€14.7m One Direction gigs help MCD to bumper year

One Direction’s sell-out gigs at Croke Park last year helped ticket sales by MCD Productions to grow by 12.5% to 1.5m in a bumper year for the promoters.

Figures released by music industry trade journal, Pollstar, show ticket sales for the Dublin-based promoters last year increased by 165,000 from 1.32m to 1.49m.

The 12.5% increase in ticket sales follows a 10% increase enjoyed by the firm in 2013.