Bandsintown
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Live music |
| Founded | 2007 |
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| Headquarters | New York City, New York, U.S. |
Number of locations | 6 offices (2017) |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Number of employees | 80 |
| Website | bandsintown |
Bandsintown is a music website that allows users to receive notifications about tours and bands playing in the user's area. It also has tools for artists to manage tour dates.[1]
Bandsintown was included in Business Insider’s 2014 list of world's greatest apps.[2]
History
Bandsintown was founded in 2006 by Todd Cronin and Phil Sergi[3] and officially launched in 2007 as a concert discovery service. In 2011, it was acquired by a mobile and social application publisher, Cellfish, which is known today as Bandsintown Group.[4][5]
Brands
Bandsintown Concerts is a concert discovery app. It pulls data from a user's iTunes library, Facebook Likes, Spotify, Rdio, Google Play and Twitter accounts to pre-populate a customized list of tracked artists and local concert recommendations. Tour dates are collected from more than 200 primary ticket providers and booking agencies, as well as the artists directly.[6]
Bandsintown Manager is a collection of concert marketing applications for performers that allows them to list tour dates, promote events and facilitate direct contact with their fans.[7][8]
Bandsintown Promoter offers promoters, venues and labels marketing data and direct access to concert-goers based on their music taste and location. The platform identifies the number of “Trackers,” or Bandsintown users following a specific artist in certain geographic locations, that can be contacted via Bandsintown's email marketing program.[9]
Bandsintown Amplified is a multi-screen advertising platform that connects brands with fans and artists through a network of music publishers.[10]
References
- ^ Hypebot (31 March 2011). "Bandsintown Debuts Facebook Tour Date App". Retrieved March 31, 2011.
- ^ The App 100: The World's Greatest Apps Business Insider.
- ^ Lynch, Brendan (July 25, 2010). "Boston band-event site finds groove in California". Boston Herald. Retrieved July 25, 2010.
- ^ "Cellfish Acquires Bandsintown, the Leading Live Concert Tracking and Discovery Application on Facebook". prnewswire.com. September 15, 2011. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
- ^ Peoples, Glenn (September 3, 2014). "Cellfish Media Rebrands as Bandsintown Group". Billboard. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
- ^ Goetz, Rick (September 26, 2012). "How to Promote Shows through Social Media". MusicianCoaching.com. Archived from the original on July 5, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
- ^ Smith, Clyde (July 1, 2014). "Bandsintown's New Manager App Adds Artist Marketing Tools For The Road". Hypebot. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
- ^ "Bandsintown Debuts Facebook Tour Date App". 31 March 2011. Retrieved March 31, 2011.
- ^ Hypebot (20 February 2014). "Bandsintown For Promoters Launches Featuring Targeted Marketing Opportunities". Retrieved February 20, 2014.
- ^ "Bandsintown, Inc". Archived from the original on 2015-03-08. Retrieved 2015-03-03.