[Digital Today AI Reporter] Amazon Music has struck a partnership with live-performance platform Bandsintown, folding artists’ concert schedules into its streaming app to help fans discover shows.
On the 29th (local time), TechCrunch reported that Amazon Music users will be able to view concert listings on artists’ profile pages and tap a \"Buy Tickets\" button that takes them to Bandsintown to complete purchases.
Events from venues, festivals and promoters that use Bandsintown Pro will be posted automatically, and artists need only link their account once to enable the sync.
The feature is due to roll out globally this spring on iOS and Android. Amazon Music said live shows remain among the most powerful ways to connect fans and artists, and the company intends to offer a unified experience where users can stream music, shop for merchandise and discover in-person events in one place.
Bandsintown currently lists more than 700,000 artists and over 65,000 venues, and the platform claims roughly 100 million registered users. The companies previously worked together in 2023 to allow artists to sell merchandise on Amazon Music; the new deal expands that collaboration into live events.
Observers say Amazon Music has been a relatively late entrant to this space: Spotify introduced concert-discovery features years ago, while Apple Music and SoundCloud have strengthened live-event tools through partnerships with Ticketmaster. By partnering with a major platform like Bandsintown, Amazon Music is intensifying the competition for concert-discovery services within the streaming market.
