Artist fees

[radstocker]

Has anyone got any genuine knowledge on what artists get for doing festivals like Download?

Motley Crue must charge a fortune and they're not even headlining.

I've heared Reading pay around 1mill for each of it's headliners. Glastonbury has a max cap of 200k but don't hold artists to exclusive deals (eg Springsteen getting a million+ for playing Hyde Park the same weekend) but Glastonbury is trading on it's reputation and they can get away with it.

Any links/info?

cheers ears!

[metallimuse]

Oasis were payed 2.5 million back when they headlined Reading and Leeds.

Rumours were that Rage Against The Machine were charging that price last year.

Red Hot Chilli Peppers were payed above the normal fee for their headline set at Reading afew years back.

[Matticus]

5 Million apparently for 50 Cent, and 7 Million for Guns N Roses set just at Leeds!

[metallimuse]

Shit man,how did i forget about 50!Although i don't seem to remember 5 million being the quoted price.

[radstocker]

5 Million apparently for 50 Cent, and 7 Million for Guns N Roses set just at Leeds!

[eFestivals]

5 Million apparently for 50 Cent, and 7 Million for Guns N Roses set just at Leeds!

nah, they're very very wrong.

Reading/Leeds headliners - the bigger, more established ones (so not 50 Cent) - get somewhere in the region of £1M to £1.5M, and that's for the two shows. GnR wouldn't have got that amount for their one show.

[tylerdurden]

didnt prince charge 5 million for coachella?

[inspectedinspector]

On a train last year I overheard some conversation about getting Hot Chip to play at someones wedding - which was £6000 & Chas & Dave cost £2000 or £1000 for just Chas...

Hope this helps

Edited February 26, 2009 by inspectedinspector

[Budweiser]

5 Million apparently for 50 Cent, and 7 Million for Guns N Roses set just at Leeds!

[biffoire]

On a train last year I overheard some conversation about getting Hot Chips

[Lithium05]

Nah that was a conversation about the buffet cart mate!! Prices seem to have gone up!!

[alex89]

£1 million that a huge amount it shows how much they make out of tickets and over price stuff when you get there to spend £1million on one act and make a profit