U2’s latest tour dubbed"360 Degrees” has made it possess the biggest music pay check. Billboard’s 2010 Money Makers list is lead by the veteran act which has earned more than 108 (US Dollars)million in the year 2009.Bruce Springsteen is on the second with 57(US Dollars) million and Madonna follows the list with 47(US Dollars) million earned in 2009. AC/DC is at the fourth with 43 (US Dollars) million while Britney Spears makes it to the fifth position with 38(US Dollars) million. Pink’s career year with 36.3(US Dollars) million ranked her 6th while the Jonas Brothers made 33.5 (US Dollars) million. Coldplay, Kenny Chesney and Metallica made it to Top 10 as well .Billboard piles up the list from excise collected through CD sales, digital sales, tours, mechanical royalties (from radio and other sources) and merchandise sales. Following the money, Billboard magazine determined that U2 hauled in 108,601,283(US Dollars) in 2009 which is not bad at all if we consider that the quartet’s song “No Line on the Horizon” was only able to sell about 1 million copies in U.S and was out of the Billboard album chart in the month of November.
If you wish of owning a piece of U2 then this is the news for you. All the fans of Bono and his boys can get their hands on a number of exclusive items be it a pair of used shoes, backstage passes or candid Polaroid shots of the rock legends, in an online auction which is expected to raise up-to £36,000. Being auctioned on the New York website gottahave-rockandroll.com, these items cost a fortune. Lola Cashman who is the Former U2 stylist has put up a collection of 16 items for auction in the US that include Bono's rosary beads and a Bible belonging to Larry Mullen, priced together for £6,300. The former stylist was once involved in a court case for selling items belonging to the rock legends which she collected on their Joshua Tree tour from the year 1987 onwards. After the judge’s decision that she could not sell the items as they were not hers, she is now auctioning off those band items that did belong to her. All the items in the auction are from the band's early days which are expected to make up to £3,500. Singer and actor Jared Leto has expressed his pleasure to work with U2 while saying that he would love to collaborate with U2. Speaking to RTE.ie reporter, the front man of 30 Seconds to Mars said, "Yeah, I'd love to do something with U2." Adding, “To do a song with Bono would be great.". Get your http://www.onlineticketspot.com/concerts/U2.php Cheap U2 Tickets before they sold out. -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/U2%E2%80%99s-Latest-Tour-tp27887358p27887358.html Sent from the U2 - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
