i def think if she hadn't have managed to become a singer she would have ended up being a ceo of a huge corporation
― prolego, Friday, 29 March 2013 00:03 (eleven years ago) link
she'd have been a dancer
― balls, Friday, 29 March 2013 00:04 (eleven years ago) link
nothing pains me more than bono being the world's richest musician, just cause he bought up shares of facebook ten years ago
― prolego, Friday, 29 March 2013 00:06 (eleven years ago) link
he also did the 1st and 5th highest grossing tours of all time, so not JUST because of that obviously
― Diddy-Drugs A. Money (some dude), Friday, 29 March 2013 05:13 (eleven years ago) link
Nah, Bono's earned it. According to Flanagan's book U2 tours were barely profitable until the mid-90s - they sunk so much money into the visuals, or whatever the hell they did pre-Achtung Baby, that they had to sell every ticket to pretty much break even.
On a related note, was it Madonna who raised the bar on ticket prices? I dimly recall top-act prices virtually trebling overnight at some point, and have a feeling she was the first to realise the Market could take it.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 29 March 2013 15:55 (eleven years ago) link
It was the fucking Eagles who were first with $100 tickets.
Actually looked into seeing Waters last year, but tickets were $400. Interestingly, according to Mojo, Pink Floyd barely broke even on their 1994 tours because they didn't want to charge more than $40/ticket, but they had insane expenses.
― Darth Magus (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 29 March 2013 16:00 (eleven years ago) link
sorry, just bumping so I can relive the magic :)
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 23 August 2015 18:26 (eight years ago) link
I can keep up with you
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 23 August 2015 18:27 (eight years ago) link