Veteran music star Leonard Cohen is to play a one-off outdoor show in the UK this summer – with a mammoth set lasting more than three hours.

THERE is no question that books will eventually be bought almost exclusively online or that we are living through the end of an era for the printed book.

Pop superstar Prince dazzled an adoring festival audience tonight as he played his first UK show for four years.

Prince is to play his first UK show in four years at the Hop Farm Festival.

Bob Dylan is to headline a new summer festival which revives the spirit of the long-running Fleadh shows.

Morrissey has been announced as headliner of this year's Hop Farm Festival in the UK.

Some of Ireland’s hottest acts have been confirmed for The Music Show, which takes place at the RDS, all day on October 4 and 5.

BRITISH competition watchdogs have started a process to decide whether the proposed takeover of Mean Fiddler Music Group, the London-based entertainment business founded by Irish-born Vince Power, requires investigation on competition grounds.

CONCERT promoter and music venue owner Mean Fiddler says it has agreed to a takeover offer backed by MCD chief Denis Desmond that values the business at €55 million.

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.

PROFITS at MCD Productions, the concert promoter and music venue owner, more than doubled in 2003 its latest set of accounts show.

Vince Power’s Mean Fiddler group has reappointed Melvin Benn as managing director.

SHARES in the Mean Fiddler Music Group, the concert promotion business run by Irishman Vince Power, crashed by more than 20% yesterday after the company sacked its new chief executive and pulled out of a planned acquisition.

Music promoter Mean Fiddler today shocked shareholders by saying it had ousted its new chief executive and that a newly-appointed chairman would not be joining the board.

VINCE POWER, the Waterford-born businessman, has netted nearly €18 million from the sale of his entire stake in the Mean Fiddler Music group.

The Irish founder of music promoter Mean Fiddler stepped down as chairman today after selling his 35% stake in the company for almost £12m (€17.5m).

MUSIC GROUP Mean Fiddler stands to boost turnover by millions of euro after it announced plans yesterday for the world’s first service to recognise tunes heard in public and download a digital version over the internet.

Publicly-quoted music group Mean Fiddler, headed by Waterford-born Vince Power, has begun a joint venture with Universal Records to offer internet-based downloads of live performances by Universal artists from any Mean Fiddler music venue or festival.

SOME of the biggest names in Irish music have emerged as the backers of a bid for a radio licence in Dublin.

Rising demand for live music among all age groups has helped music promoter Mean Fiddler return to the black today.

The annual Fleadh festival is to return to London this year with the legendary Bob Dylan headlining the celebration of Irish music, it was announced today.

Mean Fiddler, the live music events group headed by Irishman Vince Power, has announced a move into recorded music with the launch of a division specialising in music downloads.

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 a further five million shares of the company for £500,000 to another Irish businessman, Denis Desmond.

A CORK drug research company will complete its journey from UCC start-up to the London Stock Exchange early next month.

BRITISH entertainment group Mean Fiddler has joined forces with arch-rival Denis Desmond.

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

“WATCH those paintings, I want them back,” shouted Conrad Gallagher as a court official walked past with one of the abstract pieces.

A NEW regional radio station launched yesterday will be music to the ears of young people right across the south east, the team behind the venture has promised.

A NEW radio station targeting the youth market in the south east has teamed up with fellow stations in Dublin and Cork to ensure it reaches the broadest market.

FORMER Formula One driver Eddie Irvine might be out of the fast lane, but he’s still wealthy enough to own a yacht, a helicopter, a plane and several Ferraris.

Meanfiddler.com says its plans to buy out Meanfiddler Holdings will go ahead after raising £5m for the enlarged group.