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What Glastonbury Festival headliners are paid with Dua Lipa, SZA and Coldplay confirmedGlastonbury organisers Michael and Emily Eavis have previously discussed their pay structureWhat's

OnRobbie Purves13:05, 14 Mar 2024This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn moreDua Lipa is headlining Glastonbury 2024 with

SZA and Coldplay(Image: John Shearer / Getty Images for The Recording Academy) Glastonbury Festival's 2024 headliners have been announced, with female acts headlining the bill following last

year's male-dominated line-up. Dua Lipa, SZA and the band Coldplay all head the bill at Worthy Farm. Held in Somerset, the festival will open on June 26 to 30 and is expected to attract

around 210,000.

Also taking to the famous Pyramid Stage over the long weekend will be LCD Soundsystem, British rapper Little Simz, Nigerian singer Burna Boy, 80s legend Cyndi Lauper and soul star Olivia

Dean. Janelle Monae, Mercury Prize winner Michael Kiwanuka, singer-songwriter Paul Heaton, Keane, Paloma Faith and Ayra Starr are also among those performing on the main stage.

Despite Glastonbury being one of the most famous music festivals in the world, it may not pay acts as much as you think. Talking to SomersetLive, Bestival organiser, Rob Da Bank, offered a

glimpse of what Glastonbury pay.

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He explained: "They cap their budget and even the headliners don't get paid more than £500,000 I think, which is cheap for some of the headliners and they've had a lot of them. So, that's

proof of it's huge, huge influence."

To put this into context, headliners at other UK festivals can earn upwards of £1million for their performances. Across in the US, Billboard reports Beyoncé was paid an enormous £3.2million

for her Coachella performance in 2018, based in California.

Content cannot be displayed without consent Glastonbury organisers Michael and Emily Eavis previously revealed their act pay structure. Michael previously said: "I paid £200,000 for Paul

McCartney and for Coldplay, and although it sounds a lot, they could have charged me far more."

Emily has also spoke out about how the festival's performers are typically paid a fraction of what they’d usually expect from a major music festival. Talking to BBC Radio 6, she explained:

"We're not in the same bracket as everyone else when it comes to paying artists massive fees. We're really grateful for the bands that we get because they're basically doing it for the love

of it.

"It's probably less than 10 per cent of what they'd get from playing any of the other major British festivals, [so] Glastonbury relies completely on goodwill."

Article continues below For many artists, there is a draw in being associated with a festival viewed by millions and the extra exposure it creates. On George Ezra's podcast, Emily explained:

"Because of the TV and because of the exposure that they (acts) get, they do go on to do really well afterwards, so they'll sell records afterwards.

"So we're saying 'look, come and do this but even though there's a small fee, we can almost guarantee afterwards you'll make up for it'." Without this goodwill and draw to exposure, it's

unlikely Emily and her father Michael would be able to donate to as many charitable causes as they do. Annually, the duo aim to donate over £2million to charities through ticket sales.