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Watch BIGSOUND’s ‘Are Artists Paid Too Much?’ Panel

One of the event's most controversial panels

Bill Cullen (manager), Gregg Donovan (manager), Jessica Ducrou (Splendour In The Grass), Aly Ehlinger (C3), Stephen Wade (Select Music), Ken West (Big Day Out) yesterday discussed whether artists are being paid too much in a BIGSOUND panel facilitated by Street Press Australia's Leigh Treweek.

One of the more controversial panels, Ducrou admits that Coldplay “aren't a festival band” after they didn't help Splendour sell out their 2011 event.

It was probably one of the most quotable panels of the 2012 BIGSOUND, watch it in full below: