Stocks gained for a fifth straight session and the Dow Jones industrials achieved their third straight record close today after the Labour Department said falling gas prices helped push inflation lower last month.

Music promoter Mean Fiddler today looked set to be taken over by investors including the world’s largest concert promoter.

COVERT promoter Denis Desmond has teamed up with Clear Channel to mount a bid for Vince Power’s Mean Fiddler music group.

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Irish rockers U2 have pulled out of performing at next year's Glastonbury Festival, because they'll be too busy touring.

The Red Hot Chilli Peppers have been confirmed as one of the leading musical attractions in the world after shocking promoters with ticket sales of $17m (€25.4m) - for just three shows.

US TV watchdogs have proposed €500,000 in indecency fines against Clear Channel Communications for broadcasts by shock radio host Howard Stern, prompting the nation’s largest radio chain to drop him.

Robert Lindsay and Lee Evans have emerged as the leading candidates to star in the London production of the hit Broadway musical The Producers when it opens next autumn at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, reports Daily Variety.

APN, Independent News & Media’s Australian media company has failed in its bid to stop the Australian Broadcasting Authority selling new radio stations in competition with its existing stations.

INDEPENDENT News and Media (IN&M) shareholders, who have seen the value of their shares plummet over the last three years, could be in line for a share price boost, according to Merrion Stockbrokers.

The Grateful Dead have been granted permission to hold two reunion concerts in Wisconsin.