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.

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

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