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| Jaxx |
sky news
£1,666 A SECOND FOR GIG
The Rolling Stones have earned £4 million for a 40 minute set, reports claim.
The band was paid the sum to perform at a birthday bash thrown by a Texas billionaire.
 Easy money: Mick Jagger
It worked out at £100,000 a minute - or £1,666.66 a second.
Businessman David Bonderman also hired comic Robin Williams for the extravaganza held in the Las Vegas Hard Rock Cafe.
But one guest insisted: "It wasn't a wild bash."
Meal
Bonderman, who runs the Texas Pacific Group, flew in about 400 friends to celebrate his 60th birthday.
He spent £7million on the party which started with a slap up meal at the Bellagio casino.
Guests were then ferried to the cafe where American rocker John Mellencamp played a warm up act before the Stones took to the stage.
One guest told the New York Post that the invitees were mostly conservative businessmen.
Fortune
"A real shirt and jacket group, rocking away in their loafers."
Bonderman, a former university lecturer and civil rights lawyer, made his £6 billion fortune from buying and selling near-bankrupt companies.
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| parmeda |
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Jaxx wrote:
But one guest insisted: "It wasn't a wild bash."
"A real shirt and jacket group, rocking away in their loafers."
OMG...This is sad, just sad.
The only good thing out of if would have to be the look on Mick & Keith's faces staring back out at that crowd, LMAO! ...and the mere thought of 'running to the bank'. |
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| nankerphelge |
We ought to send a letter to them. We ought to explain that we, unlike the billionaire Texans of the world, managed to scrape together about $462.23.
BUT!
When our heros look back they will see us, and how can that not be worth the difference?! Seriously.
Look at us -- send the "We're Only in It for the Money" picture along and they will instantly recognize that they are not dealing with just any Stones fan.
We'll supply the venue.
An undisclosed but posh location.
Like 2000 Man's backyard!
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| parmeda |
Nanky...work on it babe! Wouldn't that be devine?!! |
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| nankerphelge |
Dear Rolling Stones:
Please allow us to introduce ourselves -- we are the members of Rocks Off, the best Rolling Stones website ever.
We all figured that after you performed for that fat-cat Texan and his stick-in-the-mud buddies in Vegas, you were probably longing for some REAL fans to hoot and holler back at ya some and pull a Nolte or two!
No, we can't swing $4 Million -- not by any stretch. But since you don't need the money, we decided that you probably wouldn't turn down the opportunity (and bragging rights) of playing at our backyard BBQ. We'll supply the venue, and all the booze and food. And hell, you can sure count on the women of Rocks Off (and probably some of the men) to take that load off your achin' mind after the show -- if ya know what I mean!
So check your calendars, we're all pretty much open at this end.
Sincerely,
The Rocks Off Crew
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Comments?
Should we include a "Know Your Rocks Off Posters" facebook?
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| moy |
lol count me in  |
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| parmeda |
Beautiful Nank!
Perfect!
Now turn this into a petition and we're in business.
(Yeah right!...it would get smashed down in a heartbeat the way petitions fly around here...LMAO!) |
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