The richest pop star.

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gavroche

Getting old but not past it
Location
North Wales
Bono, from U2 , is ahead of Paul McCartney now with an estimated fortune of £940 million. McCartney is estimated at £740 million. (Source: Le Figaro newspaper.) They could do a lot of good with that amount of money couldn't they?
 

Berk on a Bike

Veteran
Location
Yorkshire
Pales into insignificance compared to this lot
 

Pale Rider

Legendary Member
Bono, from U2 , is ahead of Paul McCartney now with an estimated fortune of £940 million. McCartney is estimated at £740 million. (Source: Le Figaro newspaper.) They could do a lot of good with that amount of money couldn't they?

Bono used his fame to try to do some good and was widely criticised for it.

So I doubt giving all his money to good causes is high on his to do list.
 

Saluki

World class procrastinator
Bono used his fame to try to do some good and was widely criticised for it.

So I doubt giving all his money to good causes is high on his to do list.
He didn't do himself any favours by standing on stage, at the start of U2 concerts, clicking his fingers and then saying "every time I click my fingers, a child in Africa dies". People yelling "stop clicking your fingers then" didn't go down overly well.

Elton John uses his fame to do good. Makes donations to Children in Need, Terrence Higgins Trust etc but is not criticised nearly as much.
 

Fnaar

Smutmaster General
Location
Thumberland
Sting and Bonio (getting this in b4 @threebikesmcginty does) :smile:

sting bonio.jpg
 

Levo-Lon

Guru
Every time Bono claps his hands a child dies...he must get paid a lot for population control..


but they do seem to like holding onto all that money..sad really ,how much do you need ffs
 

ayceejay

Guru
Location
Rural Quebec
This is interesting and timely. Jo Beverly (one of the Beverly Sisters) died recently at the age of 91. In her obituary it was reported that at the height of her fame she earned £1000 a week but her husband only earned £24 a week. Her husband was Billy Wright the captain of Wolverhampton Wanderers and England. Bono and Wayne Rooney earn approx. £24 every minute they are performing.
 

Vapin' Joe

Formerly known as Smokin Joe
but they do seem to like holding onto all that money..sad really ,how much do you need ffs

If you look at the figures in the link below there are countless millions round the world who might say the same about people who have enough money to spend on n+1, live in a warm comfortable house, own a car, have several TVs, computers, mobile phones, ipads, eat far more than they need to, jet abroad for their holidays etc etc.


http://www.statisticbrain.com/world-hunger-statistics/


Look down and see how lucky you, are rather than looking up with envy.
 

ianrauk

Tattooed Beat Messiah
Location
Rides Ti2
He didn't do himself any favours by standing on stage, at the start of U2 concerts, clicking his fingers and then saying "every time I click my fingers, a child in Africa dies". People yelling "stop clicking your fingers then" didn't go down overly well.

Except what you say above is untrue and an urban myth.
 
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