Top Earning Artists for 2007

The numbers are in for the top earning artists for 2007. It looks as if veteran and reunion bands did very well in general. The Police, for example, tipped the scales at 142.2 Million in "ticket and music sales". Not bad for a band that has been disbanded since 1986 ( It must be noted that all three have kept creative solo careers going, even if only one of them, Sting, has keep high in the public eye during that time).

These numbers are impressive, but missing are figures on both merchandising (and requisite profits), and actual expenditures. How much was the band paid, for example? I seem to remember a figure of around 200 million paid to the band to do the tour, If that's the case and if total receipts were 142.2 million, than the "Biggest grossing tour of 2007" still would still net a loss. I've done some investigation, and an still trying to verify the numbers paid to the band. Other tour expenditures will be even harder to pin down, and may not even be made publicly available. I will post an update with any hard findings that appear in the course of my research.

Good luck in your own endeavours,

JG