In the past most musicians would make more from their tours than their albums, and probably made more money out of tee shirts and programmes than selling tickets. The distance between what someone appears to do, and where they earn their money has now stretched out even further. There seem to be plenty of modern ‘stars’ for whom any music is at best an incidental part of what they are providing. The papers are filled with photos of Rita Ora and Nicky Minaj, out of all proportion to their significance as musicians. I don’t think we should view this as a negative, if they are smart enough to supply something that the media want, and will pay for, then good luck to them. They do at least seem to provide something in exchange for their celebrity, there are a phalanx of other celebrities who have only the most spurious of claims to notability, perhaps once being the girlfriend of a footballer, or being married to someone famous.
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