Comments on: moospace

Question: moospace

Pants! — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:30:02 -0800

I hate to say anything nice about myspace, but it seems that it is the best source for upcoming tour dates. Conundrum:

Unfortunately, I can't filter bands by location. For instance, for this list of bands, tell me when they're going to be in my city.

Since they're all posted in what looks to be the same format, I'd like to use some service that let's me load all of those tour dates into a database, do some WHERE clauses, and get my own custom show list.

Even better, I'd like someone else to handle all of the heavy lifting and offer this as a service on the web.

Also: this obviously doesn't have to use myspace data, but I trust data from bands or promotors a lot more than a random guy on the internet (see footnote 2)

1) I don't have a myspace account, so if I can do this as a member, I apologize.
2) I'm aware of the user-driven web 2.0 concert content. But it often misses lots of bands, in my experience

By: iamkimiam

iamkimiam — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:37:45 -0800

Do you use iTunes? The free iConcert Calendar app/widget for iTunes is awesome and does most, if not all, of what you're asking for.

By: Pants!

Pants! — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:45:18 -0800

Thanks, this made my day.

By: smackfu

smackfu — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:31:58 -0800

Does pollstar not cover the bands you're interested in?

By: softlord

softlord — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:15:29 -0800

Also try TourFilter. RSS up the wazoo.

By: Artifice_Eternity

Artifice_Eternity — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 22:29:25 -0800

Have you checked out Upcoming.org?

By: benzo8

benzo8 — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:27:15 -0800

LastFM.com's Events tab might be some help too.

By: megamanwich

megamanwich — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:27:42 -0800

Pollstar let's you put 10 bands on a watchlist per free account. I suppose one could create a multitude of account should they bump that limit.

By: rongorongo

rongorongo — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 04:14:30 -0800

LastFM offers tour information based on where you are, what you like to listen to or both. If you have a music collection in iTunes, etc then the site includes software that should be able to determine which artists you like automatically.

By: zazerr

zazerr — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 08:56:15 -0800

Seconding iConcert Calendar plugin. Myspace really screwed up by not including this from day one. It would almost make using myspace worth it...

By: herbaliser

herbaliser — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:24:56 -0800

iLike does this with iTunes or WMP.