The popular music discovery app Shazam recently added a new suite of concert features. They designed it to make it easier for users to locate and explore upcoming live shows. When users do “Shazam” to one song, they’ll see some concert information and tickets for upcoming shows nearby. They also can explore a page with more tour dates, times and locations of upcoming events related with this artist.
With live music slowly returning at any side of the world, a feature like this could not have come at a better time. It also includes smaller venues and independent organizers, which has been a good thing when it comes to supporting local artists.
“Shazam has a long history of innovation in music discovery and connecting artists and fans. With the re-emergence of live music, we’re excited to give Shazam users access to concerts and bring even more discoverability to artists.”
Oliver Schusser, Apple’s Vice President of Apple Music and Beats
Shazam Concert Features By Bandsintown
This new concert features are together with Bandsintown, the event recommendation and artist discovery platform. When Shazam users search for it in the app or on the website, they will also see relevant concert information and tickets on sale. However, if they like a particular artist, they can easily visit the new Shazam Artist page on the platform to see the date, time, and location of upcoming shows.
“As live music returns, we’re on a mission to help artists get more visibility for their shows. Pent Up demand from fans eager to go back to concerts is being met by an unprecedented level of live shows from artists on tour”
Fabrice Sergent, managing partner of Bandsintown
Shazam now has over 225 million monthly users, discovering 1 billion new songs per month. Shazam has served up over 50 billion song recommendations since its creation, this can serve as an indicator for artists in creating new hits and booking for dates in places close to where the large percentages of “Shazams” live.
This new function is available from now on Android, iOS or you can download from Shazam page.