‘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
Live Nation
Oasis, Ticketmaster and the great rock’n’roll swindle
The ticket company’s dynamic pricing works on the principle that it can charge as much as we’re willing to pay. So choose which bands to see carefully
Oasis tickets controversy: ‘People say it was better in the old days. It really wasn’t’
Amid calls for Ticketmaster’s ‘dynamic pricing’ to be investigated, the company’s former MD says it is not a monopoly and will remain popular
State funding decision for delayed Cork Events Centre to be made in coming weeks, says McGrath
Multipurpose 6,000-capacity venue to host concerts and conferences planned for site close to South Gate Bridge in city
Ticketmaster antitrust case is box-office for frustrated concert-goers
US antitrust case is seeking the break-up of parent company Live Nation
US attempts to dismantle Ticketmaster ‘monopoloy’
Antitrust lawsuit brought by US Department of Justice seeks break-up of Live Nation Entertainment
European shares close flat as investors rein in hopes for ECB rate cuts
Successful quarterly earnings at US chipmaker Nvidia have boosted technology shares on global markets
Vince Power: Waterford-born ‘Godfather of Gigs’ who rocked the UK music scene
Music promoter, entrepreneur and founder of the Mean Fiddler Group had a favourite mantra: ‘Keep one eye on the till and one eye on the talent’
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
Irish arm of Electric Picnic owner Live Nation pays out dividend of €4.5m
Record 70,000 attend flagship music festival
Bloom organisers paid Ticketmaster almost €480,000 over four years
Bord Bia to seek bids from ticketing providers for 2024 gardening show
How big is Ticketmaster? How one company dominates the Irish market
Fresh concerns have been raised with competition body about the online ticket market
Coldplay and Taylor Swift are just the start: the ticket price plan to bleed Irish fans dry
Conor Pope: Ticketmaster rarely goes into detail about the business of ticket sales, but the man who brought that business to Ireland almost 30 years ago is more forthcoming
Taylor Swift, Coldplay and Ticketmaster’s new selling technique: presale anxiety
Astronomical pricing has now been baked into the gig ticket-buying process by both top artists and one company
‘The Rolling Stones wanted me to compromise. And I didn’t want to compromise’
Paul Charles is no pushover. One of the lessons of Adventures in Wonderland, the Irish music agent’s new memoir, is that sometimes you have to say no
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
Western brands flee Russia in unravelling of ‘capitalistic diplomacy’
H&M, Nike, Volkswagen, Toyota and Apple among many brands curtailing services or operations
Bord Gáis Energy Theatre revenue falls 74% due to pandemic
Revenue down €2.75m, as staff numbers at live venue fall from 44 to 35
Cork event centre worth €80m ‘will still happen’, Coveney says
Public money of €50 million for the 6,000 seater facility remains intact, Minister says
Cork City Council chief predicts €80m event centre to proceed
Combined State investment of €50m at play in project undertaken by BAM and Live Nation
Irishman in London: ‘It is nice to see someone with a hurl in Finsbury Park’
The Tipperary man dealing with a ‘devastated’ music industry in London
‘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
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
Number of deals assessed by consumer watchdog halves
Higher turnover threshold sees 47 mergers notified to body in 2019, 52% down on 2018
Controversial €80m Cork event centre faces fresh delay
Appeal lodged against revised version of development plan
Bord Gáis theatre records strong growth in turnover and profits
Tickets sales increase 17% to €7.6m while food and beverage income advances to €2.6m
Varadkar says Government is committed to Cork’s stalled €73m event centre
Taoiseach fails to provide details how €9m shortfall in State aid will be met
Pretax profits at Denis Desmond’s concert promoter down 19%
AMG paid dividend of £35m in 2018 including £9.8m dividend for Gaiety Investments
Coveney calls for cool heads in debate on €80m Cork events centre
Tánaiste says legal issues over the €30m State aid investment need to be resolved
Cork business groups seek clarification on events centre progress
Proposed 6,000 seat venue on site of former Beamish and Crawford brewery has been hampered by delays, say advocates
U2 concerts help deliver bumper $61.7m sales for 3Arena
Other top performers at Dublin venue include Kylie, Niall Horan and Andrea Bocelli
Major shows boost profits at Bord Gáis theatre to nearly €700k
Docklands theatre sees 2017 turnover rise to €8.4m at Crownway-owned venue
Bord Gáis Energy renews naming rights deal for Dublin theatre
Energy supplier extends sponsorship of Grand Canal Square venue until 2026
Cork Event Centre developer ‘100% committed’ to the project despite delays
The cost of the project has since risen to between €75 million and €80 million with both Bam International and Live Nation requesting a further €10 million in state funding
Price of Croke Park being Croke Park just got higher for the GAA
Inflationary 3Arena deal points to rising value of top-end naming rights sponsorships
3Arena hits the right note as Adele and Bieber boost profits
The Live Nation subsidiary behind the venue sees pre-tax profits rise to €8.09m in 2016
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?
Couple settles Electric Picnic case after security guards burst into tent
Pair sued organisers and security firm for assault, wrongful arrest and false imprisonment
Developer of planned Cork centre to seek extra €12m in public funds
Cost rises stem from increase in size of centre to meet needs of the operator , says BAM
Coveney confident €50m Cork event centre will be built
Work on project involving Heineken and BAM had been expected to start in Autumn
Work on new Cork Events Centre to begin before end of year
€50m project on brewery site is expected to provide 400 jobs over five years
‘Red-letter day’ for Volvo as it goes to the theatre
The car brand’s Irish business agrees partnership with venue operator Live Nation
John Malone: The US billionaire buying up Ireland
The ‘Cable Cowboy’ is America’s biggest landowner. Now he’s snapping up property this side of the Atlantic
Cork City Council backs increasing funding for €50m-plus event centre for the city
Heineken Ireland/BAM proposal for 6,000 seat centre at former brewery is successful
Harry Crosbie’s Bord Gáis theatre for sale at €20m
€80 million theatre shows sharp fall in value since 2010
Decision on where to locate €50 million event centre in Cork likely to be delayed
Withdrawal of venue operator Live Nation impacts on tender for State-assisted centre
John Reynolds’s action against Electric Picnic operator settled
Music promoter alleged he was excluded from issues concerning Stradbally festival
Reynolds secures orders on Electric Picnic ticket discounts
Promoter claims he lost out as a result of being excluded from volume discounting arrangement
McGuinness helped U2 find everything they were looking for
Analysis: the manager recognised U2’s potential the first time he saw them, and shrewdly steered his ‘baby band’ to global stardom
McGuinness stands to make more than $30m by selling management rights to U2
‘Mr 20 per cent’ quits in move that takes music industry by surprise
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