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...came together in a big 34-piece way. Last March in London, the soft-spoken stickman and his new group (including two other drummers) recorded an album, The Charlie Watts Orchestra: Live at Fulham Town Hall. Last week Watts plus 33 took off on a nine-day, five-city tour of the Northeastern U.S. and Canada to mark the record's release. So what do Charlie's rock-'n'-roll mates think of his swinging sideline? "Keith [Richard] and Mick [Jagger] love it," he reports. "There's no real difference between rock and jazz. We don't analyze the music...
Springsteen can gross as much as $1 million a day from live performances at invariably sold-out concert halls and stadiums. "There is no performer today who can sell more tickets than Bruce Springsteen," says Rock Promoter Bill Graham. The 15-month Born in the U.S.A. tour, which ended in October 1985, drew more than 5 million fans to 156 concerts in eleven countries, generating ticket sales of about $90 million. Springsteen's probable share: $50 million...
Gate receipts are not the only reward of touring. According to San Francisco?based Winterland Productions, which handles merchandising for Springsteen, fans at a U.S. concert spend an average of $5 to $6 on souvenirs. Among the items: $15 T shirts, $5 posters and $2 buttons. Total merchandising sales for the last tour were at least $25 million, of which Springsteen is thought to have received more than $8 million...
What does Springsteen do with all that money? For one thing, he has a well-developed social conscience. He donated $1.5 million of his earnings from the last tour to such charities as shelters for the homeless, an unemployed-steel-workers' group and food banks. A spokesman for the Vietnam Veterans of America says that the organization might not exist today if it had not been for Springsteen's early, generous and consistent support. Two weeks ago, Springsteen donated an undisclosed sum to a New Jersey food bank to pay for the distribution of free turkeys to the poor...
...that would give them the capacity to operate independently against Taliban guerrillas in harsh terrain. But that won't happen in time to face the Taliban's anticipated spring offensive. So, the Pentagon also announced Wednesday that 3,200 soldiers from the U.S. 10th Mountain Division will have their tour of duty in Afghanistan extended by four months. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has said he is likely to ask President Bush for several thousand more American troops augment the 24,000 already there, and Washington is pressing NATO allies to provide more troops of their own - and in some cases...