What Bands Get Paid

There's a pretty cool street festival in LA that's been going on for years called the Sunset Junction. Unfortunately it began to run into financial trouble recently due to the downturn in the economy, and as a result, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection. In doing so, they had to list how much each act scheduled to perform was to be paid. Here's a partial list of the acts involved and how much they were to receive.

Butthole Surfers - $24,000.00
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - $22,000.00
Hanson - $20,000.00
k.d. lang - $20,000.00
Ozomatli - $20,000.00
Bobby Womack - $15,000.00
Gayngs - $13,000.00
Peaches - $12,800.00
Lil' Jon - $10,000.00
Tapes 'n Tapes - $10,000.00
Art Brut - $8000.00
Arthur Adams - $6000.00
Charles Bradley - $5500.00
Dum Dum Girls - $5000.00
Helmet - $5000.00
Rooney - $5000.00
The Growlers - $5000.00
The Melvins - $3300.00
Butch Walker & the Black Widows - $3000.00
EC Twins - $3000.00
The Original Vandellas - $2500.00
Kim Weston - $2250.00
Brenda Holloway - $1500.00
DJ Trent Cantrelle - $1500.00
Morgan Page - $1500.00
Natalia Kills - $1500.00
The Hundred Days - $1250.00 400
Blows - $1000.00
Cary Brothers - $1000.00
Madi Diaz - $1000.00
Soft Pack - $1000.00
The Rescues - $1000.00

There's a slew of under $1k acts, but you get the idea. We don't often get to see what acts are being paid across such a wide spectrum, but it's good to see so you can calibrate your expectations.

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