Alan Williams is locked in a bitter High Court battle with guitarists Mick Clarke and Steve Etherington and singing drummer John Richardson over who has the right to use the band’s name.

claims his former band mates went behind his back to launch a breakaway band called the Rubettes after they split in 2018. He claims that he and his company, Alan Williams Entertainments Ltd ...

Rubettes star Alan Williams has won a High ... should be owned and that the goodwill was therefore owned by the members of the band jointly. Judge Treacy today ruled in Mr Williams's favour ...

He says he and his Alan Williams Entertainments Ltd firm has the right to use ‘The Rubettes’ and stop ex-group members from using it. His barrister told London’s High Court guitarist Martin Clarke, ...

The Rubettes shot to fame in 1974 after the ... "It is not correct to say that simply because original members of a band seek to perform together they have a right to use the name of the band.

Williams claims the other version, led by original member Bill Hurd, have used his photo in their promotion and were falsely promoted as the original band. The Rubettes were formed in London in 1973 ...

The band members, whose first single "Sugar Baby Love" sold eight million copies, agreed in court in 2002 that one group would be called the Rubettes featuring Alan Williams, the lead singer ...

SPANDAU BALLET: The band formed in 1979 with Gary Kemp and his brother, Martin. The three non-Kemp members lost a court battle over hundreds of thousands of pounds of song royalties, and toured as ...

the authenticity of the Rubettes featuring Alan, John and Mick is unique as most of the original band members who actually played and sang on such 70s hit classics as ‘Sugar Baby Love ...

All but the keyboard player Mark Haley, ex-musician of the Kinks and Monkees, are founding members of The Rubettes, and even Mark has been playing with the band since the turn of the century and ...

RESPLENDENT in their white suits and distinctive caps, The Rubettes burst onto the scene ... refrain was instantly recognisable, and the band continued to have hit after hit with songs like ...