Reportedly, The Weeknd could have cancelled on Coachella. He is the replacement for Ye. However, they are not paying him the same.
Ye was supposed to receive $8.5 million for appearing in Coachella. However, he did not accept the gig. He pulled out because he wants to focus on himself for a while, out of the spotlight. At least until he is over his family situation.
The replacement was decided to be The Weeknd. He is supposed to play on April 17 and 24. However, things were not doing so hot behind the scenes.
According to Page 6, the producers of the music festival are trying to pocket most of the money. They were trying to only pay The Weeknd “a few million” and pocket the rest.
This has caused negotiations to continue throughout the week between The Weeknd’s management and Goldenvoice, the producers of the festival. When Goldenvoice released that The Weeknd was going to appear on Wednesday, the negotiations were still happening. At the last minute, Goldenvoice agreed to pay the full amount. They could not have the main act cancel their performance twice.
The Truth about Ye
However, there is something that does not quite match up with reality in Page 6’s article. They claim that Ye is seeking external help for his mental condition and will be leaving the spotlight for a while. Jason Lee, Ye’s head of Media and Partnerships has already denied this claim. He is not leaving the spotlight.
That was the grounding statement of the entire claim. Without that, the entire premise falls apart. There is also just a general lack of logic to it. Goldenvoice does the announcement while negotiations are still happening. That shot themselves in the foot and they have to give The Weeknd the full payment? It just does not make sense for the producers of Coachella, one of the biggest music festivals in the world, to make that mistake.
Written by Justin Acosta
Twitter: @hahalacka
