A new Prince thread!

[Guest]

latest word I'm hearing (not to do with Glastonbury) is that Prince is still doing his "I'll only give you an answer when I'm ready and not when you want it" thing.

It doesn't appear to be the case that the new deal with Warners has made him any more gig-happy.

[kalifire]

He's always liked gigging. It's just his terms that seem awkward (to say the least) to deal with.

[eFestivals]

Taking into account the fact he'll almost certainly have been personally approached while he was in the UK

I can't be certain, but I don't think he was.

I know that someone spoke with him and asked him about Glastonbury, and about the only thing he knew about it was that it existed. He didn't know that it wasn't run for profit, for example.

Edited April 24, 2014 by eFestivals

[slamdunkdafunk]

If I was Eavii, I would tell him the deadline to accept is two weeks before it actually is, then when he accepts after the "deadline" has passed, it doesn't affect the festival and he thinks he's won...unlucky Prince you poncy purple plonker!

[UEF]

I can't be certain, but I don't think he was.

I know that someone spoke with him and asked him about Glastonbury, and about the only thing he knew about it was that it existed. He didn't know that it wasn't run for profit, for example.

[Yesiamaduck]

That's news to me - surely it's run at some level of profit?

[eFestivals]

That's news to me - surely it's run at some level of profit?

Ultimately, the right answer for that question depends on what exactly you call 'profit'.

[zero000]

I think I remember reading somewhere that Eavis pays himself about £50,000 and the rest goes to charity. If that's true he deserves every penny of it.

[eFestivals]

I think I remember reading somewhere that Eavis pays himself about £50,000 and the rest goes to charity. If that's true he deserves every penny of it.

It might not be that exactly (but it's probably not far off), and there might be other ways that he gains (via what's paid to the farm, perhaps), and I'm sure he's made a few quid from 40 years of running the festival.

But he's certainly not coined it in the manner than he might otherwise have done, and millions of pounds (maybe tens of millions?) has been given away to the likes of Oxfam, WaterAid, and Greenpeace over the years, as well as to many local schools, organisations, clubs, etc.

It's certainly very nice that the world's premier festival is about something else than getting rich. While the old free festivals got stomped into the ground by authority and regulations, they've certainly left an indelible mark onto all of UK festival culture, stretching far wider than just Glastonbury - and that's a very good thing.

[craigyb31]

It might not be that exactly (but it's probably not far off), and there might be other ways that he gains (via what's paid to the farm, perhaps), and I'm sure he's made a few quid from 40 years of running the festival.

But he's certainly not coined it in the manner than he might otherwise have done, and millions of pounds (maybe tens of millions?) has been given away to the likes of Oxfam, WaterAid, and Greenpeace over the years, as well as to many local schools, organisations, clubs, etc.

It's certainly very nice that the world's premier festival is about something else than getting rich. While the old free festivals got stomped into the ground by authority and regulations, they've certainly left an indelible mark onto all of UK festival culture, stretching far wider than just Glastonbury - and that's a very good thing.

[suzie sue]

Strange that he's not sir Michael, did he turn it down or something?

[stuartbert two hats]

It might not be that exactly (but it's probably not far off), and there might be other ways that he gains (via what's paid to the farm, perhaps), and I'm sure he's made a few quid from 40 years of running the festival.

But he's certainly not coined it in the manner than he might otherwise have done, and millions of pounds (maybe tens of millions?) has been given away to the likes of Oxfam, WaterAid, and Greenpeace over the years, as well as to many local schools, organisations, clubs, etc.

It's certainly very nice that the world's premier festival is about something else than getting rich. While the old free festivals got stomped into the ground by authority and regulations, they've certainly left an indelible mark onto all of UK festival culture, stretching far wider than just Glastonbury - and that's a very good thing.

[stuartbert two hats]

Strange that he's not sir Michael, did he turn it down or something?

[eFestivals]

I don't know about the charity to local firms, or the purchase of surrounding fields. I'm guessing the festival pays for those too?

I could only guess, and my guess would be that the farm has acquired any extra land, but that might have been funded along the way by the rental that the festival pays to the farm for the land.

GFL (or the yearly companies) aren't legally 'not for profit' firms though are they? I thought they were normal businesses that just happened to give most of their profits to charity - so Michael could pay himself (well, the shareholders) a couple of million one year if he felt like it?

As far as I'm aware they're normal companies, and it works pretty much how you say.

I believe that in more recent years there's been a bit of retention of money by the company (rather than given all of it away), purely to be used as a financial buffer. The slow sales for the Jay-Z year caused Michael a lot of worry over the finances because it might have been a financial disaster. So they're trying to build up a safety net, just in case something similar happens again.

Either that, or it's Michael's retirement fund.

[Ommadawn]

He lives in a nice house.

[eFestivals]

He lives in a nice house.

He built himself a new one a few years ago, which i'm guessing (I've not seen it) gives him more space than the farmhouse.

The farmhouse is actually a number of different dwellings, tho i'm not sure how many. I've been in what I guess should be called a flat in the farmhouse, tho it wasn't one occupied by an Eavis.

[kalifire]

Michael quietly does things like this.

The Bridgwater shop’s record sales posting follows a positive trend in trade for the store after Mr Eavis offered to pay its rent until August 2014, when it was threatened with permanent closure two years ago.

[Ommadawn]

He built himself a new one a few years ago, which i'm guessing (I've not seen it) gives him more space than the farmhouse.

The farmhouse is actually a number of different dwellings, tho i'm not sure how many. I've been in what I guess should be called a flat in the farmhouse, tho it wasn't one occupied by an Eavis.

[nickharley]

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/apr/30/prince-returns-to-the-uk-for-three-more-shows-exclusive

Don't know if anyone has seen this yet...

Thoughts?

[craigyb31]

Saw something similar on fb, hope I can get tickets for the Leeds gig

[nickharley]

Saw something similar on fb, hope I can get tickets for the Leeds gig

[craigyb31]

All 3 have arenas but then all 3 have o2 academy's too I think so could be either or then again neither I suppose.

No help am I

[Trebor]

Considering it's a full month before Glasto, I'd say that makes him even less likely to be there.

[Rumblestripe]

Just do it you little purple f*kker

[craigyb31]

Considering it's a full month before Glasto, I'd say that makes him even less likely to be there.