to participate in a category motion lawsuit towards Device.
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Rusek confirmed to Metallic Hammer that the potential lawsuit towards the band is being investigated right now. Device’s performances at Reside within the Sand have been Rusek’s twenty seventh and twenty eighth occasions seeing Device, and he asserted that there was a “sense of betrayal” throughout the second night time.
“What it boils right down to is that purchasers of the competition bundle have been promised ‘two distinctive units’ by Device. Whereas the feedback on these posts argue about what ‘distinctive’ means, the fact is that the chance to see Device play two distinctive units, ie no repeats, was the figuring out issue for many attendees to tug the set off on spending 1000’s of {dollars} to attend.
“Most Device followers, like me, have attended a number of exhibits on the identical tour, and we all know that, because of the spectacular and complicated nature of their present, most songs can be repeated. Nonetheless, this isn’t what competition attendees have been promised.”
Rusek claimed that followers who participate within the swimsuit will not need to pay a payment except they win.
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