The Sunday Night Headliner Saga

[eFestivals]

Financial arm twisting presumably?

Do you reckon they were the one and only choice when they needed the Sunday sorting or do you think they went through a few others to make the arm twisting necessary?

 

I don't don't know what the method of 'persuasion' was, but I do know they said 'no' because of the Paris show when first asked.

[stuartbert two hats]

Neil, do you know about this ominous news on the future of the festival Scottie taunted us with last night?

[Quark]

The problem with using phrases like "respect it deserves" is that many artists simply don't view the festival the same way fans do. To them it's just business, just another gig, and if their price or conditions aren't met they'll take it elsewhere, as is their perogative.

Like most things it depends on the artist. When Springsteen played in '09 I seem to recall that his agent initially turned it down based on the money and not really knowing much about it, so the Eavii followed it up with a package sent directly to him outlining the festival's history, support for good causes and charities etc.  Once he read that he snapped it up.

 

But then he's Springsteen...

 

EDIT: just seen this has been picked up on already,  Should have read to the end of the thread

Edited July 3, 2015 by Quark

[The Placid Casual]

Didn't Metallica take a massive pay cut to play too, or am I imagining things?

[eFestivals]

Neil, do you know about this ominous news on the future of the festival Scottie taunted us with last night?

 

yep, am just about to say something in a more suitable thread.

[ghostdancer1]

Like most things it depends on the artist. When Springsteen played in '09 I seem to recall that his agent initially turned it down based on the money and not really knowing much about it, so the Eavii followed it up with a package sent directly to him outlining the festival's history, support for good causes and charities etc.  Once he read that he snapped it up.

 

But then he's Springsteen...

 

EDIT: just seen this has been picked up on already,  Should have read to the end of the thread

Prince does a lot of gigs/work with charities and good causes, to be fair

[Jakkkkobz]

yep, am just about to say something in a more suitable thread.

This doesnt sound good, are queen and adam lambert playing...

[Rose-Colored Boy]

The Kanye thing is a weird one, he's mates with Chris Martin so you'd expect he'd have been enthusiastically told what a big deal it is...

His tweet when he was announced suggested he did understand. He later deleted that tweet, suggesting the stick had dampened his initial excitement - maybe after that he did just regard it as a gig no different from any other.