FM Still Raking It In...

[Nixxxed]

What the hell does "paucity" mean? I need to know whether to be excited or pissed...

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Money Makers: Rolling Stone's 2004's Top 50 Earners List

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/sto...region=single2

#33. Fleetwood Mac - $17.2 MILLION

ON THE ROAD Fleetwood Mac earned $28 million in thirty-eight tour dates -- despite a paucity of sellouts.

ON CD Fans bought 620,000 back catalog CDs, with The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac leading sales.

Last year's rank: 12

[amber]

ok, I haven't read it yet, but I suggest...excited and pissed! yes, the best of both worlds!
ok, now I'll read it...

[amber]

ok, now I have read it - I can't believe all those tools made more than FM!!!
well, they're not all tools, but still.

[Nixxxed]

Originally Posted by amber

ok, now I have read it - I can't believe all those tools made more than FM!!!
well, they're not all tools, but still.

Have you read the list, or just my snippet? Musicians make money in really really weird ways. Especially the U2 one ... "ON THE SIDE Apple and U2 are reportedly splitting a fifty-dollar markup placed on a U2-branded iPod." An extra $50 for the iPod to say U2 (or whateva)? I think I'd rather just grab the nearest Sharpie instead...

[amber]

Originally Posted by Nixxxed

Have you read the list, or just my snippet? Musicians make money in really really weird ways. Especially the U2 one ... "ON THE SIDE Apple and U2 are reportedly splitting a fifty-dollar markup placed on a U2-branded iPod." An extra $50 for the iPod to say U2 (or whateva)? I think I'd rather just grab the nearest Sharpie instead...

uh...I skimmed the list, as is my usual proclivity. But I agree with you, about the U2 thing. Whatev.

[ShangriLaTroubl]

The U2 ipod is kind of a cool deal IMO really..

it includes a U2 poster, a $50 coupon to use on The Complete U2... It has 400 U2 tracks, including 25 actual rare and unreleased tracks..


I was surprised they made that much in 2004 actually, considering how much they made in 2003, I assumed they would be paid somewhat less..if their net income for 04 was 17.2 mill (according to RS this estimate is AFTER all expenses including managers, lawyers, recording fees, etc are paid), they would have made around 610k per night...not bad for like the 4th leg or whatever it was...of course I dont know if this 17.2 mill figure is including the said 650k+ in record sales from their catelog they received for the year 2004--so

Chris

[dissention]

Originally Posted by amber

ok, now I have read it - I can't believe all those tools made more than FM!!!
well, they're not all tools, but still.

I like a lot of them. Glad to see Prince, Bette, Norah Jones, and Bowie on there.

[ThePenguin]

Originally Posted by Nixxxed

What the hell does "paucity" mean? I need to know whether to be excited or pissed...

Paucity means scarcity, or lack of. FM had a lack of sell outs.

-Lis

[Nixxxed]

Originally Posted by ThePenguin

Paucity means scarcity, or lack of. FM had a lack of sell outs.

-Lis

Thanks Lis! That's what I guessed in context, but just couldn't get my mind to accept that it wasn't a synonym for "plethora".