The fine folks at Clear Channel have put together a handy list if you find yourself in the market for a band and mired in engagement-fee curiousity (via PopWatch). The sheet gives you prices and availability on everyone from 30 Seconds To Mars ($20K -- is $20K too much) to David Cross ($20-25K -- but mocking Jim Belushi is free!) to Death Cab ($75K -- Daddy Gibbard needs a new pair of glasses).
Not that we expect you to have an appreciation for the band-rental market, but based on relative expectations, who's a bargain -- and who's overpriced? (Hint: Hootie.) Lynyrd Skynyrd, James Brown, and Journey are among the most expensive, but leading the fray is Panic! At The Disco, with a single evening fee of $100-150K. Before you freak, know that for this tour they're building a house of mirrors (and borrowing the Crüe's tent!) in addition to their usual parade of face-painted theatrics. So it's a matter of overhead.
But still fucking ridiculous.
