Yes, despite confessing that sales of their last album were disappointing, and despite going on one of the world’s most expensive tours ever, U2 topped Billboard’s poll of musicians who made the most in the US in 2009 with $109 million. We assume they’ll be donating it all to relief agencies shortly, or buying Bono another crate full of sunglasses, assuming the current pair aren’t Gorilla glued onto his head. Second, by a long way, was Bruce ‘just doing it for the working class’ Springsteen, with $58 million. Luckily AC/DC came in at $43 million.