The Turtles private concert, help me settle a bet

[in48092]

Somehow the topic of how much a private concert put on by "The Turtles" came up the other day. I thought it would be pretty pricey, at least $50,000. My buddy thought more like $4000. We came up with a over/under of $10,000. Not being a skilled internet warrior i haven't been able to find any evidence. Anyone have any ideas?

[daryn]

pretty good question. entirely depends on "what are they doing now" but i'd imagine it's more than $5000 and less than $25000

[in48092]

i just cant imagine The Turtles playing "so happy together" in my basement for a few grand.

There seem to be two core members of The Turtles, and then a west coast band and an east coast band to make touring easier.

[amplify]

The Turtles are Flo and Eddie, right? Good line, I take the under.

[HugoM]

you need to find out who their agent is, and then ask them how much for the turtles to play a private concert. it'd be great to hear them doing "eleanor" in your living room.

[Los Feliz Slim]

Ask these people.

Are you including travel, hotel, meals, etc?

It's going to be over $10,000 in any case.

EDIT: In fact, though, the answer is going to be "it depends". They're not going to have a fixed rate for all types of shows. A huge corporate event is going to pay more than Grandma's birthday party. Length of show, venue, etc. I still say they're not showing up anywhere for $10K though.

[mason55]

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...private11jan11,0,2090633.story?coll=la-home-world


For some ball parks on prices

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Robert Norman, who heads the corporate and private events division for Creative Artists Agency, said last year that his division handled 500 events. Many were $100,000 to $200,000 corporate affairs with acts such as Seal, Hall & Oates, Styx and the Go-Go's. But about a quarter of the CAA bookings were private social events, a good number of them with staggering budgets.

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So if you're looking for The Turtles I would think you'd be looking at an order of magnitude less, putting you in the $10k range. Honestly though, if there's a prop bet involved here, it shouldn't be too hard to find out the actual price.

[SpaceAce]

1) The Turtles are awesome
2) The Turtles are not Jay-Z or The Rolling Stones

I think $10,000 is in the right ballpark, depending on venue and other specifics.

SpaceAce

[captZEEbo]

I read their contract that people have to sign:
http://www.theturtles.com/documents/27.html

I'm thinking that it might cost more than 10k

[RiverFenix]

Didnt most of these guys join with Zappa? I have to imagine they have enough money to not want to do this for 10k.