Promoter profitable despite fall in fans

Performers Paul Simon and Olly Murs contributed to Dublin-based promoters, Aiken Promotions maintaining profitability last year.

The promoter — currently riding high on the back of Bruce Springsteen’s string of Irish concerts — maintained profitability in spite of the numbers attending its events in 2012 falling.

Figures provided by US trade industry journal, Pollstar show that the numbers attending Aiken Promotions gigs last year fell by 3% or 13,640 from 365,836 to 352,196.