Rufus Wainwright is the latest high-profile artist to explore the potential for subscription-based apps, with the launch of his official iPhone app this week. It’s a free download pulling in his social networking feeds, but fans paying $3.99 / £2.49 a month will get plenty of extras including “direct interaction with Rufus”; exclusive posts, photos and videos; competitions and first dibs on ticket presales; and meet’n’greets at concerts. The app comes with a free one-month trial, and is the work of Disciple Media, which made a similar app for Suicide Silence recently, and is expected to roll out apps for a range of artists in 2015.
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