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# BandsInTown Launches Spotify Tour Dates App
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/bandsintown-launches-spotify-tour-dates-app/
- Published: 2013-01-31T12:46:22.000Z
- Updated: 2013-01-31T12:46:22.000Z
- Description: Concert recommendation and notification app BandsInTown has launched a Spotify app. Bandsintown now synchs directly with the songs, albums, and playlists users listen to on Spotify. Competing concert listing service. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/01/bandsintown-launches-spo
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Apps, Mobile & SMS, Live & Ticketing, Music Tech, Streaming, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:49

[![Bandsintown_logo_300dpi (2)](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2017c36768f6a970b-200wi "Bandsintown_logo_300dpi (2)")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2017c36768f6a970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)Concert recommendation and notification app BandsInTown has launched a Spotify app. Bandsintown now synchs directly with the songs, albums, and playlists users listen to on Spotify. Competing concert listing service [Songkick launched](https://www.hypebot.com/songkick-adds-100000-new-users-from-spotify-app-in-just-4-months/) its own Spotify app early last year. **A demo video and Bandsintown app features:** 

**Key Features:**

- The app recommends similar artists based on the user’s musical taste and listening trends
- The app creates a local playlist of artists playing live in the user’s location, taking into account the  
[![image from www.mindofthegeek.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2017c34575fbf970b-150wi "image from www.mindofthegeek.com")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2017c34575fbf970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)user’s frequently listened to artists and those recommended by Bandsintown
- When users drag and drop any artist on Spotify into the Bandsintown app, a new pop-up tab appears listing the act’s upcoming tour dates and indicating whether they have any shows in their area
- Other features include the ability to buy tickets directly, status updates indicating whether a user is “Attending” or “Maybe” attending, email alerts notifying users of upcoming concerts in the area, and a personalized page of upcoming concerts that allows fans to click on the artist to play their most popular songs

Bandsintown services over 115K artists and has a monthly reach of 20  
million fans.

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