sonic youth made nearly $500,000 for playing three shows in 2007
 

what? is that true? how does one know?
i really hope it is! go on youth!
its on pitchfork, in the article about syr 8 (it got praised btw).
here it is

wtf?
I dont think so, but maybe I should read it first

aaaah Ive already read this. but really did not recognize this huge sum of money. but somehow I dont think so. maybe the whole thing went around that sum, minus all organisation etc.

"yeah! So Don't Download Their Muzak They Need Da Moneyzzz"

In Goodbye 20th Century it said they made $500,000 off the Daydream Nation shows so yes.

damn I am short before DDN in goodbUY

more powerto the youth
remember it probably cost them upwards of 100,000 to get all their gear and themselvesand their families and their crew to the shows across the ocean

eah maybe they made 500000 bucks, but what is that in comparison to some real huge bands, like the stones or something...nothing???
also they are 4 people that makes 125000 for everyone

I'm sure Kim and Thurston would share their money, so 250,000 to them

but thurston will spend everything for records. so after all nothing for them

maybe he can afford a haircut now then? scruffy git.

Who Lee or Thurston?

Shut up frisco kid. HAHAHA.

I think thurston, lee more needs some colour, but I think the grey is ace. the mad-noise-professor called ranaldo

have thurston already bought his ferrari enzo ?

or not?

do you mean his first or the custom edition made by exhumed enzo personally?

his first, he said some time ago that he will buy it. or consider buying it:p

Do I give a fuck about what my idols win, no.

It may not be much compared to what the Stones make, as al shabbray mentioned, but holy hell SY only charges about $30-$35 per ticket vs. the Stones $350-$450 price tag !!! RIPOFF !!!!!

I'm so proud that SY can keep their prices so low in this day and age of $80 - $100 tickets !!!!

Weeza goin' to Sizzla.

sweet. rock on youth. glad to see they are doing well. now if only we all didn't get boned by ticketmaster to buy tickets. wow, this charge is so convenient!

Here's how it works, gang:

We pay, they play.

We no wanty pay, they no ask so much.

We do wanty pay, they do ask so much.

but they arent expensive yet, comprared to all the other money suckin bastard bands out there

we no wanty pay, they might consider retiring?

setting up a tour costs money.

and even, at least in germany, they keep the venues at a great size of 1000-2000 people. which would be a reason to spend more for a smaller venue. but not neccessary when it comes to the yoof

I think they will play till death. they are supposed to make music. at least I hope so

me too.
But no money to invest= no money to tour outside USA, methinks. shipping tons of equipment over the ocean is no joke.
that said, I'll buy my ticket for Bolzano in 3 days :D

Good for them. They more than deserve to be paid handsomely for their work, especially after so long.

SY are the shit!
even if they will poop gold and puke diamonds

fucking lickspittle's .

I assume it'll be the 3 London DDN shows that they're referring to, no?

nope. this article claims it was for the 2 (?) berkeley shows + brooklyn. i assume they mean berkeley and LA DDN shows.

http://www.businesssheet.com/2008/8/...lay-old-albums

i assumed this was the article linked to when i first read the thread. now i see that article doesn't explore the angle that this one does, which is that the DDN shows raked in way more cash than their usual gigs.

nice link, thanks for that

To be honest I expected they might have made more from the shows. I think the sum refers to the Roundhouse London shows, its a 3000+ venue, so for 3 sold out nights they would make an awful lot really. Roundhouse tickets are always around 20-25, so they weren't exactly ripping people off. Just think how much MBV made, same venue, but 5 sold out nights.

$500,000 minus production costs probably leaves them with about $50 each

yeah if we're talking about the overproduced piece of dogshit that is rather ripped.

which we're not.

if you break it down probably half that money didn't even go into their (meaning the band members) pockets. which is to be expected, even major label bands don't make shit. or at least it's not nearly all it's cracked up to be.

Three DDN shows at the Roundhouse in London last year. If they all sold out, that's 9,000 tickets. How much did tickets cost? And how much of that did SY get to keep? There's also T-shirt sales to be considered.

He could use a touch of gray by nivea for men... for the generation that swore it would never get old.