I went to see Iron & Wine last night in Edinburgh. The gig was sublime and I absolutely loved it. I don’t go to gigs very often yet I’m going to two this week (Ray LaMontagne on Friday). The only reason I’m getting to see two of my favourite artists this week is because my friends had the foresight and good planning to get tickets for themselves and offered to pick me up one.
I don’t seem to have the time to keep checking the relevant artists websites – either that or I keep forgetting and as a result I end up missing gigs that I really want to catch…
Does anyone know of a webiste where you can login and enter which bands you want to know the gigs for and say where you live and then they email you when gig dates are announced for your favourite bands, near to your hometown? Surely in the vastness of the interest this must exist? If not there’s a massive amount of money to be made doing it.
Anyway, links please…alternatively, if someone can let me know when Sigur Ros, Decemberists, Sufjan Stevens, Beirut et al are playing near me, that’d be equally helpful.
UPDATE: Despite Graham’s sarcastic post, last.fm doesn’t do what I’m looking for. Thank you to Scott btw – It appears that www.ticketmaster.co.uk does a “My Ticketmaster” section that you can sign up for and get alerts when the artists you pick out. It’s pretty good and it works, but the range of artists is a bit limited. It finds Sigur Ros, Death Cab For Cutie, Muse etc, but can’t find Sufjan Stevens, Beirut and Iron & Wine, though that might change as it grows more popular.
