BRUCE Springsteen’s devastation at the death of legendary promoter Jim Aiken was revealed yesterday as the entertainment world turned out for his memorial service.

Thousands of mourners are expected to attend the funeral of concert promoter Jim Aiken in Belfast today.

President Mary McAleese was one of the last people to visit top concert promoter Jim Aiken before his death.

Leading Northern Ireland concert promoter Jim Aiken has died, it was announced tonight.

MARTIN WILSON succeeded John Greely as president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland (ICAI) at its AGM in Dublin yesterday.

BOCELLI sells faster than Bono - tickets to his summer concert in Cork sold out yesterday in just 20 minutes raising the possibility of a second performance.

WORLD-RENOWNED Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli will perform a major outdoor concert on an historic army square in Cork this summer, it was confirmed yesterday after months of speculation.

Speakers including Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny, former Taoiseach Albert Reynolds and event promoter Jim Aiken will address students in Cork next week.

PHANTOM FM have been awarded the hotly-contested licence to run an alternative rock music station in Dublin.

THE Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) has confirmed that it has short-listed just two bidders for the licence to run a rock music station in Dublin.

SOME of Ireland’s biggest names in the entertainment industry are lining up for a battle to win a licence to run a rock music station in Dublin.

A group headed by Bob Geldof is among five contenders who will battle it out for the new lucrative rock radio station licence for Dublin, it emerged today.

PUBLICIST to the stars, Chris Roche, has died prematurely after a short illness.

Rod Stewart will perform an open air concert at Belfast's Stormont Castle on July 27.