I mean it's not going to be him regardless, but I wouldn't have thought he'd be so fussed on the fee - the pedigree of the other acts that have done it wouldn't be lost on him.
Didn't do Manchester that year, and remains one of my few gig regrets. Think he played I'm Goin' Down, which is on my hit list.
Went to Coventry instead, so I could take my parents, and got Drive All Night, so complains are kind of irrelevant.