Erykah Badu Is Charging $2 For Home Concert

Erykah Badu is finally getting to play her dream stage while under quarantine at her home in Dallas, Texas. She kicked off her “Quarantine Concert Series: Apocalypse One” two weeks ago, charging fans $1 per ticket to watch her and her band perform songs from her bedroom.

“I’m the laziest artist in the world. My dream was always to perform from my bed and guess what? It came through!” she quipped in an interview with Page Six.

Badu returns on Sunday with “Apocalypse Two: The Rooms,” where virtual concertgoers can pay $2 to stream Badu and the band performing from multiple rooms inside her home.

As for those who may question the fee, Badu said, “I’d say to them, ‘Did you ask iTunes when you bought music?’ No, you didn’t. You bought the music, and you enjoyed it, but I’m not just giving you a track. I’m giving you a show with the integrity of my live show… And, I would say, ‘Thank you very much, because.’ There’s also a donate button, so if you have more than a dollar, then we’ll take that too because it feeds a community of artists.”

The “Next Lifetime” singer, 49, conceptualized the series after learning her shows were canceled indefinitely on March 13.

“I perform eight months out of the year. It’s my main source of income and there’s a whole universe of people that is supported from the tour… This is the only thing that truly supports the lifestyle,” she said.

Badu and her band have been taking the recommended safety precautions by wearing masks, gloves and washing their hands.

“All of our hands are three shades lighter than our arms,” she joked.

The concert can be streamed on baduworldmarket.com. Badu said the series is “just the first of many large dream series.”

“The experience has really been that we can, as artists, musicians use our own platforms to make our own money and not owe a middle man. It erases that imaginary line between us and our audience… I just created a new way, a new revenue, not just for myself but for anyone who watches — every artist who watches,” she concluded.

She went up ........

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