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\n\tEllie Goulding<\/a> is suing her former management company in the U.K., alleging conflicts of interest over the company\u2019s ties to Live Nation, according to a suit obtained by Rolling Stone<\/em>.<\/p>\n \n\tBetween 2018 and 2025, Goulding was a client at Tap Management, a firm founded in 2010 by Benedict Mawson and Edward Millett. As Goulding\u2019s lawsuit notes, Live Nation purchased a 50.1 percent stake in Tap Management \u2014 via its own parent company, HNOE \u2014 in 2015, then bought the rest of the company in 2019. <\/p>\n \n\tGoulding alleges that her management team never disclosed Live Nation\u2019s ownership stake in Tap. And while she was a Tap client, she claims, her team regularly pushed her to deal with Live Nation and its subsidiaries for various things, such as concert promotion, merchandise, and a documentary. <\/p>\n \n\tGoulding claims that Mawson, Millet, and HNOE \u2014 all defendants in the suit \u2014 had financial and commercial interests in ensuring she did business with Live Nation. (Live Nation is not a defendant. Mawson, Millet, and Tap did not immediately return requests for comment. A rep for Goulding declined to comment.) The suit calls this a breach of their duty to her as their management client to find her the best overall deal.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201c[E]ach of the Defendants 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,\u201d the suit states. Goulding is seeking unspecified compensation and damages, as well as additional relief.<\/p>\n \n\tGoulding signed with Tap in 2018, joining a top-tier roster that, at the time, included Lana Del Rey and Dua Lipa. (Lipa has since left the firm.) At the time, Goulding was coming off her 2015 album<\/a>, Delirium<\/a><\/em>, which peaked at Number Three on the U.K. and U.S. album charts and featured the hit single, \u201cOn My Mind.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe musician remained with Tap through the release of her next albums, 2020\u2019s Brightest Blue<\/a> <\/em>and 2023\u2019s Higher Than Heaven<\/em><\/a>. She is currently gearing up for the release of her sixth studio album, I Know Too Much<\/em>, which is set to arrive Sept. 4.\u00a0<\/p>\n