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Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Mick Jagger’s bands are the music industry’s biggest earners.

Figures for 2017 show the veterans out-performed singers less than half their age including Ed Sheeran.

Jagger, 74, and his band raked in £116 for every person at their 14 sold-out stadium shows.

The Beatles through the years

The Beatles John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr pictured in their heydays during the 1960’s.

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The Beatles on stage at the London Palladium during a performance in front of 2, 000 screaming fans, 1963

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And Beatles legend Macca, 75, is only just behind them, pocketing £108 per seat for 36 performances.But despite starring on an 111-gig tour, Sheeran, 26, bagged an average fee of just £60.

The list was published by Pollstar, which compiles figures for box office gig earnings. Jeff Kelly, of US entertainment PR firm JDMC, said: “The Stones and Sir Paul are the biggest draws still after over 50 years of touring, which is an astonishing feat.”

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