August 01, 2006
Tourb.us: Find Local, Live Music
"Ever find out the day after one of your favorite bands played a show you didn't know about? We've had that happen too often and we hate it. Now you can find out ahead of time so you'll be laughing at your friends when they find out the show is sold out."
I've been looking for a service to inform me about concerts based on my last.fm profile for quite a long time. Hacks involving Upcoming.org (such as musiCal and Upcomingscrobbler) were a nice first stab, but not really full-featured enough. Tourb.us looks more promising, and is actively under development. While the database doesn't know about every band yet, users can add content to fill in the gaps. I've already found out about two concerts in my city!
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this site is not aware that steven seagal and the thunderbox blues band will play in paris in september.
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this site is not aware of any place called toronto
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Shh - we're keeping that one for later.
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Crap... no one's playing in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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Anyone else having trouble with searches that return multiple pages of results? When I searched for san fransisco shows, and I hit the link for page 2,3, etc. I am sent to a blank page.
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this site is not aware that steven seagal and the thunderbox blues band will play in paris in september. Fuck, dude -- I knew about that! I totally saw it when I bought my ticket for Cesaria Evora in November! Unbelievable! Dude! Fuck!
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Rats, I should've read their FAQ more closely before posting this for you guys: But my favorite band / club / city isn't listed! Initially we're focusing on the music scenes in Boston, Seattle, Austin, Chicago and the Bay Area, but will be expanding further soon. If you know of good lists of shows online in your area (like the website of a club or a scene), definitely let us know and we'll get it added post-haste! Unless it is for hippies. Oh ok, them too. Being in the Boston area, I didn't notice a lack of concerts the way some of you guys are.