Songkick Wants to Create a Database of Every Concert Ever Performed

Songkick, a concert listing and recommendation site, similar in name and purpose to the recently launched Livekick, is trying to stay ahead in the crowded market and also diversify its offerings by adding a full concert history database along with a bunch of new features relating to it. The site actually intends to have every concert ever performed in its database and already has more than one million of them added.

"An amazing concert can change your life, and some concerts have been landmark cultural events," said Ian Hogarth, Songkick CEO and co-founder. "We wanted to give these events a place to live forever, so we've spent a year aggregating Songkick's database. We now provide an online home for the social documentation of these events, which we hope will serve as a testament to the history of live music."

Songkick is a service that offers users an easy way to find concerts near their location. Now it is adding a social media component, allowing them to list all the concerts they have ever been to and also upload photos or videos they shot at those events. The feature works pretty much like a wiki, letting users edit the information, write reviews and a lot of other things, and if the show isn't listed they can add it themselves. However, there is a good chance that it is though, as the site already has concerts dating as back as 1960 to Bob Dylan's performance at the home of Karen Wallace.

With the new features Songkick wants to make the whole concert-going experience much more social – well, from an online perspective anyway – extending it beyond just the actual show. To this end, apart from tracking artists or venues, Songkick users can now find other people that have similar tastes. The information can also be used on Facebook and Twitter and the site creators want to add Facebook Connect integration to allow users to easily share their data on the social networking website.