Pet Shop Boys have been announced as the latest act to join the line up at this year's Live at the Marquee.

Neil Michael Cork’s Live at the Marquee looks set to continue,

Pensions have, correctly, become an election issue. Our systems — there are several — are inequitable, unreliable, and loaded. Questions around sustainability are pressing. Nevertheless, an election auction is not the best way to resolve these important issues. Despite that, tens of thousands of people, their dependents too, who have trustingly paid towards a pension over long careers fret that they face income collapse when they retire.

The stage version of Mrs Brown’s Boys is also coming to the venue, with three shows booked for June 12 and 13.

Tom Jones is headed to Cork this summer as he is announced as a headliner at Live at the Marquee.

Live performance has always been the beating heart of the music industry. But today it is the big earner too.

Plans for 1,100 apartments on a key site in Cork’s south docks are in the pipeline, it has emerged.

Saltwater will take place on the grounds of Westport House over the June Bank Holiday weekend.

The Dublin four-piece will play in Cork on Friday May 29.

Concert promoter Peter Aiken has said is he is unaware that developers plan to begin work on the Live at the Marquee site at the end of next summer, bringing the long-running concert series to an end.

There are fresh fears for the future of the stalled Cork event centre project after confirmation that construction inflation is running at 7% as efforts to resolve its complex State-funding mechanism drag on.

Live at the Marquee is a terrific night out when all the ingredients gel and everything crystallised beautifully for Christy Moore's Saturday night performance under the sloping dome that is by now Cork's favourite summertime venue.

The English pop duo were due to perform at the Cork venue this Wednesday.

As Aslan’s set climaxed with This Is, chants of “Olé, Olé, Olé,” rang around the Marquee in appreciation.

Acts due to perform at the Marquee in the coming weeks include Hall and Oates, Kris Kristofferson, Toto, David Gray, Tommy Tiernan, Bros, Christy Moore and Nathan Carter.

So that’s Thursday nearly wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

Concert promoter Peter Aiken admits that he will find it difficult to find a replacement site for Cork’s Live at the Marquee series once the land is developed for accommodation.

"Cork has always felt like a home from home for us"

Toto will play their classic mega-hit, and plenty more hits from their impressive repertoire, at the Marquee in Cork, writes Ed Power.

This is one country fans will not want to miss.

From reformed pop icons to vintage rockers and singing showmen, there’s a lot to look forward to in live music in 2019. Here, in chronological order, Ed Power looks at some of the highlights.

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“I bless the rains down in Africa”

David recently announced that he will, in March 2019, release his eleventh album Gold In A Brass Age, his first album of new material in four years.

You need to be down with the 'cool' kids.

Tash Sultana is the first artist to be announced for performances next summer at Cork’s Live at the Marquee and at the Iveagh Gardens in Dublin.

The promoters behind the three Ed Sheeran concerts at Páirc Uí Chaoimh have been charged €90,000 by the State for policing during the events.

By now a well-established party in the biggest tent in the country, last night saw the return of perennial favourites The Coronas to rock the Marquee.

The 90s movement of rebellion, individuality was back as she belted out her diary-like confession songs, You Learn, Hand In My Pocket and Head Over Feet.

“James bay got me my bae last night"

“You might have spotted fancy cameras in the crowd tonight. It’s because we are recording a music video for a song"

After she covered some of her favourite artists such as Ed Sheeran and Shawn Mendes, she sang her very first original song.

Concert promoter Peter Aiken says he plans to stage Live at the Marquee in Cork city for the next few years despite the concert site being up for sale.

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As Ed Sheeran gets ready to play Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Ed Power and Des O’Driscoll recall some of the other big gigs at the Cork venue.

PROUDLY decked out in green, and set in the tiers of stacked housing rising up above the River Lee in Cork’s Tivoli, is Villa Franca.

The band will now play Saturday, July 14 as well as Friday, July 13.

The promoter behind Ed Sheeran’s forthcoming shows in Páirc Uí Chaoimh has given his assurance that lighting issues outside the stadium will not affect the concerts this summer.

The Script have taken to their various social media accounts to issue a warning ahead of their upcoming Freedom Child Tour.

The Script have announced that they will be a part of next year’s Live at the Marquee line-up.