Centre stage: Meet Peter Aiken, the man behind Live at the Marquee

Who would have thought that a marquee in Cork could attract the world’s biggest music acts? Peter Aiken reflects on 12 years of Live at the Marquee with Ed Power.

Several years ago concert promoter Peter Aiken was backstage at Madison Square Garden shooting the breeze with Bruce Springsteen. In walked an assistant to tell Aiken his time was up. Someone else — someone more important, it was implied — wanted to talk to the singer.

“Springsteen said, ‘Actually it’s OK…we’re not done here’,” remembers Aiken.