Denis Desmond

A record attendance of 70,000 expected for the sold-out event at Stradbally in September

MCD boss says insurance costs for a stadium gig in Republic costs €50,000 compared to €5,000 in the North

Sale of half of company to joint venture with Love Nation gets green light

Payment made as UK joint venture records £2.2m loss

Violence outside nightclub off Grafton Street followed security fears over music festival

Garda sources say they suspect men who tried to rush club door had been at festival

Bureau of consular affairs says three-day event at Marlay Park has ‘potential for violence’

Pre-tax profits increase by 57 per cent to £7.78 million

Veteran music publisher has released memoir In a Lifetime – from Hozier to U2

AMG paid dividend of £35m in 2018 including £9.8m dividend for Gaiety Investments

Hozier’s Wasteland Baby tops US charts in its first week, supplanting A Star is Born soundtrack

Consumer body to scrutinise Denis Desmond and Caroline Downey’s sale of promoter

The TV producer on doing ‘covers’, lessons from ‘Anglo’ and everybody loving ‘Goggler’

But parent company, owned by Denis Desmond and Live Nation sees profits vanish

Concert on June 8th will be part of the thrash-metal band’s WorldWired arena tour

Comedian and promoter make settlements with Revenue worth €118,663 and €701,025

MCD has been bought out in full by a UK-based company that is a 50/50 joint venture between Live Nation and Desmond’s Gaiety Investments

UK competition body gives green light to deal after investigators take summer field trip

The Clash played Trinity College 40 years ago today. The student organisers recall the British punks' explosive 1977 visit to Ireland

Promoters are now running artist development. Will we be left with little more than entertainerbots?

Live Nation’s ticket sales in June rose 20% on 2016’s figure

How Music Works: tour manager and production co-ordinator Ciara Davey talks to Niall Byrne about getting the stars on the road and keeping them there

Jim Carroll: The band are the latest heritage act to make the journey to Slane, a venue they last played in 1992

Firm linked to Electric Picnic made trading profit of nearly €1m

Bloody Sunday priest turned blood-stained cloth into ‘symbol of compassion’

Cork in 1990; Dublin in 2002; and again in 2011, after that no-show in 2008, Prince showed his live game was every note as sharp and groundbreaking as his studio work

No licence requests for station once known as Phantom, but Radio Nova expresses interest

New financial muscle should help sports broadcaster secure rights deals

Strand Road property has direct access to beach and views from Dalkey Island to Bray

Accounts filed for company behind music festival show profits of €650,000 for 2014

Culture minister Fiona Hyslop says £150,000 paid to stop T in the Park scaling back

Video directed by Lenny Abrahamson stars Ireland’s ‘Mammy-in-chief’ and her son, Rory

After founding the sports network in 1990, owner Mickey O’Rourke has seen it endure some tough times

The mobile phone operator has signed deals for Electric Picnic, Longitude and the New Year’s Eve festival

Ex-owners of Jurys Doyle hotels John and Bernie Gallagher acquire Docklands venue

‘Stetson and the City’ events held across Dublin to console thousands of disappointed fans

€80 million theatre shows sharp fall in value since 2010

Broadcaster's service plan depends on outcome of talks with 3 Ireland

Options to be made available to staff with at least one year of service at broadcaster

It has accumulated losses of €4.2 million