U2 Royalties vs Others

[zoobeatle]

Just wondering what other bands royalties are compared to U2s 25%, just for example someone like Oasis or Coldplay.

 

[STING2]

Just wondering what other bands royalties are compared to U2s 25%, just for example someone like Oasis or Coldplay.

I've not seen any reports on that, so I don't know. Obviously, your rock band that writes their own songs will usually get a better royalty rate than someone brought into the industry from American Idol.

 

[eviltwin]

Some bands are very good at the business side of things...for example Metallica (when it comes to exploiting their tours)

I think U2 are one of them as well.

From what I've seen, PMcG seems to have a good handle on things, for example they renegotiated their original contract with Island, to include shares in the record company. For Island it was a smart way to hang on to their biggest act for a while.

Around the time of R&H, Island was purchased for ~500Mil$ by Polygram (then a division of Philips Electronics) meaning they (U2) got a huge sum for their shares. Philips was interested in Island exactly because of U2. The only other major artist on Island being Bob Marley.