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 expected her to perform her older hits , such as Firework, Roar and I Kissed A Girl.
Katy Perry (pictured) is set to be reportedly be paid a staggering $5million to perform at the AFL grand final in Melbourne on Saturday Read More Katy Perry showcases her pert derriere in tiny bikini - after critics savaged her 143 album Appearing on SEN Breakfast, the veteran AFL journalist claimed that Katy's team had pushed back against an AFL request that the Teenage Dream hitmaker perform just one new song. 'She's playing about five songs and the AFL was very keen for her to play five classic tunes, she wanted to play two new ones,' he said. Tom added that both camps had reached a compromise with Katy reportedly agreeing to just one new track.
'In the end they met halfway and she's playing one new song and four classics,' he said. The US pop star, 39, is being paid the huge amount to sing five of her songs to a roaring crowd of 100,000 at the MCG before Sydney takes on Brisbane, reports the Herald Sun Co-host and AFL great Kane Cornes, admitting he was a Katy Perry fan, added that the AFL should have a say in the planning of the blockbuster stadium show . 'The AFL are saying: "We only want your hits.
We only want your bangers. We want Roar, Teenage Dream, Firework." They want all the songs we know and love.
And she's pushed back and said, "No, I want to play two of my new songs." He added: 'You know when you go to a concert and maybe they're old and all you want is their good stuff. You want their greatest hits.
' 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 Brisbane Melbourne AFL Music Tours Share or comment on this article: Staggering amount Katy Perry will be paid for AFL grand final - as she makes 'diva demands over the setlist' e-mail Add comment.
