News - Yoko Ono Sues Devil’s Gift Singer

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Submitted: "Lennon Murphy, singer for DEVILS GIFT is currently defending her right to use her own name for public performances after Yoko Ono has filed a legal suit against her.

Despite originally giving her blessing for the singer/songwriter to use her name in a professional capacity 8 years ago, Yoko Ono has bizarrely and suddenly decided that Lennon's use of her own name is "tarnishing" her former husband John Lennon's name, and that Murphy is intentionally exploiting the name to confuse people and increase the profile of her band.

""I’m not sure what confusion I could be causing since I don’t have the $50,000 to hire a lawyer and fight this. If people were confusing me with John Lennon and accidentally buying my records I should have more than enough money to live my life and hire a lawyer?
"Lennon is my first name by birth and I am regularly asked if I was named after the Beatle, having always replied no. My mother named me after "John Lennon that wrote songs, painted, and baked bread with his son". She named me for the man, not the pop star."

How this pans out is yet to be seen. In the meantime, Lennon is gearing up for the release of the debut DEVILS GIFT album, a collaboration between herself and famed Metal producer Jason Suecof (Trivium, God Forbid, Chimaira, Devildriver Roadrunner United).

"Devils Gift" is released on October 13th via Tiefdruck Music. The band will hit the road as support to Blessed By A Broken Heart in the UK in December:

DEVILS GIFT ON TOUR IN THE UK
(With Blessed By A Broken Heart and Fei Comodo)

Dec 4, Barfly - Cardiff
Dec 5, ULU - London
Dec 7, Central Station - Wrexham
Dec 8, Barfly - Liverpool
Dec 9, Cathouse - Glasgow
Dec 10, Barfly - Birmingham
Dec 11, Rock City - Nottingham
Dec 12, Fibbers Barfly - York
Dec 13, Brighton, Concorde 2
Dec 14, Poole, Mr C's"