I just puked

I never thought it was the truth that Bono struggled with rather the three chords...............

Alas such is life.
As the pension plan era comes up for a lot of artists and the fire in their bellies has quelled they take the extra buck-pure and simple.
My own take has always been that the music buisness is just that... a buisness.
It's nothing new, the most recent of anti-corporate heroes Kurt Cobain renegotiated his recording contract so they he got all the royalties and his previous split with the band three ways was terminated.
The history of rock is littered with such stories.
Of course you really do wonder why the Stones need more cash and why their ticket prices are a joke or indeed a lesson in greed.
I believe in the spirit of music much more than I do human nature and that's what I like to focus on.
If it still moves you or indeed encourages a 12 year old to pick up the guitar and learn it then it's still a magical thing.
Oh and Bono just paid $15 million for an apartment in NY......................

The other side of course is that many artist do good work.
Dave Gilmour donated his £3 million mansion to the homeless in London a few years back and recently gave another £5 million or crazy amount to another charity....