U2 enjoy beautiful €5m pay day for every live concert

U2 can generate a pay cheque of more than €5m in a single night when they play live, according to their tour promoter.

In a new BBC documentary Hits, Hype & Hustle - An Insider’s Guide to the Music Business, super promoter John Giddings, reveals how live performance has become a billion-euro industry.

And he said his most famous clients, U2, are among the highest paid performers in the world when they playing to sellout stadiums.