Topics: Entertainment, Glastonbury, Money, Music, UK News, Celebrity
Glastonbury is back for the 54th time this weekend - and judging by the line-up, it's set to be as big and iconic as ever.
Headliners of this weekend include the likes of Dua Lipa, Coldplay, SZA and Shania Twain, while other artists like Seventeen, Avril Lavigne, Paul Heaton, Janelle Monae, Paloma Faith and Camilla Cabello are also set to hit the stage.
Glastonbury is well-known for pulling in the big guns - like last year, we had Elton John - so you might be wondering what is the expected price for an appearance on the Pyramid Stage?
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Of course, Glasto is all about bringing good vibes, good food and good music, but they have three long-standing joint charity partners: Oxfam, WaterAid and Greenpeace.
The festivals organisers, Michael and Emily Eavis, previously shared that they aimed to donate £2 million to charities a year through the likes of ticket sales, as per NME.
However, despite how big the music festival is, it might surprise you how much they could expect to pay an artist for their time.
And when talking to Somerset live, Bestival organiser, Rob Da Bank, revealed how much Glastonbury could expect to pay for artists and headline acts, which this year, includes the seven-time BRIT award winner Dua Lipa.
He said: "They cap their budget and even the headliners don’t get paid more than £500,000 I think, which is cheap for some of the headliners and they've had a lot of them. So, that's proof of it's huge, huge influence."
Comparing this to American festivals like Coachella, this is a very small sum of money for the talent performing.
Back in 2019, Beyoncé was reportedly given between $8 to $12 million for her performance at Coachella, according to Billboard.
The pair have previously revealed their pay structure before, with Michael telling the BBC: "I paid £200,000 for Paul McCartney and for Coldplay, and although it sounds a lot, they could have charged me far more."
However, it is believed the reason for artists accepting such little money in comparison to other events they play at is due to the 'love of it'.
Emily told BBC Radio 6: "We’re not in the same bracket as everyone else when it comes to paying artists massive fees. We're really grateful for the bands that we get because they’re basically doing it for the love of it.
"It's probably less than 10 per cent of what they'd get from playing any of the other major British festivals, [so] Glastonbury relies completely on goodwill."
