Frank Ocean Demanded a Giant Ice Pad for His Coachella Performance, Being Paid Only Half His $8 Million Salary After He Dropped Out
At Coachella Music Festival’s second weekend, Frank Ocean won’t be the headliner. According to reports, Ocean canceling this weekend’s Coachella performance will make organizers lose a significant sum of money. A lot of os money was invested in his second performance at the festival. The singer had to cancel his appearance at the event due to an ankle injury.
The organizers have decided not to pay Ocean the amount for the second performance since he will not be performing his second act.
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After Frank Ocean canceled his second performance at the Coachella music festival, the singer will only be paid $4 million. Ocean’s contract said that he will be getting $4 million for 1 performance. Since he has canceled his second performance, the organizers will only pay him $4 million, per reports.
Frank Ocean’s pay for Coachella was set to be $8 million, but will now receive $4 million for just the first week after dropping out, Billboard reports. pic.twitter.com/nSVaDVucI1
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The festival organizers will suffer a great loss as a result of the White Ferrari singer’s spontaneous decision. For Ocean’s performance at the Coachella Music Festival, a large sum of money was spent. The organizers weren’t prepared for this unexpected cancellation of events.
Giant Ice Pad was created for Frank Ocean’s performance at the Coachella Music Festival
One of the biggest concerns for the event organizers is the Ice pad that was created especially for Oceans’ performance at the music festival. This sudden change of events and cancellations has made the organizers think about how they can incorporate the massive ice pad in some other performances. This ice pad was specially created for the Thinkin’ Bout You singer’s performance. According to reports, the second act’s performance stage at Ocean’s was converted into a hockey rink. Several professional hockey players and figure skaters participated in the months-long rehearsals for this act.
The set required 120 skaters but the Coachella music festival featured only 30 people for the act. The last-minute cancellation has disappointed everyone including the professional hockey players and skaters. These players and skaters were rehearsing relentlessly for Ocean’s performance as it would be one of the biggest performances at the music festival. Many Ocean fans have expressed their disappointment after the singer canceled his performance at Coachella.
As the singer performed at Coachella for the first time, fans also expressed their disappointment. According to reports, Ocean began performing very late and had to cut his act short due to the Coachella Music Festival’s sound curfew. The performance’s live streaming was also canceled.
Frank Ocean dropping out of Coachella’s second week will cost the festival millions, Billboard reports.
The costs include the “millions of dollars” they spent on building a giant ice pad for his performance, which was scrapped last minute due to his ankle injury during Week 1. pic.twitter.com/q9av9VmHrx
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People who saw Ocean perform at Coachella reportedly felt the singer was unprepared for the show. The fact that singer Frank Ocean lip-synced throughout the entire performance was one of the biggest letdowns for Ocean fans. The singer took numerous breaks throughout the performance, and there were many awkward minutes of silence.
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