2012 was a great year for Madonna. Even though the album she released this year, MDNA, only shipped gold, the legendary singer made serious bank from all the touring that she did. The singer had the highest grossing tour of the year. Her MDNA tour grossed $296 million. Coming in at number two was Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, which took in $210.2 million, followed by Roger Waters, which raked in $186 million. Rounding out the top five was Coldplay ($171.3 million) and Lady Gaga ($161.4 million). [Pollstar]
We are sending our prayers to Bobby Womack. The 68-year-old legendary soul singer revealed that he is suffering from Alzheimer’s and he often forgets the name and lyrics of songs he wrote. [NME]
Azealia Banks is ready to leave her mark on 2013. She started early. The rapper just released a new song called “BBD,” which stands for Bad B*tches Do It. The song was just something Azealia threw out there, and it won’t appear on her upcoming debut album, Broke With Expensive Taste. [MissInfo]
You all probably already know this, but that boy Miguel is a beast. Miguel appeared on NPR’s Tiny Desk the other day and, backed only by his guitarist, Dru DeCaro, he performed three tracks off of his sophomore album, Kaleidoscope Dream. The singer did “Do You…,” “The Thrill” and Adorn.” [PreFixMag]
Baltimore-based band Beach House always has the coolest looking videos. They look awesome even when the band isn’t really trying. A perfect example of this is the video they put out for “New Year.” The video features footage from when they were shooting their Bloom LP and explained that “It’s more of a home video thing, not a music video…….we just thought these moments and the memories they involve fit this song.” [ConsequenceOfSound]
