bandsintown
{{Short description|Music event website}}
{{Promotional|date=January 2017}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Bandsintown
| logo = Bandsintown logo.svg
| type = Private
| industry = Live music
| foundation = {{start date and age|2007}}
| founders = {{plainlist|
- Todd Cronin
- Phil Sergi
}}
| hq_location = New York City, New York, U.S.
| num_locations = 6 offices
| num_locations_year = 2017
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = {{plainlist|
- Fabrice Sergent (Managing Partner)
- Julien Mitelberg (Managing Partner)
}}
| brands = {{hlist|Bandsintown Group|Bandsintown Concerts|Bandsintown for Artists|Bandsintown Amplified|Bandsintown Promoter}}
| num_employees = 80
| website = {{URL|https://bandsintown.com}}
}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/03/bandsintown-debuts-facebook-tour-date-app.html|title=Bandsintown Debuts Facebook Tour Date App|last=Hypebot|date=31 March 2011 |accessdate=March 31, 2011}}
Bandsintown was included in Business Insider’s 2014 list of world's greatest apps.[http://www.businessinsider.com/100-best-apps-for-iphone-and-android-2014-10#bandsintown-is-the-best-way-to-see-when-your-favorite-artist-is-coming-to-town-48 The App 100: The World's Greatest Apps] Business Insider.
History
Bandsintown was founded in 2006 by Todd Cronin and Phil Sergi{{cite news|last1=Lynch|first1=Brendan|title=Boston band-event site finds groove in California|url= https://www.bostonherald.com/2010/07/25/boston-band-event-site-finds-groove-in-california/ |accessdate=July 25, 2010|work=Boston Herald|date=July 25, 2010}} 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.{{cite news|title=Cellfish Acquires Bandsintown, the Leading Live Concert Tracking and Discovery Application on Facebook|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cellfish-acquires-bandsintown-the-leading-live-concert-tracking-and-discovery-application-on-facebook-129878828.html |accessdate=September 15, 2011|work=prnewswire.com|date=September 15, 2011}}{{cite magazine|last1=Peoples|first1=Glenn|title=Cellfish Media Rebrands as Bandsintown Group|url= https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6236684/cellfish-media-rebrand-bandsintown-group |accessdate=September 3, 2014|magazine=Billboard|date=September 3, 2014}}
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.{{cite news|last1=Goetz|first1=Rick|title=How to Promote Shows through Social Media|url=http://musiciancoaching.com/tools-for-musicians/how-to-promote-shows|accessdate=July 10, 2014|work=MusicianCoaching.com|date=September 26, 2012|ref=10|archive-date=July 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140705035217/http://musiciancoaching.com/tools-for-musicians/how-to-promote-shows/|url-status=dead}}
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.{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Clyde|title=Bandsintown's New Manager App Adds Artist Marketing Tools For The Road|url=http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/07/bandsintowns-new-manager-app-adds-artist-marketing-tools-for-the-road.html|accessdate=July 10, 2014|work=Hypebot|date=July 1, 2014}}{{cite web|title=Bandsintown Debuts Facebook Tour Date App|date=31 March 2011 |url=http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/03/bandsintown-debuts-facebook-tour-date-app.html|accessdate=March 31, 2011}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2014/02/bandsintown-for-promoters-launches-featuring-targeted-marketing-opportunities.html|title=Bandsintown For Promoters Launches Featuring Targeted Marketing Opportunities|last=Hypebot|date=20 February 2014 |accessdate=February 20, 2014}}
Bandsintown Amplified is a multi-screen advertising platform that connects brands with fans and artists through a network of music publishers.{{Cite web |url=http://corp.bandsintown.com/bandsintown-amplified |title=Bandsintown, Inc |access-date=2015-03-03 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150308175958/http://corp.bandsintown.com/bandsintown-amplified |archive-date=2015-03-08 |url-status=dead }}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.bandsintown.com}}
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