How much money does an artist make during his/her music concert? How much does the promoter make?

Question

How much does the city get from a concert?

Answer 1

I know i'm going back, but when Elvis was asked to play Wembley for one night, his manager was offered £15 million.
He said "That will do me, how much does Elvis get?"

Answer 2

That really depends on the contracts he has. First the building where the concert has to be paid for. Then he's got to pay his roadies and/or the union people, and any additional people like security, sound company, lights, plus the people who work in refreshments and sell beer and so on. Then he's got the driver's for the equipment, the people who organize everything for him, his personnal assistants, food, fuel. The city where he plays may make him pay a tax on the money he makes, or a share of the concert tickets, whatever is stated in the contract. It sounds like alot but a concert is actually where the artist makes his money. He doesn't get much from record sales. Usually they get a cut from the refreshments, and the stuff that he really makes money is on like T-shirt sales. It also depends on how big the venue is, and where it's located at. If he's a well known artist, places in Vegas would pay for him to perform. If I were to take a guess, I would imagine that an artist would make a mid to high 5 figure amount for a sold out show at a mid sized arena. Some older well-known artists have their own road crew that they actually have employed by them (instead of a company that is contracted), so they can do smaller venues, but still make some decent money. An artist I know who does this charges like $35,000 a show, and around $50,000 for a New Year's Eve show. He gets on stage and only plays for about an hour...maybe 1 1/2 hours at the most. Members of his band play first for about an hour to warm up the crowd, then he comes out an plays. The musicians make about $500 per show, but this would also depend on the artist also, the contracts he has with his musicians, or union people. Unfortunately they don't make any money when he's not touring. This is why I don't do it. I hope I've given you some insight on this. Have a good day.......

Answer 3

City may get $ from the venue. The artist makes more $ from the tours than they ever could on album sales. Promoters do very well because they are not bound to one artist. If you are a promoter in a big city that all the big artists come to, you are doing very well. But it's next to impossible to put a $ figure on each.

Answer 4

It depends on each individual contract. EVerybody has to make something - even the artist.