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The Rolling Stones are threatening new musical Carnaby Street with legal action over the use of their songs.
The musical is set in the 60s and is set to feature the Rolling Stones track 'Let's Spend the Night Together'.
However, despite the fact that the musical's producer obtained permission to use the song from Jody Klein, the band's former business manager, the Rolling Stones say that the musical does not have their blessing.
Carnaby Street would be the first time that the Rolling Stones' music has been used in a musical, and other music included is The Kinks' 'You Really Got Me' and songs by The Who, The Animals and Manfred Mann.
According to The Independent, a source said, "Mick and Keith did not sanction the use of their music. They do not want to be associated with this musical.
"They believe they have the right to stop their song being used and are planning to take legal action to remove it from the soundtrack.
Bob Tomson, the show's director, believes that they have permission to use the band's music. He said, "It took a lot of schmoozing but we got an agreement to use a Stones' song to a stage musical for the first time. The artists want to know their songs are being used in an appropriate context."
The Rolling Stones are threatening the musical with legal action
Carl Leighton-Pope is the one who came up with the show, and has based the plot on his own experience.
Leighton-Pope said, "I was walking down Carnaby Street once in 1964 and Mick Jagger was standing outside the Lady Jane boutique. Then a Mini pulled up and Macca and Jane Asher got out.
"We didn't see them as famous people then, it was just how life was in those days. It was a carefree time and I thought someone had to capture that world - the music, the girls and the fashion - before we all get too old and boring."
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