Ellie Goulding Sues Ex-Managers Over Alleged Conflict of Interest
The singer alleges her managers hid Live Nation’s control of TaP’s parent company and seeks damages for breaches of fiduciary duty.
- British singer Ellie Goulding filed a lawsuit against former managers Ben Mawson and Ed Millet of TaP Management, alleging they failed to disclose that the firm's parent company, HNOE, was owned by Live Nation.
- Goulding claims she was unaware that Live Nation acquired a majority stake in HNOE in 2015 and fully purchased the company in 2019, with the ownership arrangement allegedly influencing her managers' business decisions.
- Mawson and Millet managed Goulding from 2018 through 2025, taking a 20% commission, while being contractually 'restrained' from activity that might 'terminate or otherwise reduce or diminish' her business relationship with Live Nation.
- Goulding seeks 'equitable compensation and/or damages for their breaches of fiduciary duty' and has returned to Sarah Stennett for management and WME for representation; reps for Mawson and TaP did not return requests for comment on Monday.
- The lawsuit precedes the September 4 release of Goulding's sixth studio album, *I Know Too Much*, as the management firm's roster has shrunk from 23 to 12 artists, with Caroline Polachek and Mabel among departing clients.
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Ellie Goulding sues former managers over Live Nation "conflict of interests"
The suit claims TaP Management's ties to Live Nation were not disclosed to her while she was signing deals with the entertainment company The post Ellie Goulding sues former managers over Live Nation “conflict of interests” appeared first on NME.
British singer Ellie Goulding has sued her former managers for a conflict of interest. The company under which managers Ben Mawson and Ed Millett operated was allegedly largely owned by Live Nation, the parent company of Ticketmaster, among others.
The 39-year-old singer claims that the two managers had conflicting interests that prevented them from offering her better deals.
Ellie Goulding launches lawsuit against former managers
Ellie Goulding is reportedly suing her former managers over a conflict of interest regarding a deal with Live Nation, which she was unaware of during the time they oversaw her career. The British singer was managed by Ben Mawson and Ed Millet via TaP Management from 2018 until 2025, during which time they took 20 per cent commission from her earnings. However, in a new lawsuit, Goulding has alleged that she was not told that TaP’s parent compan…
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