Peter Andre ‘paid thousands’ for Scottish council gig

AUSSIE pop star Peter Andre can still command big bucks. You’ll never guess how much he was paid for a half-hour appearance at a small Scottish city.

Mysterious payment ... Peter Andre pocketed a fair sum for an appearance in Scotland. Picture: Davud Anderson

AUSSIE pop star Peter Andre was paid more than AUD$43,000 for a half-hour appearance at a small Scottish city, its council has revealed after losing a nine month battle to keep his price tag a secret.

The 42-year-old Australian, who had a couple of hits in the early to mid 1990s, received the hefty pay cheque last November at a Christmas lights show in the city of Perth in Scotland.

Cashed up ... 90s pop star Peter Andre was paid a packet for his appearance in Scotland. Picture: News Corp Australia

The local Perth and Kinross Council had been trying to keep the payment for the former Gold Coast singer and other acts that night confidential, rejecting a freedom of information request by a local newspaper.

But the council was yesterday forced to reveal its headline acts fees by Scotland’s Information Commissioner.

Back in the day ... A Scottish council wanted to keep the amount it paid for Peter Andre to appear at its event a secret. Picture: News Corp Australia

Andre, who had hits with pop tunes Mysterious Girl and Flava both in Australia and the UK, was paid AUD$43,441 while his backing band received AUD$8690.

Jamaican-born German supergroup of the ‘70s Boney M (named after an Australian detective show Boney) who also performed that night received AUD$16000 while Lorraine Crosby (famous for working with Meat Loaf on hit song “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)” received AUD$2600.

The council defended Andre’s pay saying he attracted huge crowds and the revealing of the fees “seriously jeopardises our ability to secure headline acts for future events”.

Originally published as Peter Andre ‘paid thousands’ for Scottish council gig