any night. Ask yourself—who’s
sexier: TINA TURNER or Lady
Gaga? Exactly.
So it’s no surprise that
when Turner strutted through
Paris in January for fashion
week, the paparazzi mobbed
her, quizzing her about tour
plans (she’s pondering it, she
said). Or that CAROLE KING
and JAMES TAYLOR’s upcom-
ing tour will take them not just
across North America but to
Australia, New Zealand, and
Japan. The highest-grossing
North American tours in 2009
were U2 (BONO turns 50 in
May—see page 92), Spring-
steen, and ELTON JOHN and
BILLY JOEL’s Face 2 Face
shows. Number five on the
list: AC/DC, which has been
rupturing eardrums since
1973. Number four is Britney
Spears. It only seems like she’s
been around for 50 years.
who survived a brain aneurysm
in 2005, ranted on 2009’s Fork
in the Road: “There’s a bailout
coming but it’s not for you /
It’s for all those creeps hiding
what they do.” DAVID BOWIE is
recording his 42nd album, six
years after heart surgery.
Newsweek recently ranked
Love and Theft, BOB DYLAN’s
2001 triumph, number two on
its list of the decade’s best al-
bums. Dylan released a Christ-
mas album in 2009 that The
Washington Post called both
awesome and menacing.
