"Is the tour going to be the After Hours tour still? Is it going to be this new album's tour, with the same tickets?" he mused to the outlet. Taylor, also teased what we can expect from his upcoming tour, which is set to kick off this summer if restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic subside. The performer, who shared the cover of Billboard with his manager Wassim "Sal" Slaiby and creative director La Mar C. He told the outlet, "We've been really focusing on dialing in on the fans at home and making performances a cinematic experience, and we want to do that with the Super Bowl." In a new interview with Billboard, the 30 year old said that while the Super Bowl ordinarily covers all production cost of the show, he wanted to make his performance extra special. In fact, The Weeknd, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, decided to put his money where his mouth is.$7 million dollars worth of money, that is. Millions more, of course, will be watching from home, and the singer wanted to make sure that his performance was truly show-stopping this time around. 7, the "I Can't Feel My Face" artist is heading to the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay to perform for a limited crowd.
#The weeknd spent money professional
Is it time for headliners and professional dancers to team up against the NFL? We'll let you be the judge.The Weekndisn't cutting any corners when it comes to putting on a sensational Super Bowl Halftime Show, and to him, all the work is worth it. But these are stage dancers-whether "field cast" will be paid remains to be seen. After backlash from the dance community and SAG-AFTRA (the union representing professional dancers), executives from Jay-Z's Roc Nation, which will produce the halftime show, defended their methods, saying that they've contracted 115 paid dancers. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar, and Eminem, NFL producers recruited hundreds of "volunteers" to take part in 72 hours of unpaid rehearsals. This year, the NFL seems poised to, once again, make the same misjudgment. Unpaid dancers sat in stadium bleachers for up to two hours in the cold while waiting to rehearse as their paid counterparts spent that time in green rooms." According to an investigation by the Los Angeles Times, "paid dancers received $712 for show day and $45 per hour for their rehearsal time, as well as a $30 per diem and a $250 COVID stipend if a dancer was asked to report to a clinic for a test on a nonwork day. The NFL has come under fire for failing to pay some halftime show dancers, framing them instead as "volunteers." At last year's halftime show featuring the Weeknd, all dancers rushed the field in the same costumes, but not everyone received the same treatment. As the NFL continues to discourage players from protesting racial inequality, artists like Rihanna and Cardi B have turned down the gig in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick, while those who accepted it, like Maroon 5, have come into the crosshairs of petitions demanding they bow out to boycott the NFL.Īnd lest you think the headliners are the only performers working for free-surely journeyman dancers ought to be paid, right?-think again. That said, accepting the gig isn’t the guaranteed public relations booster it once was. When Justin Timberlake performed in 2018, his music sales rose 534% that same day as for Lady Gaga, sales of her digital catalog spiked 1000% following her 2017 performance. Performing on one of the world’s biggest, most televised stages can convert into real financial gain in the form of increased music sales (almost 100 million viewers tuned into last year’s game, and even that was the lowest ratings since 2007).
So what’s in it for performers? Something familiar to freelance writers everywhere: exposure. The Canadian artist, AKA Abel Tesfaye, is this. Don’t even get us started on the cost of awe-inspiring spectacles, like Katy Perry riding into the stadium on a mechanical golden lion, or Lady Gaga parachuting into her performance from the roof. The Weeknd has put up 7 million (£5.1 million) of his own money for his Super Bowl halftime show performance next week, his manager has revealed. That figure finances the paychecks of up to 3,000 staffers involved in the production, as well as complicated technical elements of the performance, like a collapsible, 38-part stage, or the massive audio equipment rolled in on 18 carts. The cost of production, even for just a thirteen-minute segment, can be sky high, with the 2020 performance by Jennifer Lopez and Shakira reportedly costing the NFL approximately $13 million.
Per league policy, the NFL covers all costs related to the production of the halftime show, but the performers don’t take home a paycheck (although the NFL foots the bill for their travel expenses). The surprising truth is that halftime performers aren’t paid to perform at the Super Bowl. Lo and Shakira Got Political at the Super Bowl
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