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Friday, January 26, 2007

It's Only Rock & Roll


Well, it looks like the old fogies of rock are still not going to be moving into the poor house anytime soon.

According to Forbes the Rolling Stones were the top earning music industry act in 2006 with a reported income of over 150 million (that's a lot of concert t-shirts).

Here's Forbes' list of the top 10 money earning musical acts for 2006:


















Looking at these numbers I'm embarassed to be a Canadian (Nickleback & Celine in the top 10 -- ugh!)

3 comments:

Dink Mitten said...

Why are you embarrassed to be Canadian? It's the Americans buying tickets to Canada's worst musical acts. Their also responsible for American Idol. That must tell you something.

joz said...

who the fuck is Rascal Flatts??

Lex said...

Celine Dion raised a 100 million dollars for research in Montreal. If I get the job, you are all getting CDs.