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Spotify's Live Event Feed makes it easier to find out when your favorite artist is touring
The Live Events Feed replaces Spotify's Concert Hub.
Shazam's new feature makes it easy to find and buy tickets for nearby concerts
The service's new concert discovery feature is now live on Android and iOS.
The next 'Fortnite' concert stars Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande will perform a virtual concert series in 'Fortnite' starting on August 6th.
Hulu will livestream Lollapalooza 2021 this weekend
Lollapalooza 2021 will stream live on Hulu starting July 29th — and not on YouTube.
YouTube Theater will be a new 6,000-seat live entertainment arena in California
YouTube is opening a three-story, 6,000-seat live arena for concerts, esports and creator events at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, California.
Glastonbury Festival's first livestreamed event ran into major snags
The Glastonbury Festival's first livestreamed event had failures that led to refunds and even a free stream.
Glastonbury Festival will livestream a concert series for the first time
The Glastonbury Festival is holding its first livestreamed event on May 22nd, with big groups like Coldplay and Haim in the lineup.
Bandsintown Plus brings its livestreamed concerts to Apple TV
Live concert streaming service Bandsintown Plus is bringing exclusive performances from Charli XCX, Phoebe Bridgers and Haim to Apple TV.
Harman's latest audio tech is designed for in-car concerts
Due to COVID-19, livestreams and drive-in shows are very popular. Harman wants to make the audio in your car much better for them.
'Ratatouille' musical made by TikTok creators will stream on January 1st
Thanks to a bunch of TikTok creators, Pixar’s Ratatouille will make its bow as a Broadway-style musical.
Disney+ will debut a Taylor Swift 'Folklore' concert film this week
Swift will play the hit album in full and tell stories behind each song.
Charli XCX is the first performer in Oculus and Tidal's VR concert series
You can catch her show on October 9th in Venues or in regular 2D on Tidal.
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Pitchfork explores what’s next.
Fortnite officially kicks off 'Party Royale' with deadmau5 and Steve Aoki
Fortnite first previewed its weapons-free “Party Royale” last week with a live concert set from Jordan Fisher and Diplo. Now it’s launching the weapons-free mode officially with the Party Royale Premiere concert featuring Dillon Francis, Steve Aoki and deadmau5.
Travis Scott's 'Fortnite' concert drew 12.3 million concurrent viewers
An in-game 'Fortnite' concert starring Travis Scott drew 12.3 million gamers logged in at the same time, which is up from the 10 million who logged in for a Marshmello performance last year.
Amazon #AtHome brings free content to Fire TV and Fire Tablet devices
To help keep users entertained while they stay home during the COVID-19 pandemic, Amazon is bringing curated content from over 100 partners to a new #AtHome section on its Fire TV and Fire Tablet devices in the US. Fire users will have access to free TV shows and movies, including Billions, Silicon Valley, The Sopranos, The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, Star Trek: Picard, The Twilight Zone and more. Amazon will stream the upcoming Prime Video SXSW virtual film festival and One World: At Home Together Concert, the benefit concert hosted by late-night comedians to raise money for the WHO’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund.
Late-night hosts will help stream a COVID-19 benefit concert on April 18th
On April 18th, late night hosts and celebrities will participate in One World: Together At Home, a virtual benefit concert to raise money for the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund.
Bandsintown helps musicians make money with Twitch concerts
Bandsintown wants to help musicians pull in money during the COVID-19 pandemic in addition to promoting their shows. The discovery service is giving artists free, "fast-tracked" access to Twitch's monetization systems to help them generate money from livestreamed concerts. If all goes well, they'll quickly get affiliate status on Twitch and thus make money from subscriptions and bit donations. Performers will need to have 2,000 or more Bandsintown followers and a link to their Twitch channel in their Bandsintown profile. After filling out a form, they should get affiliate status in two to five business days.
Dropkick Murphys will livestream a St. Patrick’s Day show with no audience
The Dropkick Murphys have been playing St. Patrick's Day shows for 24 years. This year the show, like most things, will be a little different. In an attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19, the band is canceling its regular concert but will livestream a free performance tomorrow at 7pm ET.
Samsung will host 10 live concerts in its 360-degree video app
From gigs like Coldplay's 2017 show to entire festivals like the Global Citizen Festival, attending a concert virtually could be the new way to enjoy live music. Samsung has announced it is getting in on the action by offering a series of concert events through its 360-degree video app, Samsung XR.