Overview
- Goulding filed the lawsuit on Monday accusing former managers Ben Mawson and Ed Millett, TaP Management and parent HNOE of failing to disclose that Live Nation bought a 50.1% stake in HNOE in 2015 and completed full ownership in 2019.
- The complaint says the managers regularly pushed Goulding to use Live Nation-group companies for touring, merchandise and a documentary while being contractually restrained from encouraging clients to reduce business with Live Nation affiliates.
- Goulding says Mawson and Millett managed her from 2018 through 2025, took a 20% commission, and that she signed the contested Live Nation-related deals during that period before parting ways with TaP in December 2025.
- Live Nation is not named as a defendant in the suit and reports say TaP principals and Live Nation have not yet issued substantive public responses to the filing.
- The case spotlights concerns about vertical integration in live music and could prompt closer scrutiny of disclosure and conflict-of-interest rules in artist management while Goulding prepares to release a new album on September 4.