Zach Bryan: Who is he and why is he so popular in Ireland?
A side from Taylor Swift with 220,000 monthly listeners, Bryan has become the most streamed artist on Irish Spotify
Aiken Promotions
Inside Ireland’s music festival industry: ‘You can haemorrhage money very quickly’
For promoters, there are risks, tight margins and pinch points. Still, as the summer season begins, optimism prevails
Henry Mount Charles: A Lord in Slane – The strange blend of fact and fiction around one of the last Anglo-Irish eccentrics
Television: Much we think we know about the custodian of Slane Castle is conjured from thin air, as becomes clear in this absorbing documentary
Nightmare concerts: Nicki Minaj put on one of Ireland’s most disappointing gigs. Here are nine more disasters
Including gigs by Garth Brooks, Guns N’ Roses, Lauryn Hill, Swedish House Mafia and Barbra Streisand
Bruce Springsteen in Dublin: Croke Park concert setlist, weather forecast, ticket information and more
Everything you need to know about the final date of Springsteen’s Irish tour
Bruce Springsteen in Cork: Setlist, weather forecast, transport info for Páirc Uí Chaoimh concert
Everything you need to know about Thursday’s concert, The Boss’s third date on his Irish tour
Bruce Springsteen in Kilkenny: how to get to Nowlan Park, set lists, weather forecast, tickets info and more
Everything you need to know about the American singer’s concert in Kilkenny on Sunday, May 12th
Bruce Springsteen in Belfast: can I still buy tickets, how to get to Boucher Fields, set lists, weather forecast and more
Everything you need to know about the American singer’s concert in Belfast on May 9th
Bruce Springsteen’s Irish tour: can I still buy tickets, what songs will The Boss play, and more
Everything you need to know about Springsteen’s four concerts in Belfast, Kilkenny, Cork and Dublin
Bloom organisers paid Ticketmaster almost €480,000 over four years
Bord Bia to seek bids from ticketing providers for 2024 gardening show
Gardaí billed promoters more than €300,000 for policing Garth Brooks concerts and Electric Picnic
Of the €7.613m paid by companies for Garda assistance over the past year, MCD paid €1.23m
Bruce Springsteen to play for three hours with no support act
The Boss performs in Ireland for first time since 2016, with all three concerts in RDS sold out
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
Tommie Potts: The fireman who lit the flame of traditional music
The Coombe fiddler’s legacy is celebrated in a new concert film as part of Musictown
Harry Crosbie hopes to open Vicar Street South music venue next year
Entrpereneur has written to Ed Sheeran and Bono asking would they perform on opening night
Randy Newman cancels two Dublin concerts
The veteran singer-songwriter has been forced to pull out of his European tour
Peter Aiken: I felt stress for the first time over Garth Brooks
Concert promotion is in his blood – and he’s the man big names like Ed Sheeran still want to deal with
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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