A bar owner in Canada is suing the promoters of a Rolling Stones concert that took place in the Canadian city of Moncton last September over claims that the event was his idea. Blake Armstrong says that he presented Stones promoters Michael Cohl and Donald Tarlton with plans to stage the concert at the city's Magnetic Hill venue a year before the event took place, and that they took his idea but pushed him out of the venture, even making him pay to attend the gig.
Positioning the lawsuit as a 'David and Goliath' struggle, Armstrong told reporters: "The reason I launched the lawsuit is because I was the one that had the idea, made the blueprints, had everything done, lock, stock and barrel to bring a band to the City of Moncton. They took my idea and shoved me to the side once they got the idea. It's the old David and Goliath story - the big boys pushing the little guy to the side."
However, Tarlton denies Armstrong's allegations. Canadian newspaper The Free London Press quote the promoter as saying: "Oh, please, I've been promoting concerts for the last 40 years of my life. I don't need someone to tell me it's a good idea to bring the Rolling Stones anywhere in the world. He [Armstrong] proposed ideas and thoughts pertaining to the show and his proposal was not accepted."