VELVET REVOLVER Settles Plagiarism Claim Out Of Court, Awards UK Songwriter Share Of Hit - Aug. 20, 2008 (Blabbermouth.net)

There has been a lot reported recently regarding Tony and the plagiarism claim against Velvet Revolver.

Tony made this statement to the press:

“A couple of years back, a mate of mine in L.A. called me to say he’d heard what he thought was my song on the radio, and that he had been a bit shocked when he realized it was Velvet Revolver,” says Newton. “When I checked it out myself, I genuinely couldn’t believe it, because it wasn’t as if it was close… it was basically the same riff. Anyway, I called my publishers to check whether they knew anything — which, of course, they didn’t — and then basically left it with them. I never really expected to hear any more about it and was as surprised as anyone when I heard that Universal had settled with Velvet Revolver.”

He added:

"This is true and has taken 3 and a half years to reach this point. The song of mine in question is called Cyber Babe and was on the album 'Real World' recorded by my former band Dirty Deeds."

Listen to Dirty Deeds - Cyber Babe

Listen to Velvet Revolver - Dirty Little Thing HERE