Peter Andre paid a packet for gig
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Mysterious payment … Peter Andre pocketed a fair sum for an appearance in Scotland. Picture: Davud Anderson
Source: News Corp Australia
AUSSIE pop star Peter Andre was paid more than AUD$ 43,000 for a half-hour appearance at a small Scottish city, its council has revealed after losing a nine month battle to keep his price tag a secret.
The 42-year-old Australian, who had a couple of hits in the early to mid 1990s, received the hefty pay cheque last November at a Christmas lights show in the city of Perth in Scotland.
Cashed up … 90s pop star Peter Andre was paid a packet for his appearance in Scotland. Picture: News Corp Australia
Source: News Limited
The local Perth and Kinross Council had been trying to keep the payment for the former Gold Coast singer and other acts that night confidential, rejecting a freedom of information request by a local newspaper.
But the council was yesterday forced to reveal its headline acts fees by Scotland’s Information Commissioner.
Back in the day … A Scottish council wanted to keep the amount it paid for Peter Andre to appear at its event a secret. Picture: News Corp Australia
Source: News Limited
Andre, who had hits with pop tunes Mysterious Girl and Flava both in Australia and the UK, was paid AUD$ 43,441 while his backing band received AUD$ 8690.
Jamaican-born German supergroup of the ‘70s Boney M (named after an Australian detective show Boney) who also performed that night received AUD$ 16000 while Lorraine Crosby (famous for working with Meat Loaf on hit song “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)” received AUD$ 2600.
The council defended Andre’s pay saying he attracted huge crowds and the revealing of the fees “seriously jeopardises our ability to secure headline acts for future events”.
