#THE WEEKND SPENT MONEY ON HALFTIME SHOW UPDATE#

But it was beautifully produced, Bruce and the band were sensational and we loved it. “I have one question: What do you get paid to be part of the biggest show in the history of the universe? What does the artist get…earnings for the show for Bruce and the band: zero. There’s $1 billion transacted - I remember them saying that,” he explained. 1 with people who don’t brush their teeth. “They gave me 10 minutes worth of bullet points about how big the Super Bowl is, it’s the No. That seems like an extravagant number for to be out of pocket, unless the label’s going to participate.” business manager Lou Taylor told Billboard, who works with previous halftime-show performers like Jennifer Lopez.Īccording to Bruce Springsteen‘s manager Jon Landau, when he performed in 2009, the NFL gave him a $1 million production budget. However, usually the label will step in and provide the shortfall.

“The NFL allows you a production budget - it’s almost never enough to satisfy what the actual production costs are. That amount of coverage, however, seems to change. “We cover expenses and production costs,” an NFL spokesperson previously told Forbes. The halftime show can cost more than $10 million to put on even though the musical artist isn’t paid, Reuters reported. “But in general for Super Bowl performances, according to top managers and major-label sources, labels and sponsors offset some of the costs, and the amounts vary from year to year,” the outlet went on to report. He’s doing so to “make this halftime show be what he envisioned,” his manager added in the story, going on to explain that the NFL will cover production costs as usual. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of The WeekndĪnd the superstar himself is putting tons of his own money into the performance, apparently: The Weeknd spent $7 million of his own money on production costs for his Super Bowl halftime show, his manager Wassim “Sal” Slaiby told Billboard last week. Ahead of his much-anticipated Super Bowl performance, the Blinding Lights singer answered various questions in a. The 30-year-old After Hours star is set to hit the stage for the halftime show performance on Sunday (February 7) during the big game. The Weeknd is preparing to take on a show, unlike anything he has ever done. 7 performance, the singer is set to release a compilation with 18 of his biggest hits, including 'Can't Feel My Face,' 'Starboy,' 'The Hills' and 'Love Me Harder,' his collaboration with Ariana Grande.The Weeknd is about to do the Super Bowl – and it’s going to be expensive. Maroon 5 headlined in 2019.Īhead of his Feb. Last year, Jennifer Lopez and Shakira wowed audiences as the first Latinas to ever headline the Super Bowl Halftime show. His soulful uniqueness has defined a new generation of greatness in music and artistry,' JAY-Z said in a statement then. 'The Weeknd has introduced a sound all his own. JAY-Z - who's in charge of advising on musical events - described The Weeknd as an 'extraordinary performer' who is going to put on 'an extraordinary experience.'

Want to get the biggest stories from PEOPLE every weekday? Subscribe to our new podcast, PEOPLE Every Day, to get the essential celebrity, entertainment and human interest news stories Monday through Friday. I'm humbled, honored and ecstatic to be the center of that infamous stage this year,' he said in a press release. 'We all grow up watching the world's biggest acts playing the Super Bowl and one can only dream of being in that position. The Weeknd's appearance at Super Bowl LV was announced in November, when he shared that he'd be 'performing on the iconic stage.' (A 'Rubik's cube of problems,' said La Mar C. The Weeknd talked to Billboard about the reason he decided to put millions into his Super Bowl Halftime Show. The Weeknd's entire team took six months of 'Zoom calls and email chains' to put together, according to Billboard. RELATED: The Weeknd Says His 3 Grammy Wins 'Mean Nothing to Me' After 2021 Snub: It 'Hit Me Out of Nowhere'

#THE WEEKND SPENT MONEY ON HALFTIME SHOW UPDATE#

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