Microsoft executives experienced a private Sting performance in Davos on Tuesday, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal — the day before the tech giant disclosed plans to lay off 10,000 employees.The event was an "an intimate gathering of 50 or so people," according to the Journal's report, and took place as the Swiss resort destination is hosting business leaders for its annual World Economic Forum.It was the next day that Microsoft's chief executive officer Satya Nadella told employees about the company's plans to cut some 10,000 jobs, which he wrote is "less than 5%" of its overall headcount, over the coming months.Microsoft — which is considering a $10 billion investment in ChatGPT's maker Open AI, per Semafor — would also still hire in "key strategic areas," according to Nadella's post.Pop stars have commanded handsome fees for private shows, with performers like Sting charging between $100,000 to $500,000 per virtual event during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, according to a Rolling Stone report last year."