Date set for Aerosmith trial over canceled Hawaiian show

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rockers Aerosmith, which recently announced plans for a 2009 tour, may want to consider adding a stop in Hawaii in May to their trek.

That's when the class action lawsuit filed against the band by a group of fans in Hawaii is scheduled to go to trial, according to one of the attorneys involved in the case.

Hawaii Circuit Court Judge Joseph Cardoza is scheduled to hear opening arguments on the case on May 11, 2009, and currently the plaintiffs are awaiting discovery phase materials from the defendants.

"The defendants have already had the opportunity to take the depositions of all of the named class representatives," Attorney Brandee Faria, who filed the lawsuit on behalf of the fans, told TicketNews. "After we have received all the discovery (primarily documents) we have asked for from defendants, we will begin taking the depositions of the band and others who were involved in the concert and the subsequent cancellation."

Aerosmith became embroiled in the case after they canceled a concert scheduled for September 26, 2007, in Maui, allegedly to play a more lucrative show in Chicago that same month. The group claimed that following the Chicago show it could not fly its equipment to Maui in time for the September 26 show, but a few days later the band played a private show, also in Hawaii, for employees of Toyota. Aerosmith was reportedly paid about $1 million for the Toyota show, but the band never rescheduled the canceled Maui concert. (.cont) - Finish this story HERE.