Hard Life: Celebs Rumors

Hard Life – formerly known as Easy Life‘s – new single ‘Tears’ is “disparaging and defamatory”.The Leicester indie band announced that they would be surrendering their band name after being sued by the conglomerate in October and being described as “brand thieves”, thereby avoiding a costly legal battle they said they could not afford. They played a London farewell gig under that moniker (which saw the sold-out KOKO crowd lead chants of “fuck EasyJet“) and released a final single, ‘Trust Exercises’.Their comeback single ‘Tears’ addresses the legal battle – “It’s a hard life, I can’t lie,” frontman Murray Matravers sings, “it’s been a rush, in the hard times, lucky I got friends that I trust. It was easy in my 20s now I gotta lawyer up, gimme air miles or a fair trial Stelios.”EasyGroup’s lawyers have taken issue with the lyric referencing owner Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, labelling it “disparaging and defamatory” and claiming it is a breach of the settlement made with the band.

Hard-Fi have responded to Easy Life‘s announcement that they have changed their name to Hard Life.The indie group spearheaded by frontman Murray Matravers said they were embroiled in a legal battle with the company (who owns easyJet) in October last year, finally conceding defeat a month later.After playing their final gig as Easy Life in London, which saw the sold-out KOKO crowd chant “fuck easyJet” in protest, the band have just unveiled their new name as Hard Life yesterday (June 11).Now, Hard-Fi have responded to the news on social media. Quoting NME‘s own interview with Matravers about the name change today (June 12), they’ve responded in jest: “Er… lads….”In our interview with Matravers, NME jokingly asked what Hard Life might do should they be sued by Hard-Fi, to which he responded: “Oh god.

Easy Life have emerged from their legal battle with easyGroup under the new name of Hard Life with their comeback single ‘Tears’. Check it out below along with our interview with frontman Murray Matravers.Last year saw Easy Life play their final show under that name, having conceded defeat in a legal battle over the moniker against easyGroup (the brand owner of easyJet airlines) and that “sadly, it seems that justice is only available to those who can afford it” without “the funds to access a fair trial in the High Court”.