Founding members Paul “Bono” Hewson, David “The Edge” Evans, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr still call the shots. The four have a combined wealth of US$1 billion ($1.36 billion), with Celebrity Net Worth reporting in 2018 that Bono was worth US$700 million; The Edge, US$340 million; Clayton, US$300 million; and Mullen Jr, US$300 million.
SINGAPORE (Nov 4): In the music business, superstars often make the news for their misadventures, bust-ups and inglorious exits as much as they do for their music. So often, in fact, that fans expect an ugly split before a latter-day reunion (read: The Eagles, Spice Girls, et al), or a band to just never get back together (Robbie Williams and Take That).
Irish supergroup U2 is a unicorn in more ways than one. It continues to defy disruption and the decades to deliver a lucrative model for bands — by staying together.
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