how much would it coast to invite...

 ...at your birthday or your marriage your favorite prog band to play 2 non-stop hours their music?

i give a try: (US dollars)

genesis (gabriel + hackett): 100,000$

genesis (no gabriel + no hackett): 70,000$

yes (ABWHS): 40,000$

IQ: 15,000$

frank zappa & al: 30,000$

anthony phillips: 4,000$

renaissance: 10,000$

steve hackett: 5000$

ozric tentacles: 10,000$

 

 

 

 

 

 

although it would be almost impossible for these bands to do this:
Genesis (5 man, 4 man -8000$):50, 000$
YES (AWBSH):52,000$
King Crimson (BFW): 35, 000$
ELP: 35, 000$
Steve Hackett: 25, 000$
Rush:30, 000$
Supertramp: 45, 000$
Pink Floyd: 50, 000$
Thats an estimate, these bands who haven't played in a long while, would probably ask more for them to play...

Last year Sting picked up a cheque for £273,000 for performing just eight songs at a private party thrown by Microsoft boss Bill Gates.

"Lets see... now where did my checkbook go"?? hmmm

You guys can book me for $10 and a hooker! 

Okay, not so much the hooker, the significant other would kill me.  Twice.

Probably a lot more than you relaise to hire these acts, even though they are predominantly 'has beens' in the eyes of most. To give you some idea, flunked Acid Jazz supremos The Brand New Heavies were paid £30,000 to play a small festival in our town, about 4 years ago. Their career was yesterdays news by then. I know the festival organisors so I also know that Jools Holland and his RnB orchestra got £20,000, David Byrne got almost £35,000.

This was for playing in front of a crowd of less than 2000 for about an hour.

 

I know a yes cover band that would do it for 10k! granted they only know going for the one, Awake and anything off Tormoto.  Oh yeah and the mean age is only 21.  Oh yeah and they can't play without the cd on in the backround. Oh shoot thats my band, man we stink

Petra wrote: If i had any of my favourite bands to play at my birthday or wedding i doubt any of my friends would attend

 

at least it will keep away your parents in law!

 

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However much it would cost to bribe Derek Shulman away from managing mindless punk and metal bands and REFORM GENTLE GIANT!!

Maybe I should just get a couple of members of Floyd.. like Wright and Mason.  As I recall, my mother was a big fan of Pink Floyd's Ummagumma studio side....

"What the hell is that" was a question that came up quite often...

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I wonder... even if I paid King Crimson a ton of money to perform at my wedding... do you think he STILL wouldn't give me his autograph?

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