YOU WONT BELIEVE: Easy life - What They Never Told You

‘The lawsuit was my life. Of course I’m writing about it’: Hard Life – formerly Easy Life – on being sued by easyGroup and starting afresh

When the Leicester band were forced to drop their old name after a legal threats from a certain budget airline, it could have been curtains. But frontman Murray Matravers’s trip to Japan has prompted a bold new outlook – and an upbeat new album

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2025

Easy Life band sued by easyGroup reveal inspired new name

A Hard Life for Leicester band who were sued by the creators of the ‘easy’ brand, easyGroup

The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2024

It’s a Hard Life for band changing their name after objection from easyGroup

British indie band no longer known as Easy Life after saying they did not have money to defend lawsuit

The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2024

Indie band Easy Life backed by Tom Watson and Harriet Harman over ‘cruel’ easyJet lawsuit

Budget airline’s parent company has been criticised for launching legal action against the band, who formed under the name Easy Life in 2017

The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2023

easyJet owner orders band Easy Life to change name, calls members brand thieves

The airline has a long history of going after what it calls "brand thieves," who it claims use the easy name for financial game.

Fortune · Oct 4, 2023

EasyJet owner sues Leicester indie pop band for using name Easy Life

The owner of the budget airline has launched legal action to force the band to change their name

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2023

Band Easy Life say they are being sued by owner of airline easyJet over name

Leicester-based band Easy Life say they are being forced to change their name by the owners of easyJet, who have started legal action against them.

Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2023

EasyJet owner sues band for using name Easy Life

Leicester band say they are ‘virtually powerless’ after easyGroup accuses them of being ‘brand thieves’

The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2023

Easy Life frontman carried off stage after downing whisky at Glasgow gig

Murray Matravers knocked back five glasses of Scotch while he waited for an equipment fault to be fixed at Glasgow’s O2 Academy.

Daily Record · Feb 12, 2023

Easy Life - Maybe in Another Life… review: Rich music let down by cheap lyrics

The Leicester quintet have added layers to their laid-back sound, but can’t help reaching for clichés

Evening Standard · Oct 6, 2022