The Weeknd Threatened to Pull Out of Coachella Unless He Received Same Money as Kanye West
[ad_1] The Weeknd scored a major payday after Kanye West backed out of Coachella. A new report from TMZ claims that the DONDA rapper was being paid $8 million for his headlining gig at the festival before he pulled out at the last minute. On Wednesday, Coachella officially announced The Weeknd as his replacement. The “Out of Time” singer will join Swedish House Mafia as a headliner on both Sundays of the two-weekend festival. But the booking almost didn’t happen. According to Page Six, Coachella organizers did not want to pay The Weeknd the same $8 million as Ye, plus $500,000 in production costs. As a result, he allegedly threatened to pull out...