John Reid is a Scottish manager and music industry figure, currently living and working in Australia.

Between 1975 and 1978, Reid was the manager of British rock group Queen

Queen (band)

Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury , Brian May , John Deacon , and Roger Taylor...

 and Kevin Ayers

Kevin Ayers

Kevin Ayers is an English singer-songwriter and was a major influential force in the English psychedelic movement...

. For some 25 years he was the manager of Elton John

Elton John

Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...

, but their relationship ended with acrimonious legal action in 2000 over a leaked letter from his accountants detailing Elton's spending which was found by Benjamin Pell

Benjamin Pell

Benjamin Pell is a British man who was noted for raking through the dustbins of law firms representing prominent people in search of incriminating or compromising documents that he could sell to the media....

 and published in the Daily Mirror.

In Australia, he is best known for being a judge on the local version of The X Factor.
Reid was born in Paisley

Paisley

Paisley is the largest town in the historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland and serves as the administrative centre for the Renfrewshire council area...

, the son of John Reid, a welder

Welder

A welder is a tradesman who specializes in welding materials together. The materials to be joined can be metals or varieties of plastic or polymer...

, and Betty, a supermarket worker.