Make your concerts discoverable for fans
Your concerts are more discoverable than ever before. By keeping your concert details up to date in Bandsintown, fans can easily discover and browse key details about your upcoming shows across multiple Apple services. Concert dates may appear across the following services:
- Shazam
- Spotlight Search
- Apple Maps
- Apple Music (curated by Apple Music Editorial)
- Apple Music for Artists (create Set List playlists)
If your concert information is available on Ticketmaster, it may also appear across these services.
Discover more than songs with Shazam
When fans use Shazam to discover a song, they can view upcoming shows, browse available tickets, add concerts to their calendars, learn more about the venue, and listen to songs to get ready for your show. Fans even have the option to “Save” your concerts. When fans visit Shazam.com, they can explore concerts happening in their neighborhood or around the world. They can also dive into additional details around concerts, including ticket availability, date, venue, and time.
Find shows with Spotlight Search
Spotlight Search on your iPhone is an easy way to find information on your phone and across the web. To activate it, just swipe down on the middle of your home screen and type what you’re looking for in the search bar.
Fans can easily use Spotlight Search to find upcoming shows when they search for select artist names. They can discover concert pages by tapping any of the upcoming show dates in the concerts section on an artist’s search result. Tapping a concert date launches the dedicated concert page.
Search nearby venues in Apple Maps
Fans can also find your shows by searching for a specific venue you’ll be playing in Apple Maps. Once users land on the Apple Maps search result for a particular venue, they can click “Tickets” and then “Shazam” to get a list of upcoming shows.
Apple Maps also offers over 65 curated Apple Music Guides and Classical Guides showcasing top live music venues in select cities around the globe. Users can access concert pages for these leading venues when browsing Guides by city, genre, or music scene, and tapping “Find out more.”
Explore featured concerts in Apple Music
Concerts are discoverable for select artists, handpicked by our editorial team on Apple Music alongside Set List playlists, that spotlight major upcoming tours. Fans can discover more about an artist’s upcoming show, listen to Set List playlists, explore artist catalogs, and browse upcoming concerts.
Create your Set List in Apple Music for Artists
Let fans know you’re going on tour by adding your Set List playlist on Apple Music for Artists. Once you’ve made your Set List for an upcoming show, you can publish to Apple Music and share it with fans across social media.
Playlists will display in order of popularity on your Apple Music artist page and Apple Music for Artists profile. Your Set List will also publish to your Shazam artist page, concerts pages in the Shazam app, and on Shazam.com.