Are they that greedy or do you think they deserve to be paid for the exposure the musicians are receiving?.
Rihanna, Katy Perry, or Coldplay might be doing the Super Bowl halftime show this year—that is, if they’re willing to pay up.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the NFL has narrowed down its list of potential performers for the 2015 gig to those three candidates, though it’s also asking “at least some of the acts” if they’d be willing to pay the league for the privilege of playing the halftime show—something that’s absolutely insane, but not 100 percent unreasonable, considering how many people actually watch the performance. Alternately (and this is where it gets wacky), they should “be willing to contribute a portion of their post-Super Bowl tour income to the league.”
While the Super Bowl halftime show is obviously a choice gig, the idea that the NFL thinks it should then be owed part of Katy Perry’s tour revenue is laughable. If anything, it seems like Perry’s touring potential would only diminish after the show, after all her casual fans catch the few songs they want to see during her seven-minute halftime slot for free.
Of course, the NFL could point to Beyoncé’s post-Super Bowl tour earnings as an example of how the halftime show can ramp up revenue—but that’s an anomaly, helped by the fact that Beyoncé hadn’t been on in the road in years, and by being Beyoncé.
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The NFL reportedly asked Katy Perry , Rihanna and Coldplay , their top choices to play the 2015 Super Bowl Halftime Show, if they would be willing to pay the league in order to secure one of the biggest gigs in the world, according to The Wall Street Journal .
Considering the Halftime Show has only grown more popular in recent years -- this year's performance with Bruno Mars and the Red Hot Chili Peppers drew 115.3 million viewers, compared to the 112.2 million who watched the game -- it makes sense they'd want a piece of the pie.
The artists themselves do tend to capitalize on the exposure of such a performance as well: Beyonce announced her "Mrs. Carter Show" world tour right after her performance in 2013 , while tickets to Mars' "Moonshine Jungle" tour went on sale the Monday after his Super Bowl
Rihanna, Katy Perry, or Coldplay might be doing the Super Bowl halftime show this year—that is, if they’re willing to pay up.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the NFL has narrowed down its list of potential performers for the 2015 gig to those three candidates, though it’s also asking “at least some of the acts” if they’d be willing to pay the league for the privilege of playing the halftime show—something that’s absolutely insane, but not 100 percent unreasonable, considering how many people actually watch the performance. Alternately (and this is where it gets wacky), they should “be willing to contribute a portion of their post-Super Bowl tour income to the league.”
While the Super Bowl halftime show is obviously a choice gig, the idea that the NFL thinks it should then be owed part of Katy Perry’s tour revenue is laughable. If anything, it seems like Perry’s touring potential would only diminish after the show, after all her casual fans catch the few songs they want to see during her seven-minute halftime slot for free.
Of course, the NFL could point to Beyoncé’s post-Super Bowl tour earnings as an example of how the halftime show can ramp up revenue—but that’s an anomaly, helped by the fact that Beyoncé hadn’t been on in the road in years, and by being Beyoncé.
https://www.avclub.com/article/cold...-sup-208329?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds
The NFL reportedly asked Katy Perry , Rihanna and Coldplay , their top choices to play the 2015 Super Bowl Halftime Show, if they would be willing to pay the league in order to secure one of the biggest gigs in the world, according to The Wall Street Journal .
Considering the Halftime Show has only grown more popular in recent years -- this year's performance with Bruno Mars and the Red Hot Chili Peppers drew 115.3 million viewers, compared to the 112.2 million who watched the game -- it makes sense they'd want a piece of the pie.
The artists themselves do tend to capitalize on the exposure of such a performance as well: Beyonce announced her "Mrs. Carter Show" world tour right after her performance in 2013 , while tickets to Mars' "Moonshine Jungle" tour went on sale the Monday after his Super Bowl
