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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Emma Joyce explains it to Steph Harmon

Dance Monkey v the NRL: did Tones and I really turn down $90,000 a minute because she hates her own song?

Tones and I performing in Sydney in 2024
Tones and I, who will not be performing at the NRL grand final – but will be ‘singing all songs’ at newly announced shows in March. Photograph: Don Arnold/WireImage

Emma, the NRL and Tones and I seem to be at war – but I can’t make sense of what’s going on.

I’ll try to catch you up. The Dance Monkey singer made headlines this week after it was leaked she’d turned down an offer to perform at next weekend’s NRL grand final. The rugby league boss Peter V’landys said negotiations broke down due to “artistic differences”, and some claimed it was because the Aria award-winning artist didn’t want to play her biggest hit.

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