Hello all,
I'm a long time lurker and fan of NOOL.
I just finished reading a NY Times piece published Sunday on older music acts that are rolling in far more money than the "new" generation.
Our beloved Order was mentioned:
The universal fantasy about being a rock star, at least the G-rated part, goes something like this: you make wildly popular new music, see your likeness splashed across magazine covers and MTV, and worry occasionally about becoming over the hill. You have great hair.
But according to a new list of the 50 top-earning pop stars published in Rolling Stone, over the hill is the new golden pasture. Half the top 10 headliners are older than 50, and two are over 60. Only one act, Linkin Park, has members under 30.
..."In five or six years you're going to see Echo and the Bunnymen and New Order and the Cure getting the high ticket prices," Mr. Calderone said, referring to a generation of bands that is not yet content to rest on its oldies. "So maybe Jimmy Buffett is replaced by the Bauhaus reunion, at $250 a ticket."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/13/weekinreview/13lela.html?oref=login
