Play at the Olympics! Just don't expect to be paid much

Many musicians will be part of the Olympics. So why, with all that money sloshing around, are organisers paying them so little?The organising committee behind the Olympics, Locog, has been criticised for the huge contracts it has handed out to corporate suppliers – espeically the one with security firm G4S. But while Locog has had no problem doling out hundreds of millions to corporations, its generosity does not extend to the professional musicians it has asked to perform at Olympics events....

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