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

TROPICAL LADY, desperately unlucky not to complete a spectacular six-timer at the Curragh last weekend, can set the record straight in the Group Three Desmond Stakes at Leopardstown tomorrow.

LIVE music promoter Denis Desmond of MCD has built up his stake in the Mean Fiddler to 24.3%, strengthening his links with the British-based operation.

Mean Fiddler, the music events group headed by Vince Power, has sold 16% of the company to another Irish businessman, Denis Desmond.