Billboard Music's Top 40 Money Makers 2013

[jrny84]

#35 Journey
$6,983,106.58
Touring on the strength of its catalog, Journey spent much of 2012 playing sheds on an outing with Pat Benatar featuring Neil Giraldo and Loverboy. Journey's overall touring revenue for the year was $15.3 million, of which the band pocketed $5.1 million
http://www.billboard.com/articles/list/ ... akers-2013


Billboard Music’s Top 40 Money Makers 2013

1.Madonna $34,577,308.62)
2.Bruce Springsteen $33,443,606.64
3.Roger Waters $21,160,131.06
4.Van Halen $20,184,709.91
5.Kenny Chesney $19,148,525.24
6.Dave Matthews Band $18,903,334.14
7.Tim McGraw $18,329,167.89
8.Jason Aldean $17,578,651.96
9.Coldplay $17,300,144.34
10.Justin Bieber $15,944,293.10
11.Adele $13,906,635.76
12.Lady Antebellum $12,968,992.17
13.Celine Dion $12,927,494.01
14.Brad Paisley $12,848,724.84
15.Taylor Swift $12,695,783.32
16.Carrie Underwood $11,942,956.65
17.Nickelback $11,121,419.71
18.Eric Church $11,015,773.11
19.Rascal Flatts $10,777,282.68
20.Barbra Streisand $10,611,419.16
21.Neil Diamond $10,498,985.38
22.Trans-Siberian Orchestra $9,959,362.28
23.Toby Keith $9,805,764.04
24.Drake $9,504,992.38
25.Red Hot Chili Peppers $9,477,807.56
26.The Rolling Stones $9,276,084.10
27.Miranda Lambert $8,818,536.04
28.Rush $8,719,834.30
29.Elton John $8,575,518.13
30.One Direction $7,955,840.71
31.Phish $7,382,514.39
32.The Black Keys $7,358,679.41
33.Maroon 5 $7,159,923.53
34.Jay-Z $7,011,905.17
35.Journey $6,983,106.58
36.Andrea Bocelli $6,732,442.76
37.Zac Brown Band $6,682,797.58
38.Rod Stewart $6,459,568.26
39.Mumford & Sons $6,168,737.62
40.Blake Shelton $5,914,591.11

[Don]

I'll just copy and paste what I wrote in the other forum before this question is asked.

What is the 15.1 million, ticket sales and everything else?

Yes, before promoter and manager fees (and other miscellaneous shit) are deducted which looks to account for about 66% in Journey's case (yes, Azoff gets paid like a mother fucker). It looks like the other 11 million dollars earned last tour (26 million total box office) goes to the two opening acts though I don't know the percentages of that split. Benatar probably got the lion's share I would think.

The 6.9 million net is before personal fees and taxes, like individual managers or personal assistants or what not.. those are paid out of each band members individual salaries; obviously, the bigger the entourage the more slices out of your own take home amount. At least 1.8 million of that 6.9 is for royalties, licensing and other things that won't necessarily be divided up with all of the current band members.