Prince sued for Croker no-show

POP superstar Prince may well be reflecting on the lyrics from his 1980s song Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? after hearing concert promoters MCD are to sue the performer for €1.6 million following the cancellation of a concert at Croke Park earlier this year.

MCD productions initiated proceedings against Prince “Rogers Nelson” at the High Court yesterday, claiming financial loss and damage to its commercial reputation over his cancellation of the concert which was due to be played at the Dublin stadium on June 16.

Rossa Fanning BL, acting on behalf of MCD, told Mr Justice Michael Peart that on October 16, a letter of demand setting out the amount MCD claim they are owed due to the cancellation was sent to Prince’s private residence, a New York firm of lawyers and the artist’s recording studio.