Here’s what artists got paid for the Orange County Fair (ganked from the LA Times – use bugmenot.com for login):
Paul Simon: $325,000, plus 85% of the gross box-office revenue.
The Moody Blues: $300,000.
Velvet Revolver: $275,000.
Steve Miller Band: $225,000, plus $7,500 bonus if more than 7,500 tickets are sold.
Scorpions: $220,000.
Seal: $200,000.
Bill Cosby: $150,000.
Linda Ronstadt: Minimum $100,000.
Hawthorne Heights: $100,000.
Chris Isaak: $100,000.
Cyndi Lauper: $100,000.
Switchfoot: $90,000.
Michael Bolton: $85,000, plus $10,000 bonus for sold-out show.
The All-American Rejects: $85,000.
Gnarls Barkley: $75,000.
Shaggy: $65,000.
X: $55,000.
Lifehouse: $40,000.
Maldita Vecindad: $40,000.
Julieta Venegas: $40,000.
John Kay & Steppenwolf: $35,000.
David Crowder Band: $30,000.
Jefferson Starship: $30,000.
Big Head Todd & the Monsters: $25,000.
Wow, some of those numbers are really surprising, especially in contrast with the others. (Also, when you said Orange County Fair, I thought you meant OC, VA, and I was all WTF mate? But then I got it…)