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And today we're counting down our picks for the most infamous times when at least one band member issued a lawsuit against a current or former member of the group.

They went their own private ways, found their own friends and became less reliant on each other.

Oasis I hate the term sibling rivalry, but.

I know my brother better than anybody else.

With the core of Noel and Liam Gallagher, Oasis dominated the UK and ushered in the Britpop era With Blur.

Yet away from the music, the brothers regularly clashed, leading to the band's split in 2009.

In 2011, no claimed Oasis had to cancel their appearance at V Festival due to Liam being hungover, not for laryngitis, which was was the official statement.

This sparked the younger Gallagher to sue Noel for defamation.

In response, Noel filed a counterclaim claiming Liam had left abusive voicemails to his wife and tried to attack him with a guitar.

However, all this family drama reportedly caused their mom Peggy, to tell her sons to stop suing each other.

As such, they dropped their cases in 2012.

In 1984, Roger Waters, who co founded the legendary English band Pink Floyd, decided to move on to pastures new.

After a meeting with his remaining co founders, Nick Mason and David Gilmour, things got messy.

Waters believed the band was over, while Mason and Gilmour were set to continue Pink Floyd without him.

He did have some very difficult times, like a few years ago, we seem to have managed to avoid the things that really get people too touchy these days.

This prompted Waters to file a lawsuit to dissolve the band.

He stated that it didn't feel right for Mason and Gilmour to continue using Pink Floyd's name without him, and

called the group a spent force creatively.

In 1987, the two parties came to an agreement.

In 2013, Waters spoke about his regret in issuing the lawsuit.

Coming to prominence in the British New Wave scene, the Police took the industry by storm with multiple hits and prestigious awards.

Even after the band members went their separate ways, they occasionally reunited over the decades.

Despite years of hostility, however, the possibility of another Police get together was severely dented.

In 2025, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers issued a suit against Sting for underpaying them royalties.

Do they start to get resentful that you're the writer, that you're the frontman?

Yeah, I was like the cuckoo in the nest, you know, they didn't really know what they were taking on.

The duo claimed that in 1977, each member agreed to share income from the Police songs.

Copeland and Summers believe they lost out on around 1.5 million pounds.

Sting has disputed his former bandmate's assertions, instead claiming they likely owed him money from being overpaid.

Despite changing their main vocalist several times, breaking up and reuniting, the legacy of Journey is incredible.

However, a major change happened in 2020.

Journey co founder Neil Schoen and Jonathan Cain announced they'd fired Steve Smith and Ross Valerie for attempting to instigate a corporate coup.

On top of that, they were suing the duo for $10 million in damages.

In response, Valerie countersued, challenging Schoen and Cayne's claim over Journey's trademark.

In 2022, Schoen issued a cease and desist letter to Cayne for performing a Journey song at Donald Trump events.

This led to Cain suing Schoen for misusing the band's Tour finances in 2024.

The following year, Journey announced their farewell tour.

I think I know Steve and I think he's gonna be gracious and receive it.

And he was certain if he doesn't, I'll be.

To wander aimlessly is very unswinging on hip.

When I touch you I feel happy inside I can't hide I can't hide when people discuss the most influential bands in history, the Beatles are always in contention.

The success of the Liverpool group cannot be understated.

By 1970, after a spate of issues within the band, including the appointment of Alan Klein as manager, Paul McCartney wanted out.

Whatever talent they have as individuals, and

who can deny it, their capacity to earn is largely tied up in their performances and their growth.

However, his contract and the other members wouldn't let him.

Unable to Sue Klein directly, McCartney issued a lawsuit against the Beatles to dissolve their partnership.

When the case went to trial in 1971, the world found out the band was in a terrible financial state.

The Court ruled in McCartney's favor, and the band was formally dissolved.

He disputed claims he broke up the Beatles instead, insisting he was trying to save their music.

I guess nobody ever really done me she done me she done me good Number five, Fleetwood Mac.

Despite decades of massive success, Fleetwood Mac aren't strangers to lawsuits between members.

One of the most shocking took place in 2018.

Having first joined Fleetwood Mac in 1975, Lindsey Buckingham was later fired by the group.

This reportedly involved a disagreement about certain material being used in a tour, which Buckingham refused to sign off on.

Everyone knew that this was what was being written about, and

everyone knew that these songs, the subject matter was what we were living.

In response to his firing, he sued the group for several reasons, including breach of judiciary duty and breach of oral contract.

Two months later, the suit was settled out of court for undisclosed terms.

Buckingham also claimed his firing stemmed from Stevie Nicks.

Allegedly, a dispute led to her giving an ultimatum to the band that either he's fired or she'll walk away.

After forming in 1970, Darrell hall and John Oates became one of the most famous duos in the music industry.

They continued their successful partnership for decades.

However, in 2023, things got really rocky.

Hall was furious that Oates planned to sell their publishing rights to Primary Wave without his consent or knowledge.

As a result, hall issued a lawsuit which blocked the sale until the duo could agree on terms.

He said that the alleged planned sale was, quote, a completely clandestine and bad faith move and called it, quote, the ultimate partnership betrayal.

However, Oates disputed Hall's version of events, even filing his own complaint and getting a restraining order against Hall.

This fallout led both musicians to declare they're unlikely to work together again in 2025.

The legal issues were resolved between hall and Oates during arbitration.

Born in 1961 as a core of family members with the Wilson brothers and their cousin Mike Love, the Beach Boys unique surf and sound became the soundtrack of many people's summers.

Yet despite most of them being relatives, they've had many legal battles.

In 1994, Love won a lawsuit against Brian Wilson for royalties.

You and I are gonna rewrite these songs, put them together in a normal album and get on with it.

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