Florida Georgia Line Fires Back

The response, which brings forth a charge of breach of contract by the Country Explosion festival, alleges the band was made aware the night it was set to headline the fest that Country Explosion didn’t have the funds on hand for its $225,000 settlement.
“Instead, defendants offered FGL $20,000 in cash and a check, dated July 20, 2014, for $205,000,” the suit says.
FGL took the stage that night and what happened in the days to follow has become hotly contested.
Country Explosion’s suit, which seeks at least $15 million from the band and tour manager Troy Johnson, contended Johnson was asked to take a $205,000 check for the performance and not cash it until three days later.
Then, “as if adding insult to injury, on July 22, 2014, Johnson announced by email to the William Morris Agency Nashville and to other artists and booking agencies in Nashville, that the check had bounced, making Country [Explosion] absolutely toxic among the artists and booking agencies in Nashville,” the fest claimed. “This has also had repercussions in the entertainment industry around the whole country.”
FGL’s response paints a very different picture, alleging the festival offered to send the check to Nashville and assured the band’s reps the check would be honored by the time it arrived “due to continued deposits by defendants for revenue earned during the four-day festival and/or existing lines of credit purportedly available to defendants.”
But after the check was received and cashed July 22, the suit says, FGL found out the fest still didn’t have sufficient funds to settle and contacted Country Explosion’s Darren Brady to discuss payment.
In an emailed response to FGL’s reps, Brady allegedly confirmed the fest still owed the band $205,000, writing that he “signed saying that I would guarantee payment which I fully intend to do. There is (sic) multiple credit card transaction (sic) done over this past weekend that have yet to be deposited in the Country Explosion account they should all hit our account in the next two days in which the check will easily clear. I know this is not your problem but I will guarantee payment.”
The check was returned July 25 following a “stop payment” order, the suit says, and Country Explosion has yet to make payment.
The band is seeking its outstanding payment of $205,000, costs and attorneys’ fees associated with the case.?
