Spotify Enables Users to Search and Follow Venues

Spotify is giving Free and Premium listeners the ability to follow their favorite venues, discover new spots nearby, and explore upcoming line-ups, all without leaving the app.

How it works:

• Spotify now contains listings for 20,000 venues worldwide, from iconic rooms such as the Bataclan in Paris to independent clubs such as the Oxford Art Factory in Sydney.

• When a listener follows a venue, it’s saved to their library and easy to find, alongside tailored suggestions for other venues they might enjoy.

• Once listeners find a concert they’re interested in they can just tap through to the event’s official ticketing partner to complete their purchase.

Live feed:

• The new feature follows the March launch of Concerts Near You, with the streaming giant claiming more than three million people have used it to discover events.

• Its Live Events feed also has a new look, with Spotify promising “smarter recommendations” and daily updates based on what listeners are streaming, where they live, and the genres they love.