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THE ROLLING STONES played an intimate gig for 500 bankers in Spain - and were paid $5.4 million (£2.7 million) for their private stage show.
The rockers’ two year A Bigger Bang tour is said to be one of the longest and highest grossing ever, having pulled in over $436 million (£218 million) to date.
But that didn’t stop the musicians supplementing their income with an 80-minute set at a party organised by Deutsche Bank in the Catalan National Art Museum in Barcelona, Spain last week (12Jul07).
And frontman Mick Jagger admitted he was delighted to be earning so much from the wealthy bankers.
He told the crowd, "Thank you for having us. The best part is, it’s coming out of your bonuses."

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A 40-year-old New Yorker claims trouble rapper REMY MA threatened him with a gun to the head during a 2003 argument.
The hip-hop star, real name Remy Smith, was arrested on Saturday (14Jul07) for the attempted murder of 23-year-old Makeda Barnes-Joseph in New York City’s Meatpacking district. The victim remains in a stable condition in hospital.
Maintenance worker Alvin Lewis tells the New York Post that like Barnes-Joseph, he also found himself at the end of Smith’s gun, but was fortunate enough to escape without being shot.
He claims in May 2003 Smith stormed down to the Buckley private school of boys in Manhattan after a friend’s daughter falsely accused Lewis of hitting her.
Lewis says, "Remy came down and she had a gun and she said, ‘You like hitting women?’ I said, ‘I didn’t hit her.’ "I tried to reason with her and she just pointed the gun at my head and squeezed (the trigger). I just saw my life flash before my eyes. It just went bang. I think it was a starter’s pistol. Trust me, if it was real, I wouldn’t have been here." Following the altercation, Smith was arrested for menacing, assault and criminal possession of a weapon. She pleaded guilty to menacing, before Lewis dropped his complaint after the court determined lack of evidence.

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Singer AMY WINEHOUSE and rock group ARCTIC MONKEYS are among the 12 nominees for the 2007 Nationwide Mercury Prize.
Winehouse and Arctic Monkeys’ second albums - Back To Black and Favourite Worse Nightmare - were announced on the shortlist at a conference at London’s The Hospital venue on Tuesday (17Jul07).
British bookmakers William Hill have given 4/1 odds that either acts take home the coveted prize on 4 September (07).
Arctic Monkeys took home the gong last year (06) for their debut disc Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not, while 2003’s winner, London rapper Dizzee Rascal is up for his third album Maths & English.
The Mercury Prize shortlist is as follows: The Young Knives - Game (Up All Night) Bat For Lashes - Fur and Gold Jamie T - Panic Prevention Klaxons - Myths Of The New Future The View - Hats Off To The Buskers Amy Winehouse - Back To Black Basquiat Strings - Basquiat Strings With Seb Rochford Dizzee Rascal - Maths & English New Young Pony Club - Fantastic Playroom Maps - We Can Create Fionn Regan - End Of History Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worse Nightmare
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