Philadelphia Songkick (2024)

FAQs

How does Songkick make money? ›

Songkick's initial business model, based on its concert discovery service, was based on referral fees from ticketing companies.

Songkick has an overall rating of 4.4 which equates to Excellent.

Songkick is an aggregator of concert listings around the globe. We currently index over 100 different sources including all the major ticket vendors, a host of smaller vendors, local listings and a whole bunch of others.

Songkick shut down in October 2017 after earlier declaring bankruptcy. In January 2018, Live Nation reached a $110 million settlement with Songkick to resolve an antitrust lawsuit the startup had filed under which Live Nation agreed to acquire Songkick's technology assets and patents.

Helping your fans to never miss one of your concerts again, when tour dates are added to Songkick we'll automatically notify all of your trackers in that location for you, promoting your show to some of our 15 million music fans worldwide.

Philadelphia is home to one of the world's most vibrant and well-documented musical heritages, stretching back to the colonial era. Innovations in classical music, opera, R&B, jazz, soul, and rock have earned the music of Philadelphia national and international renown.

Songkick has been a trusted home for live music since 2007. From day one, we've set about making it as easy, fun and fair as possible for you to see your favorite artists live.

Songkick is an aggregator of ticket links and tour dates from hundreds of sources. This means that Songkick doesn't directly ticket the events it lists, but rather provides links to buy tickets.

Spotify integrates Bandsintown listings, as its Songkick partnership comes to an end after 13 years. Image courtesy of Bandsintown Bandsintown event listings are now directly integrated into Spotify to boost live music discovery.

How do concert musicians get paid? ›

According to Newmusic USA, a full orchestra usually gets paid commissions at a higher rate of 74%. In some cases, orchestra musicians may receive a commission or a percentage of the ticket sales for each performance. In this case, musicians earn a percentage of ticket sales or other revenue from their performances.

Our free app lets you track artists in one tap, connecting with services like Apple Music, Spotify, Facebook and Deezer. We'll build a personalized local concert guide just for you, so you can add shows to your plans and easily set reminders to buy tickets.

Live music should work for everyone, and we work hard to empower our community and cut out the BS along the way. Nothing but good vibes from here. Best of all, Songkick is totally free. Sign up and track bands via our website, or download our iPhone and Android apps for concert alerts on the go.

Exclusive Ticket Sales: Increase revenue by live-streaming your concert exclusively on a platform that supports ticket sales. Fans pay to access the live experience, counting as an immediate income stream.

On top of that, he said, it's not unusual for openers to be paid less than 1 percent of what the headliner makes. That doesn't sound glamorous, but it does get them a lot of exposure to potential fans. "[Opening acts] have no say," Glick said. "They're lucky to get paid much of anything."

All-time ranking

Elton John is the highest-grossing solo live music artist of all time. Taylor Swift is the highest-grossing female live music artist of all time.