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Friday, February 24, 2012
Gossip / Business If You Have $24,000, You Can Book the Butthole Surfers For Your Next Party
Posted by Megan Seling on Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 4:33 PM
Last year the LA music festival Sunset Junction was canceled due to lack of funds, and the promoters have since filed for bankruptcy. Public court documents were just released, showing the amount of money they paid (or were supposed to pay) each artist they booked for the concert. The pay scale ranges from $24,000 to $150.
A few highlights: $24,000 got the Butthole Surfers, while Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah were booked for just $2,000 less. They snagged Hanson for a cool $20,000 (really?) while the Dum Dum Girls earned just a quarter of that with $5,000. Most surprisingly, the Melvins were booked for only $3,300. What a deal!
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