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John Reid (born 9 September 1949) is a music manager, known for being the manager and former partner of singer Elton John, as well as for managing the British rock band Queen. Life and career. Reid was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, the son of John Reid, a welder, and Betty, a shop worker.
- Scottish
- Manager of Elton John (1970–98), Manager of Queen (1975–78)
- 1967–1999, 2005–2006
- Elton John (1970–75)
- Reid Says He 'Wasn't Enthusiastic' When John Asked Him to Be His Manager
- Reid and John Were Each Other's 'First Great' Loves
- After Their Relationship Ended, Reid Continued to Be John's Manager
- John Says That Reid 'Betrayed' Him Financially and Sued His Former Manager
- Reid and John No Longer Speak
Born September 9, 1949, Reid grew up in the Scottish town of Paisley which borders Glasgow to the east. The son of a welder and a shop worker, he reportedly attended Stow College in Glasgow for a short time before striking out for London in 1967. At age 18 Reid entered the music business as a promoter for EMI. By age 19 he was managing the Tamla Mo...
“[Elton] was my first great love and I was his,” Reid said, according to the Scottish Daily Mail. Their first sexual encounter is portrayed in Rocketman, with John saying at the U.K. premiereof the film that when he and Reid “tear their clothes off in the movie, that was how it happened. It was in San Francisco.” John also revealed he was “a virgin...
Reid would remain in John’s life – and as his business manager – until 1998. Over the decades the two became wealthy due to John’s recording and touring successes. Both men spent big on sports cars, yachts, jewelry, and property, with Reid reportedly owning multiple homes at one point. Reid managed Queen from 1975 to 1978, as well as other acts inc...
Professionally, their relationship ended in 1998, the same year John’s auditors discovered a reported £20 million gap in his accounts. Two years later they would be facing each other in court, this time on opposing sides with John suing accounting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Andrew Haydon, director of John Reid Enterprises, claiming negligence ...
Reid continued in the music business until reportedly retiring in 1999, a year after divesting himself of an art collection allegedly worth £2 million. He was a judge on the Australian version of The X Factorin 2005 and has since lived a quiet life out of the public eye. “I’m fond of Elton and proud of the work we did together,” Reid is reported to...
Feb 17, 2022 · John Reid is a retired music manager. He started his career in 1967 at the age of 18, as a promoter for EMI. At 19, he became the Tamla Motown label manager for the UK. In 1971, he set up his own company with a few hundred pounds in savings and a £5,000 loan. He was the manager of Elton John from the 1970s until 1998, and he also managed Queen ...
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Jul 16, 2023 · Was Elton John’s Manager John Reid Really Such a Jerk? Corey Irwin Published: July 16, 2023. Evening Standard, Hulton Archive, Getty Images. “I’ll still be collecting my 20 percent long...
- Corey Irwin
May 30, 2019 · Music manager John Reid makes appearances in two of the biggest biopics in recent years. He’s played by Aiden Gillen in Bohemian Rhapsody, and Richard Madden plays him in Rocketman. The...
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Nov 4, 2021 · Rocketman also stars Richard Madden as John Reid, a music manager and the man who became Elton John's first lover. The pair were romantically linked for 5 years, though it was kept hidden at the time. Reid also managed Elton's career, from 1973 to 1998. Their business partnership ended acrimoniously, with Elton John taking Reid's company to court.
May 23, 2019 · When John played some of his new songs for Reid, the music manager was blown away. "The songs were beautiful and it became the Elton John album," he told the Scottish Daily Mail in 2018....
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