You can read Jones' full statement about the end of Songkick below:īefore I say anything, let me say thank you. Now, whenever an event is added to the app, it will auto generate an event on Facebook. That said, the trial between the warring parties is still scheduled to begin in November.Īs Brooklyn Vegan points out, competing concert discovery app Bandsintown has just announced that it has joined forces with Facebook, in a truly truly strange bit of timing. Our antitrust, trade secret misappropriation and hacking lawsuit against Live Nation and Ticketmaster will continue unabated.'ĭespite shutting Songkick down, the company's concert discovery app - one of the assets acquired by Warner Music Group earlier this year - will continue to operate. As a result of these accusations and in turn a lawsuit against Songkick from Ticketmaster and parent company Live Nation, Songkick founder and CEO Matt Jones issued a notice to clients this week informing them that it will be ceasing operations at the end of the month.Īs Variety reports, Jones issued the following statement: 'I'm sad to write that on October 31, Songkick will bow to pressure from Live Nation and Ticketmaster and complete the shutdown of all ticketing operations (including the design and maintenance of artist webpages) we began earlier this year when Ticketmaster and Live Nation effectively blocked our U.S. The online ticketing company - which specializes in selling tickets directly to fans through artists' website, social media platforms and fan clubs, often before they go on sale via Ticketmaster/Live Nation - has been accused of antitrust violations and anticompetitive behaviour from Ticketmaster.

Following months of serious legal trouble with ticketing giant Ticketmaster, competitor Songkick is officially shutting down.

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