May 1st, 2013 by Stuart Dredge

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Cellist Zoë Keating has been a digital pioneer for some time now, from social media to direct-to-fan commerce. But it's strange to think she's only played London once before. That's changing, thanks to...

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April 17th, 2013 by Music Ally

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Live music service Bandsintown has been sharing its latest stats, telling tech blog PandoDaily that it now has 5m unique users.

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April 2nd, 2013 by Music Ally

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In the latest Music Ally podcast, Stuart Dredge calls in on the "Skype pipe" from what he claims is his home (but we know is a pub in Bishop's Stortford).

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April 2nd, 2013 by Stuart Dredge

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Live-music startup Songkick has launched version 2.0 of its Songkick Concerts app for iPhone with a big new feature: in-app ticket sales to gigs. The app was originally launched in June 2011, and had...

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March 11th, 2013 by Music Ally

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We've written about live-music startup Songkick's Detour project in the past: it gets fans to lobby for specific artists to play gigs in their hometown, signing up an online crowd to pre-order tickets...

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February 1st, 2013 by Music Ally

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Live music website Bandsintown has launched its own Spotify app to continue going head-to-head with Songkick. The app asks users to (optionally) log in through Facebook while also sharing their Spotify...

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January 14th, 2013 by Music Ally

Songkick had more than 7m monthly active users by the end of 2012, but it seems a big chunk of its growth is now fuelled by its mobile apps.

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December 12th, 2012 by Music Ally

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Songkick has some more evidence for the potential of its Detour crowdfunding spin-off: a gig next February in London for US indie band Desaparecidos.

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November 12th, 2012 by Music Ally

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British music site Qusic launches today, with its slogan and red tracking buttons providing a strong reminder of a more established site: Songkick.

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