Spotify makes it easier to find where your faves are touring

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Spotify revamps its Concert Hub into something that'll be more useful. It is now called Live Events Feed and offers information and tickets for live events in your location. It'll be sourcing listings from partners like Ticketmaster, AXS, DICE, Eventbrite, and See Tickets, among other companies. Concert Hub was previously used to find at-home or studio performances, podcast recordings, and other online performances during the height of the pandemic.

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Alicia Keys enforces no cell phone use at her concerts

There are a growing number of performers who don’t want people whipping out their phones while at concerts/performances. Joining that list is Alicia Keys. But instead of leaving phones at lockers before entering, fans are given a special pouch made by Yondr that’ll house their gadgets. This will let them keep the device with them but you won’t be able to open it and use the phone unless you head back to the door and have a worker pass on a disc the size of a bagel to unlock the bag and use the phone outside.

Of course, not all fans will be happy with this policy as some like recording performances but this is also a good way to just enjoy the show without distractions and help artists who want to try out new stuff without it getting leaked.

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Lollapalooza to offer cashless wristbands for attendees

If you’ll be making your way to the U.S. music festival Lollapalooza this year, it might be easier to purchase merchandise without carrying cash with you. The festival will be offering cashless wristbands to let you pay for festival goods, food, and drinks. This means you don’t have to carry around your cards with you to the concert grounds. It isn’t just convenient but it also gives you a bit of peace of mind.

The wristband comes with an RFID chip that is linked to your debit or credit card. It also needs a PIN number to work so you don’t have to worry about someone swiping your wristband to go on a festival shopping spree. But those who don’t want to try this method can still use cash and credit cards at the festival.

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Yahoo to create original shows, livestream Live Nation concerts with new media direction

Yahoo's getting into the video content creation and broadcasting game. At the 2014 Digital Content NewFronts, Yahoo! Inc. unveiled the first of its new original long-form shows, a new partnership with Live Nation for live streaming concerts, the all new Yahoo Travel digital magazine, and new advertising opportunities and measurement capabilities.

“Yahoo is focused on connecting artists, storytellers, great content producers and brands with the audiences they want -- at scale, across devices, every single day.”

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, CMO Kathy Savitt, and Ned Brody, head of Americas, presented Yahoo’s vision to make digital video more inspiring and entertaining for consumers and advertisers. They were joined onstage by a star-studded lineup including Executive Producer Mike Tollin; Kevin Love of the Minnesota Timberwolves; Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino; New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan; the stars of Comedy Central’s “Broad City,” Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer; and Kraft Foods Executive Vice President Jane Hilk.

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