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Morgan Wallen fan files to dismiss lawsuit over cancelled Mississippi show
Fans at the Vaught Hemingway Stadium were left disappointed after Morgan Wallen cancelled his concert minutes before he was set to hit the stage.
After a Prentiss County woman filed a lawsuit against country music singer Morgan Wallen on Monday, it appears she has now asked for the lawsuit to be dismissed.
Why the woman was suing Morgan Wallen
It all stems from Wallen’s decision to cancel a Mississippi show at the Vaught Hemingway Stadium on Sunday, April 23 just minutes before he was set take the stage for the fifth date of his ‘One Night at a Time World Tour’.
Opening acts Hardy, Ernest and Sam Smith had already performed when a video board inside the Ole Mis football stadium displayed a message telling the 60,000 fans in attendance that Wallen had lost his voice minutes before taking the stage.
The message also promised fans that they would receive full ticket refunds. However the fan, Brandi Burcham, said that she had yet to be issued hers when she initially filed the suit.
“Even if ticket prices are refunded, no offer has been made to reimburse concertgoers for other out-of-pocket expenses they incurred in connection with the concert cancellation, including transportation, lodging, food, merchandise sales, transaction fees and other such expenses,” she added.
One woman, Mandi Walker Nowlin, detailed all the expenses she wanted refunded in a Facebook post. The list includes a meal at the Oxford Grillhouse in Mississippi ($235), a $560 hotel bill, her outfit ($120) and that of her husband ($218) and more.
In total, the bill came out to $3,982, and she concluded the post with a link to her Cash App and the words: “I’ll expect my payment tomorrow. Thanks bro.”
Wallen isn’t out of the woods yet
Although Burcham has voluntarily dismissed her complaint, her attorneys say they plan to refile it as a class action lawsuit that will include other unhappy ticket holders as well.
“We have been contacted by numerous individuals who spent thousands of dollars - separate and apart from the cost of their ticket -who would like to see legal redress as well,” the Langston & Lott law firm wrote on Facebook, before the post was later made private. “We plan to re-file the class action lawsuit with a new plaintiff in the coming days.”
“The second lawsuit, like the first, will seek compensation on behalf of all those affected, not just one person. Tens of thousands of people collectively spent millions to attend this event, and those affected are entitled to know the truth and to be made whole.”