Industry insiders point out that top rock acts can take home 50% or more of gross ticket sales after production costs.
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Enthusiasm was such that, in the late 60s, one of London's top rock venues, in Covent Garden, was called Middle Earth, after Tolkien's imaginary world.
"You look at the top of the rock chart, and you see all kinds of bands who have had Top 40 radio hits, from Staind and Foo Fighters and Blink-182, " he said.
Plus, the Top of the Rock Observation Deck features a live music series in February.
Sitting on the warm sandstone at the top of Ubirr rock and peering over the edge to palm trees far below, I am dizzyingly aware that the scene before me has remained unchanged since prehistory.
Only three other U.K. acts are in the latest top 50 -- rock veterans Sting and Eric Clapton and rookie female singer Dido.
Avoid just putting a rock on top as it slows decomposition.
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Our top earners include entrepreneurs, rock stars, professional athletes, surgeons and lawyers.
My guide (the new guy) steered my half of the kayak directly into the huge rock at the top of the water hazard.
As a rock off the top left-hand corner of Europe, we are big winners from this rule, which turns places like Italy, Greece, Malta or Poland into flypaper for migrants.
The president looked at several sites, of which the top two were the North Little Rock and the Little Rock riverfronts.
The singles "Bad Girls" and "Hot Stuff" took this disco-rock fusion to the top of the pop charts, while the slow-dance "Dim All the Lights" revealed more of Donna Summer's personality than her earlier hits.
He may also be ill-served by some of his more over-the-top supporters who treat him like a rock star rather than a statesman.
What at first glance appears to be a jumble of boulders was probably a workshop where expert stonecutters practiced their trade. (One chunk of granite has been carved into almost-finished steps.) Another large stone, known as Serpent Rock, has snakes etched into its top surface.
About a third of a mile from the canyon top, we came upon a 150-foot natural rock arch with a keyhole view of the river far below.
With high ceilings, clear sightlines, multi-level balconies and three bars, Union Transfer is attracting top national and international talent in genres as varied as rock, funk, rap and hip hop.
We head uphill, across crumbly volcanic rock through a narrowing defile that rises to the top of a ridge.
Millennials regarded health care reform as one of their top concerns during the 2008 election campaign, according to the Rock the Vote Poll of 18- to 29-year-olds, conducted in February 2008 by Lake Research Partners.
Generally we're on top of things, as far as the general stability of the rock faces through the gorge are concerned.
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Employers cannot expect to recruit and retain the top-tier talent that will allow them to compete globally with rock-bottom wages and college grads cannot expect that a four-year liberal arts education will be sufficient (or even necessary) to grant them access to the highly-paid careers of the next decade and beyond.
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Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys ended up the night's top winner with four trophies, including producer of the year and three rock category victories with bandmate Patrick Carney.
Leo Houlding, for example, parachuted into Baffin Island in the Arctic Circle, then spent weeks climbing an iced-up rock tower called Mount Asgard, only to leap from the top in a wingsuit.
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This gigantic chasm at the heart of Kaua'i is one of the island's greatest natural wonders, and its red-and-black-striated lava-rock walls contrasted with the lush green forests that blanket its top is a true sight to behold.
As we venture down the extraordinary Icefields Parkway in vans with our super-active, super-attentive guides, Dani Houston, Felicia Perricelli and Andrea McLeod, (pluck is their natural personality) the huge cascading walls of rock we pass look to have the remains of ancient mountain top cities.
Some top dogs travel the country in blinged-out RVs, comparable to a rock star's ride, though as Dean writes in "Show Dog, " Uno the beagle, upon winning Westminster, got his own seat on a commercial plane.
Whether you pick the deluxe king room with rock spa bath products, iPod docking stations, and pillow-top beds or the 750-square-foot tower suite with separate showers and tubs, panoramic views of Chi-Town, and separate living and sleeping areas, both blend musical memorabilia with a boutique-style contemporary atmosphere.
Top leaders from organizations including DreamWorks Animation, Fast Company, Zappos, Inkling and Black Rock City (aka Burning Man) participated in the project.
China, the world's top exporter of laptop computers, T-shirts and toys is now trying to export indie rock.
Add some shredding rock guitar riffs and then you have me running off at the mouth over the top of all that.
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