on social media erupted criticism. Many do not understand that the band gets paid so much money. “Maybe it started as a joke. The state gets money from the State. And that one official took the joke seriously, “wrote a critic on Twitter. “It is also quite difficult start as a musician … But a band like The State has in terms of money now surely enough soil?” Also, it is joked that it’s nice that they, with the grant in his pocket, now free action.

Pinkpop

the five-man band from Nijmegen was in the past in the act for Muse and repeatedly Pinkpop. The State receives the grant structural awarded the next four years. The committee evaluates their artistic quality as ample, can be read in their opinion.

“It was hard to keep their heads above the water, but now we do here not to struggle anymore. This is especially the creative process better, we do not have to slow ourselves, “the manager has made it known to the NIS. Others, like the musical theater Orkater Noorderslag festival and receive the next four years, nothing more. The fund was only 40 percent of honoring the 212 applications, it was announced today.