Ellie Goulding has filed a complaint against her former managers, Benedict Mawson and Edward Millett, after they made deals with Live Nation behind the artist’s back that could potentially have gone against the interests of her career. Variety has given the exclusive.
Mawson and Millet represented the singer from 2018 to 2025 under the umbrella of HNOE, a company wholly owned by Live Nation since 2019. During this time, Goulding claims to have signed several contracts with different ticket companies for tours, merchandising and a documentary film.
However, she would not have been aware that her managers were contractually prohibited from carrying out any activity that could “terminate or reduce the business relationship with Live Nation or any of its affiliates,” even if these could be beneficial to the artist’s career. Essentially, Mawson and Millet were employees of Live Nation.
Ellie Goulding seeks unspecified compensation “for violation of her fiduciary duties” in her complaint. The news comes two weeks after the release of their sixth album, ‘I Know Too Much’, presented with the single ‘Black Prada Dress’.
