Hugh Linehan: Pilot events in UK are promising but will Government underwrite the risk?

The industry worth €3.5bn to the economy employs 35,000, and most are now idle

Seen & Heard: Government to drop eviction ban, Aer Lingus warns staff not to mock it online

Cancelling a festival is huge. A vast army of people are suddenly out of a job

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