Pink Is Getting Paid Much Less Than You'd Expect to Sing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl
Pink is kicking the gathering off at Super Bowl LII this year.
The NFL reported Monday morning that the pop star will play out the National Anthem at the NFL's title amusement on Feb. 4 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
What amount of will she be paid to perform for a crowd of people of around 100 million watchers?
Nothing.
You read that accurately. The NFL does not pay entertainers to sing at the Super Bowl. Rather, it pays for generation expenses and costs, said an organization representative.
Yet, fans shouldn't stress excessively over Pink's funds. The artist has earned herself a cool $110 million since bringing home the Billboard Music Awards for female new craftsman of the year in 2000, as indicated by Business Insider.
Pink implied at the gig on Twitter to fans, saying she was "extremely anticipating 2018" and "some other stuff that is a mystery still." She likewise tackled President Donald Trump.
Last October, the 38-year-old vocalist said something regarding the NFL's National Anthem discussion—and Trump's claim that players who took a knee amid the "Star Spangled Banner" were disregarding the nation. She tweeted, "You are making a loathsome showing with regards to… Do you genuinely have sufficient energy to stress over the NFL?"
Pink will be in great—if likewise unpaid—organization at the 52nd Super Bowl. The NFL does not pay halftime entertainers, either.
Indeed, even Beyoncé.
The current year's 2018 Super Bowl Pepsi Halftime indicate main event is Justin Timberlake, back for the second time.
His first halftime execution was 14 years prior at the 2004 Super Bowl, when he pulled a questionable proceed onward organize, ripping a bit of Janet Jackson's ensemble off and presenting her bosom to a group of people of very nearly 100 million watchers around the world.
Timberlake prodded the halftime appear in a video declaration with Jimmy Fallon, with the two companions kidding about what time it is in counterfeit accents.
Fallon broke the news, asking Timberlake, "You're doing the halftime appear at the Super Bowl?"