Lord of The Dance star Michael Flatley has resolved a legal battle with the producers of Riverdance who sacked him four years ago after a row about star billing on posters, by accepting a payment of u42m. The famed Irish dancer, who hails from the US, originally sued the producers of Riverdance for u80m, claiming the show could not have been created without him. Flatley earns an estimated u36m per year from his own phenomenally successful Lord of The Dance.