Songkick.com: Connecting People to Concerts - and Each Other

By: Chelsea Midgette | June 15, 2010 |

Ever been dying to see your favorite band perform their latest album live, only to discover their show near you was last week?  Thankfully, the people behind songkick.com got tired of dealing with that feeling and came up with a solution.  Their website is the definitive source on upcoming concerts, ticket vendors, and everything in between.  Users can track artists, venues, and people that they like, and songkick.com sends emails with event alerts for upcoming and recently posted concerts, as well as shows their friends are going to.  In addition, the website links users to ticket vendors, concert information and reviews, and even other users’ pictures and videos of artists they like.  Don’t feel like looking up all of the artists you’re interested in?  Songkick will do it for you, linking up to your iTunes library and Last.fm account to import bands to track.  Once users have attended a show, they can update their “gigography,” which shows all of the concerts that person has attended.  The gigography is an integral part of the social aspect of songkick.com – it makes the website more than just a concert database, providing a place where people can share their favorite music experiences with others.

Songkick.com not only helps users avoid that bummed-out feeling of missing a concert, but also links members to others with similar interests while sharing their music tastes with their friends via Facebook and Twitter integration.  The website masterfully toes the line between social networking site and music powerhouse, leaving nothing to be desired for the avid music lover.

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