How Songkick Helps You Track Artists and Get Concert Alerts

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Songkick lets you follow artists you care about and then notifies you when those artists announce shows, so you don't have to check each artist's page manually. The core flow is: create an account, track artists, set your location, and receive alerts through the site or the app. This works best if you want ongoing updates rather than one-off ticket searches.

What Songkick actually does

Songkick is a live music discovery and ticketing site. Its stated purpose is to help you "find live music near you, track your favorite artists, get instant concert alerts and buy tickets for all the best upcoming concerts."

Two features matter most for tracking:

  • Artist tracking — you follow specific artists, and Songkick ties their tour dates to your account.
  • Concert alerts — when a tracked artist announces a nearby show, you get notified instead of having to search.

The homepage also surfaces Concerts near you, Popular artists, Trending artists worldwide, and Festivals, plus browsing By genre (Indie & Alt, Electronic, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Metal, Pop, R&B, Rock). These are discovery paths, not tracking itself — tracking is what turns discovery into alerts.

Step-by-step: track an artist and get alerts

  1. Create an account. Use Sign up (or Log in if you already have one). Your tracked artists and alert settings live in your account, so this step is what makes alerts persist.
  2. Set your location. Use Change location so "near you" reflects where you actually want to see shows. Alerts are location-dependent — a tracked artist playing a different city won't be relevant to you.
  3. Find the artist. Use Search for events or artists, or start from Popular artists / Trending artists worldwide (the page lists names like Coldplay, Rihanna, The Weeknd, Eminem, Drake, Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Kanye West, Maroon 5, and Lady Gaga as examples of popular/trending artists).
  4. Track the artist. Following an artist adds them to your artist list, which the site refers to as Your artists. This is the list that drives your alerts.
  5. Get notified. Once an artist is tracked and your location is set, Songkick sends alerts when that artist announces a nearby show. The site describes these as "instant concert alerts."
  6. Manage your list. Return to Your artists to add or remove artists as your taste changes. Removing an artist stops alerts for them.

Expected result: your tracked artists appear under Your artists, and you receive alerts for their nearby shows without re-searching.

Using the app for alerts on the go

Songkick pushes you toward its mobile app with Get the Songkick app, available on the App Store and Google Play. The app is the practical way to get notifications when you're not sitting at a browser, since alerts arrive as push notifications rather than requiring you to revisit the site.

If you only use the website, you can still track artists and check Your artists and Concerts near you manually — but the "instant" part of instant alerts is most useful through the app.

Common snags

  • JavaScript required. The page states: "Sorry, you have to enable javascript to view this page!" If concerts or search results don't load, JavaScript is the first thing to check.
  • Location mismatch. If alerts seem wrong or missing, your saved location is the usual cause. Use Change location to fix it.
  • No account, no persistent tracking. Tracking and alerts are account features. Browsing without signing up won't keep your artist list.
  • Alerts depend on announcements. Songkick can only alert you when an artist actually announces a show — a tracked artist with no upcoming dates produces no alerts.

Where to go next

  • Your artists — manage who you track.
  • Concerts near you — see what's coming up around your location.
  • By genre — browse by style if you want to discover artists to track.
  • Festivals — find festival listings.
  • Get the Songkick app — App Store or Google Play, for push alerts.

For artists and promoters, Songkick also offers Tourbox for artists and a sign-up path to "get your tour dates seen by one billion fans," but that's the artist side, not the fan tracking flow.