Tops on the list is Sir Paul McCartney with a whopping £760m which is over $1 billion in earnings. The top 5 is rounded out by Lord Llyod-Webber (£715m), U2 (£500m), Sir Elton John (£280m) and Sir Mick Jagger (£235m.)

 

Osbourne is currently touring with Black Sabbath on The End tour. These dates mark the end of the epic journey that Black Sabbath began nearly five decades ago. The massive 2016 The End world tour by the greatest metal band of all time will take the band to Australia and New Zealand in April, then Europe fora mix of summer headlining and festival performances, before returning to North America in August.

 

Led Zeppelin founders Page and Plant lost their bid to avoid a trial that may rewrite the history of rock n’ roll over song-writing credit for the 1971 classic “Stairway To Heaven”, reports Bloomberg.com.

 

A federal judge in Los Angeles ruled that a jury must decide whether the British rockers ripped off the opening licks of “Taurus”, which was recorded by a band named Spirit that once played concerts with Zeppelin. The judge dismissed some claims in the lawsuit and also said the plaintiff can get only half of any jury award of damages.