U2’s latest tour "360 Degrees†has made the band own the biggest music pay check. Billboard’s 2010 Money Makers list is being 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 compiles the list from the records of excise collected through CD sales, digital sales, tours, mechanical royalties 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 â€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. There is good news for everyone who has ever wished of owning a piece of U2. All the fans of Bono and the other band members can take away a number of exclusive band items. For that, an online auction 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 was once the stylist U2 stylist has put up a collection of 16 items for the auction in US. These items include Bono's rosary beads and a Bible belonging to Larry Mullen, priced together for 6,300. Cashman was once involved in a case for the sale of items that belonged to the rock legends. She collected these on their Joshua Tree tour from the year 1987 and onwards. the judge gave the verdict that she could not sell the items because they were not hers. So now she is auctioning those 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. The actor and singer Jared Leto reflected his pleasure in working with U2.He said that he would love to collaborate with U2. Speaking to RT.ie reporter, he said that "Yeah, I'd love to do something with U2." Adding, â€To do a song with Bono would be great." Get your Discount U2 Tickets before they sold out.
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