Staggering amount Katy Perry will be paid for AFL grand final - as she makes 'diva demands over the setlist'

Staggering amount Katy Perry will be paid for AFL grand final - as she makes 'diva demands over the setlist' READ MORE: Rumours emerge that Katy Perry will play secret Melbourne show By Jimmy Briggs For Daily Mail Australia Published: 08:31 BST, 25 September 2024 | Updated: 08:38 BST, 25 September 2024 e-mail View comments Katy Perry is set to reportedly be paid a staggering $5million to perform at the AFL grand final in Melbourne on Saturday. The US pop star is being paid the huge amount to sing five songs to a roaring crowd of 100,000 at the MCG before Sydney take on Brisbane, reports the Herald Sun. The huge sum the 39-year-old is being paid for her brief pre-game performance is said to come with some strings attached - that she performs a selection of older well-known hits, rather than songs from her new 143 LP.

There are also rumours that Australian pop legend Tina Arena will perform alongside Katy at the huge sporting event. 'There's going to be a surprise performance of a favourite Australian artist that I look up to,' Katy revealed on Channel Seven breakfast show Sunrise. 'She will be singing a little bit with me, I'll be singing a little bit with her.

I've been sworn to secrecy, locked up, chains, all of it.' Katy's telling use of the word 'chains' led viewers to suspect she was hinting at performing alongside Tina, who had a huge hit in 1994 with a song of that name. Channel Nine reporter Tom Morris revealed on Monday that AFL big wigs told the hitmaker they expecte.