We can credit The Beatles as being the first stadium band. When they played Shea Stadium on Aug. It was a nice payday but paled in comparison when it came to revenue from record sales. Selling at a clip of 72, tickets a day, that tour was a record-breaker in terms of box office grosses. Consider, too, that manager Peter Grant had extracted a split between the band and promoters. Billboard magazine keeps tabs on how much artists earn with the periodic publishing of rich lists. It just revealed the list of the biggest earners so far in Revenue streams sure are different than they were in the past. But look how they made that cash. In the Olden Days — i. Now they make more than 50 times more by being on the road than selling records. Even with a new album and the residual good feelings from The Joshua Tree 30 Tour, income from publishing and streaming is no more than a rounding error for .