Summer is almost here and that means the opportunity to hear great live music is upon us! The warmer weather often entices bands aross the globe to come out of the woodwork and go on tour. Will your favorite band be coming to your neck of the woods? Songkick wants to help you find out.

Songkick will let you know if and when artists you like will be touring soon. How does it know who you like? Songkick scans your iPhone or iPad’s music library or your Spotify account to find out who you listen too. It will also grab your location and put together a list of relevant artists on tour. You can add and remove artists manually too. If a new tour is announced, you’ll get a notification.

It’s a terrible feeling when you find out one of your favorite bands just came to town and you missed them! But with Songkick you’ll never have that feeling again. It’s free, so give it a whirl today.

Songkick is just one of our favorite music apps for iPhone and iPad. We’ve collected all of our favorites here. And if you’d like to see more of our top app selections in different categories, just head on over to our Best Apps Series.

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