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June 8, 2011 07:11 pm GMT

Songkick Launches iPhone App To Connect Location To Gigs

I have a confession to make. I'm a fan of live bands, but what with one thing or another, I just don't get to see enough. I signed up to all the obvious sites to get emails about upcoming gigs. I don't read their emails. I've scrobbled and playlisted and put in my preferences multiple times on numerous sites. Do I go back to visit? No. What I've been waiting for is an app which you can pull out in front of friends when they say "Yeah, let's go and see [band name]..." on the spur of the moment. But no apps on the iPhone have got substantial traction for concert discovery. Ticketmaster/LiveNations' app is only in the US, only presents Ticketmaster concerts and iLike's 'local concerts' app has been in life-support mode since they were acquired by MySpace. The odd thing is movie discover apps like Flixster have had 30 million downloadsSo I'm excited that Songkick the social platform for live music is launching an iPhone app today.

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