TourFilter: Never Miss Your Favorite Band Again

I love Donovan Frakenrieter, a Jack Johnson-esque surfer-singer songwriter. Apparently, as I just learned five minutes ago while browsing the net, he has a concert in town tonight. As in this very moment, as I sit home alone listening to him in my apartment, he is rocking out to a crowd of fans.

I’m trying not to be too hard on myself. We all know the pain of missing a great performance. You are innocently on your way to work when you overhear someone talking about the phenomenal concert your favorite band played last night; a concert that came complete with a set list that included rare songs, never before heard songs and a series on encores. It’s enough to make you want to take the day off, go home and lie in bed all day listening to that well worn album and hating yourself for not keeping up on the latest tour dates.

But really, who has time to keep track of all the concerts going on daily? You itunes song list has so many artists on it would take contstant 24-7 monitoring to keep track of tour dates. Sure you could constanlty check all the major venues, but seeing as they only list there own shows, it would still take an enormous amount of time. But don’t feel all defeated just yet, Tour Filter (http://www.tourfilter.com/) is an amazing new service that tracks concerts in a number of cities, ensuring that you’ll never have to endure the anguish of missing another concert again.

The site is easy to use and free. Just sign up for an account, pick your city, and then create a list of all the bands and artist you would want to see live. Based on your choices, similar artists are generated and it only takes a simple click to add them to your roster. Twice a day, Tourfilter crawls through live music venue listings for each city and looks for the bands on your list.
When it comes across something on you "watch list," you receive an email.

While the cities tracked are limited, it does include the major markets internationally in which the sheer number of venues can be overwhelming. For those who live in areas that are not covered, the site offers additional content. Users can listen to MP3 and RealAudio songs of bands that have upcoming shows and browse recent music blog listings, which a reorganized by band. Plus, if you’re traveling to say Dublin, it’s an easy way to find out if Bono will be playing while you are there.