He’s Ziggy Stardust, And He Is Golden

Baby, you’re a rich man, Mr. Paul McCartney - but you’re still only the second-richest rocker in Britain.

Top honors go to space oddity David Bowie, with a fortune of $919 million, according to BusinessAge magazine. That puts him among the nation’s top 25.

(Bowie, you may recall, recently sold $55 million in bonds, to be repaid with royalties from his old songs. That allowed him to pocket the cash up front.)

McCartney came in a respectable second at $868 million, followed by aging sex symbol Tom Jones ($460 million) and former Genesis front man Phil Collins ($367 million).

The Spice Girls, by the way, placed No. 24 on the list at $120 million, or $24 million per seasoning.

Loose talk

Garbage singer Shirley Manson, on her fans (in Rolling Stone): “I have never had and probably will never have male groupies, because I think they know that I would eat them for breakfast.”

Let’s get this straight - is he red-hot, or chilly?

Anthony Kiedis turns 35 today.

We’re getting burned out on that one anyway

Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson, U2, Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart, Peter Gabriel, Barbra Streisand, Aretha Franklin, Celine Dion, Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti are among the artists who have signed on for a charity double album in memory of Princess Diana. Missing, though, will be Elton John’s “Candle In The Wind 1997.”

Oh, she’s more precious than the Stones

Jewel is getting richer quicker, signing a $2 million deal to deliver her autobiography - all 23 years of it - to HarperCollins. That’s believed to be the most ever paid for a pop singer’s memoirs; Mick Jagger was offered $3 million last year, but turned it down.

Do we have to listen to the Hole thing?

At the cover shoot for Rolling Stone’s “Women of Rock” issue, featuring Madonna, Tina Turner and Courtney Love, both Madonna and Love insisted their music be aired during the session. The obliging photographer played both.

You could say he’s taking it in stride

R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe is waxing philosophical about the departure of drummer Bill Berry. “A three-legged dog is still a dog,” said Stipe. “It just has to learn how to run differently.”

Hey, you guys - Halloween was last night

The Bee Gees, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, Tavares and Kool and the Gang will play at tonight’s 20th anniversary celebration of “Saturday Night Fever” at the place where the movie was shot, Brooklyn’s 2001 Odyssey Club. “A lot of people should find tears coming to their eyes when they see this place,” said Vito Bruno, overseer of the club’s restoration. “We’ve got the old coat-check girl, the original head of security, the DJ, plus Billy, the guy in the silver vest at the back door.”

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