Event: Live at the Marquee festival

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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Music has taken a trip down memory lane

Ed Power looks at the state of popular music which is increasingly dominated by performers working their back catalogues to death.

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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.

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Dropkick Murphys get Live at the Marquee off to perfect start

Live at the Marquee got off to a cracking start last night thanks to the ever-infectious intensity of Celtic punks Dropkick Murphys.

news

Line-up Marqs 9 years at top for festival

comment-analysis

Not so revealing Lady Gaga

business

Limerick hotels cheapest in Ireland as first price rise in three years recorded

Rockin’ by the Lee for the next 5 weeks

MUSIC promoter Peter Aiken has defied the recession and is set to rock the banks of the Lee for the next five weeks.

Sat, 11 Jun, 2011

Jurys Hotel in Cork makes slick rebrand to The River Lee Hotel

CORK’s newest hotel – the River Lee Hotel – is also one of the city’s most established.

Thu, 25 Mar, 2010

Fans still attracted to miming Spears’ circus

IRISH music fans were treated to miming, Mancunians and – for once – not too much mud on one of the country’s busiest concert weekends.

Mon, 22 Jun, 2009

Ward dreams of Pink duet

Shane Ward says it is his dream is to sing with Pink.

Sun, 15 Mar, 2009

Blondie cancels Marquee gig at last minute

MULTI-million album selling rock band Blondie have left thousands of Irish fans hanging by the telephone after scrapping plans for a live gig in Cork just hours before tickets went on sale.

Thu, 05 Mar, 2009

Still crazy: Paul Simon for Cork after all these years

MUSIC legend Paul Simon is to grace this year’s Live at the Marquee festival in Cork after a helping hand from funnyman Tommy Tiernan.

Sat, 29 Mar, 2008

Cork gears up for Marquee festival

Faithless will take to the stage of the Marquee in Cork’s docklands tonight kicking off a marathon 15-gig music and comedy feast over three weeks.

Wed, 20 Jun, 2007

Moore and Flaming Lips set to light up Marquee

ALTERNATIVE rock band, The Flaming Lips, and folk legend, Christy Moore, have been added to the line-up of the Cork summer music festival Live at the Marquee, Aiken Promotions is expected to announce today.

Fri, 16 Feb, 2007