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Topics: Glastonbury, Music, Money, Celebrity
Rhianna Benson
Topics: Glastonbury, Music, Money, Celebrity
Festival season is finally upon us, and this week hundreds of thousands of music fans flocked to a field in Somerset - bucket hats and beer in tow - to celebrate the eagerly-awaited return of Glastonbury.
Renowned across the globe for being able to pull together some of the biggest acts in musical history, this year's headliners will include the likes of Dua Lipa, SZA and Shania Twain.
Other chart-topping artists like Seventeen, Avril Lavigne, Paul Heaton, Janelle Monae, Paloma Faith and Camilla Cabello will also make up the impressive 2024 roster.
Among the numerous hotly-awaited performances that attendees can't wait to relish this weekend is that of British band Coldplay.
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The four-man group - fronted by much-loved super star Chris Martin - are famed across the globe for pulling out all the stops for their live performances.
Whether that be a striking light show, mesmerising fireworks, or do you remember that time they hired like a hundred cyclists to power the electrics of their entire set to raise awareness of climate change? Yeah, that was pretty mad.
Anyway, Glastonbury-goers are already well aware of the fact that Coldplay aren't a gig they should be overlooking, and hundreds are already expected to fill out the Pyramid stage in the hopes of getting a good glimpse at the festivities to come.
With the hype that the group are encouraging, however, begs the question - how much are they getting paid for such a colossal concert?
Well, given the fact Coachella frequently sees organisers handing out six-figure sums to the most high-profile acts, you'd expect the British equivalent to pay round about the same, right?
After all, back in in 2019, Beyoncé was reportedly given between $8 to $12 million for her performance at Coachella - according to Billboard.
Apparently, however, Coldplay's paycheque will be nowhere near that amount - not that they seem too bothered about it.
Talking to SomersetLive this week, Bestival organiser, Rob Da Bank, offered a glimpse of what Glastonbury might pay for its headlining acts.
He explained: "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."
The festival actually has three long-standing joint charity partners - Oxfam, WaterAid and Greenpeace - who each receive colossal donations from ticket sales each year.
Glastonbury organisers Michael and Emily Eavis, previously revealed that they actually aimed to donate £2 million to these non-profit organisations.
Michael previously said: "I paid £200,000 for Paul McCartney and for Coldplay, and although it sounds a lot, they could have charged me far more."
The more you know, eh?