Fiddler in tune with Desmond

BRITISH entertainment group Mean Fiddler has joined forces with arch-rival Denis Desmond.

In a statement to the stock exchange, Mean Fiddler chairman Vince Power said he had sold 10 million shares a 16.2% stake to Mr Desmond's MCD.

MCD promotes the V festivals and is owner of London's Brixton Academy and Shepherd's Bush Empire live music venues. Mr Desmond will join the Mean Fiddler board.