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Big Bucks Dept.: Madonna Tops List of Highest-Paid Musicians of 2013

Lady Gaga banked $80 million.

Though the year is not quite over, Forbes has put together a list of the best-paid musicians of 2013 and the Material Girl tops the list, netting $125 million thanks mostly to her MDNA Tour, which grossed $305 million.

Lady Gaga comes in second, netting $80 million, mostly from touring, where she grossed $168 million.

There’s an overview piece at Forbes

Check out the rest of the list:

1. Madonna – $125 million
2. Lady Gaga – $80 million
3. Bon Jovi – $79 million
4. Toby Keith – $65 million
5. Coldplay – $64 million
6. Justin Bieber – $58 million
7. Taylor Swift – $55 million
8. Elton John – $54 million
9. Beyonce – $53 million
9. Kenny Chesney – $53 million
11. Diddy – $50 million
12. Paul McCartney – $47 million
13. Calvin Harris – $46 million
14. Jennifer Lopez – $45 million
15. Roger Waters – $44 million
16. Muse – $43 million
16. Rihanna – $43 million
18. Jay Z – $42 million
18. One Direction – $42 million
20. Dr. Dre – $40 million
20. Red Hot Chili Peppers – $40 million
22. The Rolling Stones – $39 million
22. Katy Perry – $39 million
24. Tim McGraw – $33 million
25. Pink – $32 million
25. Tiësto – $32 million

New Bruce Springsteen Album Coming in 2014

Cover of Springsteen’s new single, “High Hopes.”

The new Bruce Springsteen single, “High Hopes,” will be released next Monday, November 25, 2013. It’s a fairly recent recording, possibly made in Australia while Springsteen and the E Street Band were touring Australia earlier this year. Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello Tom Morello plays wah-wah guitar on the track and there’s a horn section.

Springsteen and the band augmented by Morello performed “High Hopes” while touring Australia in March.

During an interview in June Springsteen said that he and the band and Morello went into the studio in Australia.

“We did a couple of things that I wanted to put down,” Springsteen told Rolling Stone. “Being with Tommy was exciting.”

Billboard reports that a new Springsteen album “could be out as early as January — a quick follow-up to 2012’s chart-topping Wrecking Ball.

Here’s Springsteen and the E Street Band and Tom Morello performing “High Hopes” on stage.

Here’s the new single:

Listen: Unreleased Bruce Springsteen Demo, “Homestead,” Plus New Single on the Way

New Springsteen single due Nov. 25.

According to Sony’s website for Bruce Springsteen, a new Springsteen single, “High Hopes,” will be released on November 25.

Listen to it at the bottom of this post.

The song was written by Tom Scott McConnell who wrote it in 1987 andrecorded it in 1990 with his band the Havalinas. Springsteen originally released his version in 1995 on the Blood Brothers EP. No oe has yet confirmed if this is that recording, or a new one.

Meanwhile, the demo of “Homestead,” was written by Bruce Springsteen and Joe Grushecky when Springsteen produced Grushecky’s 1995 album,  American Babylon.

Talking about the song during an interview, Grushecky said, “I thought the words were great, and I didn’t have a good ending, and I didn’t think the music I had matched up well with the lyrics. So I just gave it casually to Bruce and said, ‘If you can think of something, be my guest.’ And a few days later, he called me back and said he had some music he really liked to it, and we should go and record it. And of course I was thrilled.”

“Homestead”:

Live version of “High Hopes”:

 

 

Watch: Video Of Bruce Springsteen, Roger Waters Is Online From Stand Up For Heroes Concert

You can watch the Bruce Springsteen and Roger Waters performances now.

Springsteen starts at two hours, twenty-four minutes.

Roger Waters starts at one hour, thirty-one minutes.

Watch: Bruce Springsteen, Roger Waters Headline Stand Up For Heroes Benefit Concert Tonight

Bruce Springsteen and Roger Waters, along with comedians Jon Stewart, Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Cosby and others, will appear at tonight’s Stand Up For Heroes concert in NYC.

You can watch it right here beginning at 5:30 PST; 8:30 EST.