Singer Kesha is set to perform at Sunday's Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas after assurances were given that there would be no references to her legal battle with record producer Dr Luke during her performance.
The pair have been embroiled in a long and messy legal battle to allow her to break her contract, which Kesha - full name Kesha Rose Sebert - claimed amounted to "slavery". The 29-year-old also accused the record producer of rape and other forms of abuse, allegations which Dr Luke - real name Lukasz Gottwald - has strenuously denied.
Earlier this week, Dick Clark Productions, the company behind Sunday's awards show, said in a statement that Kesha initially accepted its invitation to perform at the show on May 22 and had "received written approval from Dr Luke's record label, Kemosabe Records".
It appears things then turned sour after reports that Kesha planned to make reference to the legal matters during her performance. However, Kesha told her fans on Instagram that the performance was only about taking part in a Bob Dylan tribute.
In a statement issued on Thursday, Kemosabe Records said Kesha's performance was "always approved, in good faith".
Kesha at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in California last month
"Approval was only suspended when Kemosabe learned Kesha was to use the performance as a platform to discuss the litigation," the statement continued.
"Now that Kemosabe has obtained assurances, that it is relying upon, from Kesha, her representatives and Dick Clark Productions that neither Kesha nor her supporters will use the performance as such a platform, the approval has been restored."
"We are pleased that Kesha and Kemosabe Records have reached an agreement and very much look forward to having Kesha perform on the Billboard Music Awards this Sunday night..." Dick Clark Productions said in a statement to Billboard magazine.
Kesha had earlier said on Instagram that she had planned to perform Dylan's It Ain't Me Babe at the awards and was only interested in honouring "one of my favorite songwriters of all time and has never had anything at all to do with Dr Luke". "I was never going to use a picture of him, speak of him or allude to my legal situation in any way," she wrote. Kesha performed the Dylan track onstage on Wednesday at singer-songwriter Ben Folds' show in Los Angeles.
Last month, she released her first single since the legal action began. The collaboration with producer Zedd, entitled True Colors, is a big change in direction, with a more country and - some have said - Eurovision feel to it and includes a strong refrain from the singer that "I'm not afraid".
