You'd have thought Blue were feeling pretty damn blue themselves when it was revealed that the boyband made only £77 last year, through their strangely monikered company Blueworld Touring No.1 Ltd. Despite reuniting and launching a new album, The Sun suggested yesterday that Simon Webb, Duncan James, Lee Ryan and Anthony Costa made less than 100 squids over the whole of 2013. And not only that, but they were £1,566 in the red as well.
Yeesh. Sad times for a band who were once worth over £80 million collectively. Or maybe not. Because this morning, Blueworld's rep Emily Ball denied the claims, based on the fact that Blueworld Touring No.1 Ltd (quite the mouthful, that) has ceased operation. The Blueworld 'account is dormant and no longer in use. This is therefore completley unreflective of Blue's earnings' argues Emily, without explaining when and why this happened. That £1,566 debt is said to be an 'internal' issue too.
Perhaps their earnings were affected by Lee's world-class randiness on Celebrity Big Brother. Who knows how much Blue earned last year, but one hopes that if they made a* whole* new album and went on a whole tour that they'd have earned more than that. That wouldn't even cover a ticket to Madame Tussaud's. Which seems cruel, really, because if it* was* true, the least they can be allowed to do is ogle the waxworks of their former selves.*
*We're not entirely sure they do actually have their own waxworks.
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This article originally appeared on The Debrief.