The jury trial for the plagiarism lawsuit against Ed Sheeran by Marvin Gaye co-writer Ed Townshend has been postponed until after a similar copyright case involving Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" is resolved.
On Tuesday (July 2), Manhattan District Judge Louis Stanton canceled the Sheeran suit's September trial, reportedly urging both parties to "take the summer off" and telling them they'll be summoned once there is a verdict in the case between Led Zeppelin and California band Spirit, who claim "Stairway to Heaven" plagiarized their 1968 song "Taurus."