MCD enjoys good year despite attendance fall

Numbers attending events promoted by Denis Desmond’s MCD Productions firm this year will not hit the heights of 2014 due to an anticipated quiet final quarter.

Nevertheless, Mr Desmond has said business in 2015 to date has been very good ahead of a busy summer calendar featuring the likes of the annual Electric Picnic festival and one-off concerts by AC/DC and Swedish DJ Avicii.

Some 45,000 people are expected to attend this year’s Electric Picnic event from September 4-6 and Mr Desmond said that concert tickets in Ireland are now cheaper than concert tickets in the UK.