This is How Much it Costs to Hire Your Favourite Band for a Private Party

As if you needed a reminder, the weekend starts in a few hours. 

So who isn’t already thinking about settling in to a few drinks, hanging out with friends, and telling Gwen Stefani that you don’t care if she doesn’t want to sing No Doubt tunes, she goddamn better anyway.

After all, you dropped somewhere around 400K to have her in your living room.

We’ve all wondered what it would cost to pay for a private concert, and thanks to some research Business Insider did last year, we no longer have to guess.

So the next time you want to book something special, you now how much you’ll have to save to get it done.

While many current A-list singers like Miley Cyrus, Bruno Mars, and The Black Keys come in for somewhere between 1-1.5 million, only one (formerly known as) artist stands above all others. That’s right, if you want Prince at your place it’s going to cost you between 1.5-2 million in cold hard cash.

Check out a selection of notable artists below. It turns out everyone’s got their price… 

1.5M – 2M 

Prince

– Prince

1M – 1.5

rs

– Jay Z

– Nickelback

– Shakira

– Pink

– The Rolling Stones

750K – 1M

gd

– Adele

– Backstreet Boys

– Eminem

– Neil Young

– Katy Perry

– Green Day

– Black Eyed Peas

– David Bowie

500K – 750K

Diddy

– Foster the People

– Zac Brown Band

– Pearl Jam

– P. Diddy

– Nelly Furtado

– Foster the People

350K – 500K

Kanye

– Matchbox 20

– 50 Cent

– Kanye West

– Jason Mraz

– Avril Lavigne

– Kings of Leon

250K – 350K

Tragically Hip

– Counting Crows

– Queen Latifah

– Bob Dylan

– LL Cool J

– The White Stripes

– Snoop Dog

– The Tragically Hip

Under 250K

Ice Ice Baby

Pretty much any person/band that was ever famous. Seriously. 


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