Today, we share the 2024 High Notes–the definitive recap for the year in live music.
Whether you’re a slept-on sensation or a chart-topping headliner, the 2024 High Notes are here to shine a spotlight on you and the milestones you’ve achieved onstage this year.
From the number of shows you played to the the cities that hosted you, High Notes packages your accomplishments into a shareable format so you can bask in this moment with the fans who made it all possible.
Today we’re excited to officially announce artist-powered Presales. Simply publish tour dates on your website and socials using the Widget and Smart Link, and fans can sign up with their email and phone number to be automatically notified when it’s time to buy presale tickets in their city. Your signups are yours to keep, export, and re-engage anytime.
Your events with presales are also recommended to relevant fans from Bandsintown’s 90+ million users and distributed to more fans worldwide through seamless integrations with Spotify, Google, Shazam, and Apple.
Hundreds of artists have already tried and loved it, so you can power your next tour or event presale with complete peace of mind.
Independent venues are the heart and soul of live music—where artist careers and music scenes are born.
In this spirit, we’re proud to partner with NIVA to launch and support Live Independent, a groundbreaking new certification program spotlighting independent venues on Bandsintown & beyond.
Certified Live Independent venues and promoters get exclusive benefits, like an official seal to display on-site and online, dedicated promotional placements on Bandsintown, and discounted Promoted Email campaigns, helping them boost awareness and attendance for any of your shows at certified independent venues.
Join us in recognizing and celebrating independent venues, promoters, and festivals. Visit liveindependent.com to learn more at discover certified live independent venues near you.
Bandsintown’s Email Builder now includes 10,000 free emails for every artist, each month. Build and send targeted emails directly to fans in just minutes with templates for events, music, merch and more, or create your own from scratch. Posts on Bandsintown are free as they’ve ever been.
Spotify’s new partnership with Bandsintown makes concerts listed by artists on Bandsintown automatically discoverable by Spotify’s 602M+ monthly listeners, putting artists in control of their event listings and helping them convert streams to ticket sales.
Events listed on Bandsintown now appear on an artist’s Spotify artist profile, in fans’ personalized Live Events feed, and in the Now Playing View.
Bandsintown and Artist Growth enable artists and their teams to further streamline event management by automatically syncing events to their Artist Growth Workspace from Bandsintown for Artists. The integration ensures that your Artist Growth calendar stays current with every new event added or updated in Bandsintown without the need for manual updates
We’re putting together a personalized highlight reel for artists to celebrate the past year of live music. Sharing your High Notes is a great way to show some love to your fans for their support, remind them about all the great times you shared, grow your Bandsintown community, and last but not least: give yourself a pat on the back.
Update your Bandsintown profile and make sure all of your events are added so we can take them into account. Verify your info by November 30th.
Beginning October 1, 2023, all accounts will require two-factor authentication. Protect your account by turning on 2FA today.
Once enabled, you’ll be asked to enter a unique code in addition to your password every time you log in. This unique code is generated automatically on the authenticator app and is only known to you.
The Amazon Music merch integration seamlessly showcases items from your Amazon Music merch on your Bandsintown page, helping you tap into our community of 84 million registered fans.
New plug-and-play Release pages help you announce, build anticipation, and keep fans in the loop about new music releases, merch drops, tours, presales, giveaways, and more. Fans who RSVP will automatically get notified when your Release is live. Plus, you’ll keep their contact info so you can email your signups at any point.
Apple Maps, Apple Music, and Shazam are now leveraging Bandsintown concert data to provide users worldwide with even more ways to find and attend your events.
As an artist or venue, you can take advantage of these powerful new features to get your Bandsintown events in front of millions of interested fans. Keep reading to learn more and make sure you're set up to showcase your events and sell more tickets.
The new Ad Manager makes it easier than ever to create, manage and measure your Promoted Email campaigns all in one place.
Get your merch in the right place at the right time by seamlessly displaying it alongside your tour dates so the fans most excited about you can grab a t-shirt with their tickets.
🔌 Connect your Shopify store to your artist page
🧢 Get your merch in front of your most engaged fans
💌 Promote it with seamless Email Builder integration
💰 Keep 100% of your merch sales
Discover the marketing tools & tactics being used by some of our favorite artists to drive awareness, sell out tickets, and grow their audiences.
When it comes to promoting a tour, announcing a presale, and selling tickets, Playbooks are a fast (and free) way to get inspired to achieve your goals.
Explore success stories from today's most innovative artists and tailor their strategies to grow your career your way.
Our new Team Management feature is now being rolled out to select artists, making it easier than ever to:
→ Add/remove users for the artists you manage
→ Control user access levels
→ Get alerts if someone requests access to your page(s)