{"id":44855,"date":"2023-10-10T23:13:57","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T23:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/10\/coldplay-countersues-former-manager-for-17-million\/"},"modified":"2023-10-10T23:13:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T23:13:57","slug":"coldplay-countersues-former-manager-for-17-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/10\/coldplay-countersues-former-manager-for-17-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Coldplay Countersues Former Manager for $17 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3406521\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:78.142857142857%;\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Coldplay<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Dave M. Benett\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Coldplay is engaged in a legal battle with their former manager to the tune of $17 million.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dave Holmes<\/strong>, who managed the band for over two decades before they went their separate ways last year, originally sued Coldplay for $12 million in August over an alleged contractual dispute, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/music\/news\/coldplay-sued-former-manager-dave-holmes-1235697987\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Variety.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, however, the band \u2014 which includes frontman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/chris-martin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Chris Martin<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 is countersuing Holmes for $17 million for a multitude of reasons, including for alleged unpaid commissions regarding their upcoming 10th and 11th studio albums.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the countersuit, Coldplay is citing $10 million in damages during their <em>Music of Spheres<\/em> tour: bespoke stage pylons that were unusable and a screen that was too large. (The band is currently on tour until September 2024 to promote the album, which was released in October 2021.)<\/p>\n<p>They also claimed that Holmes borrowed $20 million from Live Nation, a tour promoter \u2014 the funds of which he allegedly used for a property development in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>A representative for Holmes, meanwhile, told U.K.\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/coldplay-band-sued-former-manager-dave-holmes-jcb3l3r0h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Times<\/em><\/a> that the band\u2019s accusations don\u2019t hold water. <em>Us Weekly<\/em> has reached out to Coldplay\u2019s team for comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cColdplay know they are in trouble with their defense,\u201d Holmes\u2019 rep said. \u201cAccusing Dave Holmes of non-existent ethical lapses and other made-up misconduct will not deflect from the real issue at hand \u2014 Coldplay had a contract with Dave, they are refusing to honor it and they need to pay Dave what they owe him.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:70%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3406522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Coldplay-is-Countersuing-The-Bands-Former-Manager-for-17-Million-2.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Coldplay is Countersuing The Band\u2019s Former Manager for $17 Million\" width=\"1000\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Coldplay-is-Countersuing-The-Bands-Former-Manager-for-17-Million-2.jpg?w=200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Coldplay-is-Countersuing-The-Bands-Former-Manager-for-17-Million-2.jpg?w=300&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 300w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Coldplay-is-Countersuing-The-Bands-Former-Manager-for-17-Million-2.jpg?w=400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Coldplay-is-Countersuing-The-Bands-Former-Manager-for-17-Million-2.jpg?w=600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Coldplay-is-Countersuing-The-Bands-Former-Manager-for-17-Million-2.jpg?w=700&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 700w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Coldplay-is-Countersuing-The-Bands-Former-Manager-for-17-Million-2.jpg?w=800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 800w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Coldplay-is-Countersuing-The-Bands-Former-Manager-for-17-Million-2.jpg?w=900&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 900w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Coldplay-is-Countersuing-The-Bands-Former-Manager-for-17-Million-2.jpg?w=1000&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1000w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Coldplay-is-Countersuing-The-Bands-Former-Manager-for-17-Million-2.jpg?w=1200&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Coldplay-is-Countersuing-The-Bands-Former-Manager-for-17-Million-2.jpg?w=1400&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1400w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Coldplay-is-Countersuing-The-Bands-Former-Manager-for-17-Million-2.jpg?w=1600&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1600w, https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Coldplay-is-Countersuing-The-Bands-Former-Manager-for-17-Million-2.jpg?w=1800&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) calc(100vw - 6em), (max-width: 1000px) 80vw, 1000px\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Kevin Mazur\/AMA2015\/WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The band officially formed in 1997 after the foursome met at the University College of London. Since the release of their first album, <em>Parachutes<\/em>, in 2000, Coldplay has won seven Grammys and dropped multiple studio albums.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2021, the \u201cYellow\u201d singer hinted that the band <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/chris-martin-hints-coldplay-may-release-final-album-in-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">may be closing their chapter<\/a> in the near future.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/chris-martin-and-dakota-johnsons-relationship-timeline\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/chris-martin-and-dakota-johnsons-relationship-timeline-june-2023.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Dakota Johnson Blows Kiss to Chris Martin at Italian Concert\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/chris-martin-and-dakota-johnsons-relationship-timeline-june-2023.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/>\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/pictures\/chris-martin-and-dakota-johnsons-relationship-timeline\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span>Chris Martin and Dakota Johnson&#8217;s Relationship Timeline<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tIt\u2019s \u201cUs Against the World!\u201d Chris Martin and Dakota Johnson have kept their romance relatively private \u2014 but their story is as sweet as any love song. Us Weekly exclusively confirmed in December 2017 that the Coldplay singer had moved on with the Fifty Shades of Grey star less than two years after his divorce [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWell, I know I can tell you, our last proper record will come out in 2025 and after that I think we will only tour,\u201d he told <em>BBC Radio 2<\/em> at the time. \u201cMaybe we\u2019ll do some collaborative things, but the Coldplay catalog, as it were, finishes then.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This was not the first time that Martin had opened up about the band\u2019s plans. In October of the same year, he told Absolute Radio: \u201cThis is not a joke, this is true, I think after 12 [albums] that will be the end of our catalog, but I think we will always want to play live together. So, I think in the way that the [Rolling] Stones do, it will be so cool if we can still be touring in our late 70s. That will be wonderful, if anybody wants to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/coldplay-countersues-former-manager-for-17-million\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coldplay Dave M. Benett\/Getty Images Coldplay is engaged in a legal battle with their former manager to the tune of $17 million. 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