I think it depends who youre talking about

There are good guys and dickheads out there, ego plays a big part in it.

Depends on where they've come from as well, a lot of big UK names that started out on the squat / free party scene have a good attitude when it comes to what they want and what they expect, despite being internationaly recognised and commanding high fee's at big events.

If youre doing a small party, smallish venue and you go about it in the right way you can get names like Dave Drummer, Immersion, Liberators etc for what I would consider good money.

Obviously if you want to fly in Frankie Bones or Beltram or anyone thats been there since day 1 youre going to have to massage their ego's a bit - and I dont mean any offence with that.

There are legends and there are local legends in my book, as a promoter you have to go with whatever works for your particular night.