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.

Rod Stewart has recorded jingles for a Cork radio station which has been launched in his honour ahead of his Páirc Uí Chaoimh performance on May 25.

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.

He’s on his way — and the weather and economic forecast is looking good.

Up to 1,500 people will be working on site across the bank holiday weekend, with some 40,000 fans expected on each of the three concert nights.

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.

Tickets for the concerts in the Three Arena later this year were snapped up in minutes, only for some to emerge for sale on second-hand sites for multiple times their face value.

The Government’s failure to curb ticket-touting was criticised again as some secondhand websites advertise tickets for the upcoming U2 concerts in Dublin for more than €1,700 each.

Concert promoter Peter Aiken has issued a fresh warning over the user of secondary ticket websites after saying more than 60 ZZ Top fans with fake tickets were not admitted to their Dublin show last weekend.

A Kilkenny record store threatened to refuse the sale of Ed Sheeran tickets if there was a repeat of the antisocial scenes witnessed outside its premises the last time a queue formed for the singer-songwriter.

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.

Promoters of entertainment and sporting events have clashed over whether legislation is needed to govern the resale of tickets which can be sold at prices far in excess of face value.

Harry Crosbie took no salary for nearly three years from his last remaining business, the Vicar Street music venue in Dublin, but did draw €1.7m from it to pay for his living and trading expenses, the Commercial Court has heard.

Ed Sheeran kicks off the first of his two Irish gigs tonight.

Comments made by one of Ireland's top music promoters calling for the regulation of ticket sales have been welcomed today.

The Shape of You singer will be playing Dublin's 3Arena on Tuesday and Wednesday next week.

Concert promoters Aiken have strongly advised people not to purchase tickets from any unofficial source or secondary sites.

His fans will tell you he put in one of the best performances seen in years in Croke Park — and it seems Bruce Springsteen’s two concerts at the home of the GAA proved to be glory days for the Boss.

Live at the Marquee kicked off last night in Cork, so Ellie O’Byrne canvassed some of the regular festival goers to pick a stand-out memory

Following the Garth Brooks concert Croke Park debacle, last year is likely to be a year Aiken Promotions would want to quickly forget.

Music fans can expect the Live at the Marquee 2016 line-up to be every bit as impressive as this year’s phenomenal offering, says event promoter Peter Aiken.

Good call, Mike — rev ‘em up with some rocking stuff from the new album and stop them getting too complacent or nostalgic. Then give a nod to the die hard fans with the older stuff such as ‘We will not be lovers’.

It was the final playlist of the man know affectionately to his friends as The Dude.

New event licensing laws could be introduced within weeks following a major review prompted by the Garth Brooks fiasco.

Grammy-award winning singer Beck and chart topper Ellie Goulding have been added to the Live at the Marquee bill in Cork.

One of Ireland’s top music promoters has expressed frustration at the slow pace of reform around the state’s concert licensing laws.

Courageous abuse survivor Louise O’Keeffe is set to take on the State again over its “insulting” settlement offer arising out of her landmark legal case.

It’s ladies to the fore as the 2014 Cork Person of the Year will be announced this week.

Test your knowledge of the year just gone with our entertainment quiz. The answers are at the bottom of the page. No peeking now!

This year may be one that Aiken Promotions will want to forget about quickly, what with the Garth Brooks concerts debacle, but new figures show its UK arm recorded profits of over €230,000 last year.

The Garda investigation into forged objections to the doomed Garth Brooks concerts at Croke Park has resulted in a file being sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions.

It was a tough summer for music promoter Peter Aiken who was at the centre of the Garth Brooks concert fiasco.

Dublin City manager Owen Keegan has been asked to return before an Oireachtas committee today to respond to claims by the stadium director at Croke Park that he was personally told by Mr Keegan that five shows would be allowed.

Dublin City Council has said it wants an independent review of all aspects of the event licensing process surrounding the Garth Brooks concerts.

Ever since Live at the Marquee was born in Cork in 2005, hundreds of thousands of happy fans have been entertained during this hugely enjoyable event.

It looks like Aiken Promotions will not be going to the High Court in a last ditch effort to save the five Garth Brooks concerts.

Given that it must have been a hellish week for Marquee promoter Peter Aiken, at least he might take a smidgen of solace from last night’s sold-out show for Lana del Rey. It’s a reminder that there really is life after Garth.

The Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications will meet this morning to discuss the Garth Brooks debacle.

He loves us, he always will, but he ain’t coming.