Ellie Goulding has sued her former managers, alleging they failed to disclose a conflict of interest involving Live Nation that was “to the detriment of her career,” according to Variety.Ad 0:00 Click for sound 0:00 / 0:00 The British dance music star’s lawsuit was filed against her former managers, Ben Mawson and Ed Millet of TaP Management, who reportedly represented her from 2018 until 2025.
During her time under their management, she was unaware that TaP’s parent company, HNOE, was owned by Live Nation.HNOE was only partially owned by the entertainment giant at the time of Goulding’s signing, but became completely owned a year later, in 2019.
The two managers allegedly received a 20% commission as Goulding took part in Live Nation-powered tours, merchandise sales and documentary filming.“[Mawson and Millet] had a personal interest or duty in dealings between Ms.
Goulding and companies in the Live Nation group which was in actual or potential conflict with the interests of Ms.Goulding in securing the best commercial terms with whichever promoter, merchandiser or other counterparty it was most advantageous for her to deal with,” the claim states, per Variety.
The complaint claims that Goulding’s career was potentially negatively impacted by her former managers’ undisclosed ties to Live Nation, as they were allegedly prohibited under their contract to “terminate or otherwise reduce or diminish [their management clients’] business relationship in any respect with the Company [Live Nation] or any of its affiliates.” Goulding recently released a new single, ‘Ravers,’ which will appear on her sixth studio album, I Know Too Much.The project is due out September 4....