According to court papers filed recently in the U.K., their former boss Dave Holmes is suing the four members of the British rock band Coldplay, who have sold millions of albums and won many awards.

A Coldplay representative told Variety that the band and Holmes quietly broke up a year ago. They had worked together for 22 years, which is almost all of the band’s history.

They are still being run by Phil Harvey, Mandi Frost, and Arlene Moon, who worked with Holmes for many years.

Sources tell Variety that the case is about a contract dispute, but the rep wouldn’t say anything else.

At the time this story was written, the legal documents had not yet been made public. Because of this, more information was not available right away.

The band’s contract with Warner Music’s Parlophone (in the U.K.) and Atlantic (in the U.S.) labels, as well as Wasserman Agency, was extended in 2021, just before the release of their most recent studio record, “Music of the Spheres,” which was produced by Max Martin. Since its first album, “Parachutes,” came out in 2000, the group has sold more than 100 million CDs around the world and won seven Grammy Awards.

Chris Martin, who sings lead, Jonny Buckland, who plays guitar, Guy Berryman, who plays bass, and Will Champion, who plays drums, all met at University College London. In 1997, the band was officially formed.

Holmes told Variety in 2018 about the release of “Headful of Dreams,” a documentary about Coldplay, that he gave his mother a copy of “Parachutes” in 2000. He remembers telling the woman, “I just started working with this band, and they’re going to be as big as U2.” He also said, “I knew it. I just knew.”