Coldplay sues ex-manager for tour mismanagement including ‘not opening shared Dropbox’ for almost two years
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Coldplay sues former manager over alleged tour mismanagementDave Holmes claims £10 million; Coldplay seeks £14 million in damages through its countersuit.
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- In August, Holmes sued Coldplay for £10 million in commissions linked to the band’s unreleased tenth and eleventh albums.
- Coldplay denied Holmes’s claim and counter-sued for £14 million, alleging losses from mismanagement of the Music of the Spheres tour.
- According to Coldplay, the 165-stop tour involved €10.6 million in unused pylons and a £9.7 million projector built incorrectly.
- The band also alleges Holmes never opened a shared Dropbox folder containing tour artwork between August 2020 and February 2022.
not open a shared Dropbox containing art work for the tour 'at any time between August 2020 and February 2022'— The band Coldplay, in their lawsuit filing
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