‘We are happy with the price’: Music promoter Denis Desmond on buying Rory Gallagher’s guitar
Fender Stratocaster is acquired for more than €1 million at auction in London
Denis Desmond
Ambassador Theatre: Concert promoter appeals against refusal for railings to combat ‘antisocial behaviour’
In January, Dublin City Council rejected a plan for 1.7 metre high railings around the perimeter of the building
Electric Picnic parent books £35.3m profit as live events rebound
Group lost more than £10m in 2020 due to the impact of the pandemic on live entertainment sector
MCD ranks 11th globally among concert promoters with €155m in ticket sales in 2022
Garth Brooks gigs help Croke Park to 13th spot among world’s most successful concert venues in terms of box office receipts
Key changes to Olympia Theatre’s facade rejected by council
Council wants proposed arch omitted from plan, and for a new colour scheme to be considered
Live Nation joint venture paid out £48.3m for MCD Productions
Cancellation of music festivals due to Covid cost insurers €36.6m but firm still lost €12.4m
Electric Picnic promoters receive insurance payout over 2020 cancellation
Live Nation controlled Festival Republic Ltd received Covid related payout of £13.27m
AIB and PTSB spent €20m on adviser fees for purchase of Ulster Bank loans
Seen & Heard: lobbying for Electric Picnic, Bank of Ireland CEO’s view of mortgage rules, and Simon Pratt’s new food venture
Irish bars and restaurants invest in medical-grade air purifiers for indoor dining
Fáilte Ireland operating guidelines criticised for not focusing more on technology
Electric Picnic 2021: Staging a Covid-free festival is possible. Insuring it mightn’t be
Hugh Linehan: Pilot events in UK are promising but will Government underwrite the risk?
No Picnic for the live events sector as it vies for Government help
The industry worth €3.5bn to the economy employs 35,000, and most are now idle
Ryanair plots legal action to force expansion of green list
Seen & Heard: Government to drop eviction ban, Aer Lingus warns staff not to mock it online
‘I am heartbroken to confirm’ ... Death of an Irish music festival
Cancelling a festival is huge. A vast army of people are suddenly out of a job
MCD’s Desmond ‘optimistic’ that Electric Picnic 2020 will go ahead
A record attendance of 70,000 expected for the sold-out event at Stradbally in September
Insurance costs add €1 to every concert ticket in Republic
MCD boss says insurance costs for a stadium gig in Republic costs €50,000 compared to €5,000 in the North
Concert promoter MCD says dealing with regulators cost €3m
Sale of half of company to joint venture with Love Nation gets green light
Gardaí investigate if Dublin fracas linked to Longitude warning
Violence outside nightclub off Grafton Street followed security fears over music festival
Longitude organiser says ‘no connection’ between festival and Dublin fracas
Garda sources say they suspect men who tried to rush club door had been at festival
US embassy warns citizens against attending Longitude festival
Bureau of consular affairs says three-day event at Marlay Park has ‘potential for violence’
Concert promoter Denis Desmond shares in £2.8m dividend from Festival Republic
Pre-tax profits increase by 57 per cent to £7.78 million
Johnny Lappin: ‘How I signed Hozier’s publishing deal’
Veteran music publisher has released memoir In a Lifetime – from Hozier to U2
Pretax profits at Denis Desmond’s concert promoter down 19%
AMG paid dividend of £35m in 2018 including £9.8m dividend for Gaiety Investments
Hozier goes straight to Number 1 in US ... ‘Can’t put it into words’
Hozier’s Wasteland Baby tops US charts in its first week, supplanting A Star is Born soundtrack
Competition watchdog to investigate MCD deal with Live Nation
Consumer body to scrutinise Denis Desmond and Caroline Downey’s sale of promoter
Darren Smith: ‘The ratings will decide if you’re coming back’
The TV producer on doing ‘covers’, lessons from ‘Anglo’ and everybody loving ‘Goggler’
Electric Picnic generates €1.9m profit, up from €369k in 2017
But parent company, owned by Denis Desmond and Live Nation sees profits vanish
Metallica to play Slane Castle in 2019
Concert on June 8th will be part of the thrash-metal band’s WorldWired arena tour
Mario Rosenstock and Denis Desmond in six-figure tax-defaulter deals
Comedian and promoter make settlements with Revenue worth €118,663 and €701,025
Promoter Denis Desmond sells MCD stake to Live Nation
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
Denis Desmond and Live Nation cleared to take control of Isle Of Wight festival
UK competition body gives green light to deal after investigators take summer field trip
The day The Clash and punk turned Trinity into a war zone
The Clash played Trinity College 40 years ago today. The student organisers recall the British punks' explosive 1977 visit to Ireland
Is the music industry now entirely in the hands of live promoters?
Promoters are now running artist development. Will we be left with little more than entertainerbots?
Live Nation has replaced record companies for development, says Denis Desmond
Live Nation’s ticket sales in June rose 20% on 2016’s figure
From Prince to The Script to Avicii: Ciara Davey on tour managing at the top end of music
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
Will you pay €90 to see Guns N’ Roses in a hilly field in Meath?
Jim Carroll: The band are the latest heritage act to make the journey to Slane, a venue they last played in 1992
Live Nation records big jump in Dublin 3Arena profits
Firm linked to Electric Picnic made trading profit of nearly €1m
Pope Francis joins in tributes to Derry bishop Edward Daly
Bloody Sunday priest turned blood-stained cloth into ‘symbol of compassion’
Prince live in Ireland: ‘We gotta go – I got too many hits’
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
Dublin music radio station TXFM to close with loss of six jobs
No licence requests for station once known as Phantom, but Radio Nova expresses interest
Years of playing maverick ends in Eir embrace
New financial muscle should help sports broadcaster secure rights deals
Castellated Killiney beachfront home for €6m
Strand Road property has direct access to beach and views from Dalkey Island to Bray
Electric Picnic in tune
Accounts filed for company behind music festival show profits of €650,000 for 2014
Desmond’s concert firm receives ‘helping hand’ from Scotland
Culture minister Fiona Hyslop says £150,000 paid to stop T in the Park scaling back
Brendan O’Carroll and Mrs Brown call for Yes vote
Video directed by Lenny Abrahamson stars Ireland’s ‘Mammy-in-chief’ and her son, Rory
How Setanta survives and thrives in the competitive world of TV sport
After founding the sports network in 1990, owner Mickey O’Rourke has seen it endure some tough times
MCD dials up sponsorship with Three
The mobile phone operator has signed deals for Electric Picnic, Longitude and the New Year’s Eve festival
Bord Gáis Theatre sold in €28m deal
Ex-owners of Jurys Doyle hotels John and Bernie Gallagher acquire Docklands venue
Three-quarters of Garth Brooks tickets already refunded
‘Stetson and the City’ events held across Dublin to console thousands of disappointed fans
Harry Crosbie’s Bord Gáis theatre for sale at €20m
€80 million theatre shows sharp fall in value since 2010
Setanta Sports poised to enter mobile phone market
Broadcaster's service plan depends on outcome of talks with 3 Ireland
Staff at Setanta Sports to score share options
Options to be made available to staff with at least one year of service at broadcaster
Phantom radio to align with Today FM and rebrand as TXFM in March
It has accumulated losses of €4.2 million
Rock radio station Phantom 105.2 to cut jobs
Dublin broadcaster blames falling advertising revenue and ‘competitive market’
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