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Until recently, Taavet Hinrikus, co-founder of Wise, and Sten Tamkivi, co-founder of Teleport, had banded together as a sort of “mini Angel brand” known as “Taavet+Sten.” Tamkivi has done arou

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Spotify is embracing virtual events. The company today announced the addition of virtual event listings in the Spotify app, which will allow music fans to see when their favorite artists will be playi

Warner Music Group announced today it’s acquiring the selected assets of the music platform Songkick, including its app for finding concerts and the company’s trademark. The deal will not

Songkick, which allows you to track the gigs of your favorite music artists and buy tickets to concerts, has raised a further $15 million in funding from Access Industries. Songkick says it now plans

WillCall had great design and community, but didn’t have tickets to the best concerts. Ticketfly had deep relationships with music venues, but no one was using it to discover shows. Today, Ticke

Bored? These apps will tell you what to do tonight. From concerts and art gallery openings to street festivals and wine tastings, these apps know where the action is.

<a target="_blank" href="http://songkick.com/">Songkick</a>, the concert discovery app and ticketing company (after it <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2015/06/04/concerts-are-twice-as-big-as-recorded-

Half of concert tickets go unsold because fans don’t know the shows are happening. To fix that, 10 million user concert discovery app Songkick is merging with white-label artist-to-fan ticket se

"The average American goes to one concert per year. If you double that, it has a profound impact on the lives of artists," Songkick founder Ian Hogarth tells me. The problem is "It’s easier to buy a

Former YC startup Songkick, which makes tickets for music gigs social, claims it is now bringing in 10 million "unique fans" every month. Unfortunately that term is rather vague - when asked what this

<a target="_blank" href="http://Songkick.com">Songkick</a> – which allows users to follow music artists, their live music events and has links to book tickets – is today launching a new iPhone app