Kevin Costner Band's Lawsuit Jam
In his next film, Mr. Brooks, Kevin Costner has a murderous alter ego. In real life, Costner supposedly has a poorly publicized band.
Kevin's Music LLC, the company under which the actor works his musical mojo, filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit Tuesday against Mahee Worldwide Ventures Inc., a New York-based promoter that Costner has accused of reneging on a deal to hype the Kevin Costner Band.
Despite their "numerous promises regarding their capability to promote Mr. Costner's music," Mahee Worldwide "ultimately disappeared, refusing to cooperate or even to communicate with KML and its representatives," court documents, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, state.
KML alleges in the suit that Mahee Worldwide approached Costner in December 2006 and offered "millions of dollars in guaranteed fees" if the promoters could capitalize on the Oscar winner's celebrity to set up a multifaceted promotional campaign for his musically oriented side project—a campaign that both parties were ostensibly supposed to cash in on.
Per the complaint, the two sides inked a two-year deal on Jan. 25, 2007, calling for Mahee Worldwide to plug the group through various Websites and mobile content, create a site specifically for the Kevin Costner Band and organize up to five concerts per year featuring the actor and his mates.
Citing Lindsay Lohan as a previously satisfied customer, Mahee Worldwide promised KML 85 percent of revenues from the proposed "Costner Music Website"; 50 percent of the dough gleaned from cobranding sites; $160,000 per concert and several other guaranteed lump sums, the lawsuit states.
The full list of allegations includes breach of written and oral contract, breach of oral personal guaranty, fraud and deceit.
After all is said and done, Costner's company is seeking more than $8.5 million in damages and unmet expectations, aka unpaid fees.
Kevin Costner sings, you ask? The Dances with Wolves star got his groove on years ago, actually—his vocal stylings can be heard on The Postman soundtrack on the tune "You Didn't Have to Be So Nice," a duet with Christian pop singer Amy Grant. He also sang and cowrote songs for a 1991 country-flavored album with the band Roving Boy called The Simple Truth, which was only released in Japan. Costner both pens songs and serves as lead singer for his eponymous band.
Meanwhile, the multifaceted performer's more well-known talents will be on display starting June 1 in the thriller Mr. Brooks, costarring Demi Moore and William Hurt.
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