The Richest Lead Singers

[FORD]

Probably hasn't hurt Bowie and his shareholders that his entire 70s catalog has been remastered and re-released several times since the invention of the CD either.

It's a great catalog, of course. But after buying the complete set of Rykodisc remasters in the 1990s, I didn't feel the need to buy them again.

[ELVIS]

Yeah, at some point, buying the same thing over and over loses it's appeal...

[Nickdfresh]

I'd imagine it's very hard to calculate these things.

Surprised at how high Sting is on that list. Maybe he's not on my radar, but has he really done much in the way of high earners since 1990? (Police renunion aside). Same with David Bowie - was he ever a huge stadium tourer?

The Thin White Duke surprised me the most perhaps, he has more bling than The Boss. Springsteen has been touring regularly whereas Bowie has been in semi-retirement...

[VHscraps]

I dunno what the situation is in the US, but Bowie has enough 'classic' singles / songs that will get played forever - Life on Mars, Space Oddity, etc., etc. - that I'd guess he (or the people who bought so-called 'Bowie Bonds') would have a pretty decent income from airplay royalties alone.

[Seshmeister]

How did fucking Bono get so rich while telling us to give away our money?

If Bono kept $12 million to live on, stopped working and didn't make another penny not even interest, then he could give $2k every waking hour for the next 30 years...

It seems every time he snaps his fingers another bit of credibility dies...

[VHscraps]

How did fucking Bono get so rich while telling us to give away our money?

If Bono kept $12 million to live on, stopped working and didn't make another penny not even interest, then he could give $2k every waking hour for the next 30 years...

It seems every time he snaps his fingers another bit of credibility dies...

He invested in Facebook when it was a startup ... when it went public last year, that cash till started a-ringing and I don't expect it will stop.

[Nitro Express]

I think Bono thinks he's the messiah and I think we should crucify him.

[VHscraps]

It seems every time he snaps his fingers another bit of credibility dies...

Ah, Sesh - almost too subtle there.

I think an audience member was reputed to have shouted out something when (reportedly, I don't know if it happened) Bono did that speech 'every time I snap my fingers a child dies' thing.

[Nitro Express]

Most the world's money is made in the form of capital gains. So if they invest the money they made in showbiz wisely it will keep making money for them. The old saying the hardest million to make is the first million is usually true.

[DONNIEP]

I think Bono thinks he's the messiah and I think we should crucify him.

I'll drive the first nail.

[Nitro Express]

Then we have to cast lots on who wins the blue glasses.

[gbranton]

I think Bono thinks he's the messiah and I think we should crucify him.

He doesn't hold the record..........he IS the record.

[Nitro Express]

I think we would respect Bono more if he stayed off of the save the world and guilt trip bit and just had a bimbo on each arm and cigar in his mouth yelling "Rock and Roll!" Of course you can get away with that if your songs are good and you blow your audience away every night because you are so fucking brilliant. What people really want is to be floored off their fucking feet. They want goose bumps. Provide that and don't be the preacher man and be real they will respect you.

[Jesus Christ]

Enough with the crucifixion jokes already.

As SomeOne who hath been there and done that, it really is not all that funny.

And why all the hate for My servant Bono anyway?

[Nitro Express]

He doesn't hold the record..........he IS the record.

Record? Don't tell me the fucker came down from the mountain with some stone tablets in his hands.