Scene + Heard: Entertainment news round-up
The annual Forbes list of DJs’ earnings is always worth a squiz, and part of the fun is winding up ‘real’ musicians with the tales of gazillions made by the guys (no women in the top 10) who just spin a few records. Actually, since the advent of the memory stick, they don’t even have to do that.
So, top of the pile again is Calvin Harris, with estimated earnings from just Djing in 2015 reckoned to be $63m (€55.8m). Don’t forget, the 32-year-old Scot has probably also earned a few bob from his various other ventures. Tiesto is in second place at $38m, while David Guetta reportedly earned $28m, much of it on the back of a lucrative residency in Las Vegas. Recent Irish visitor Steve Aoki is in fifth with $23.5m.
