[EDMTunes] NEW! Spotify “Concerts Near You” Playlist

Spotify has introduced a new personalized playlist designed to help users discover upcoming concerts in their area. Each week, the playlist features 30 songs from artists set to perform nearby, along with event details and ticket links. This initiative is made possible through Spotify’s partnerships with ticketing services like Ticketmaster, Eventbrite, DICE, and AXS. The “Concerts Near You” playlist refreshes every Wednesday.

Similar to Spotify’s other personalized playlists, “Concerts Near You” is curated based on users’ listening preferences, helping them find concerts that align with their tastes. To stay updated on the latest events, users should visit the Live Events section and enable location sharing. Spotify also recommends turning on push notifications and following favorite artists to receive personalized concert alerts.

This launch follows Spotify’s release of its annual Loud & Clear report, which details the platform’s royalty payments.

Recently, several Grammy-nominated songwriters boycotted Spotify’s Songwriter of the Year event in protest of the company’s declining royalty payments. Changes to Spotify’s bundling strategy are estimated to cost songwriters and publishers around $150 million over the next year. However, following the recent release of its annual Loud & Clear report, which details the platform’s royalty payments, Spotify has been eager to highlight its payouts to artists and songwriters, pushing back against claims that it undercompensates musicians. But many in the industry continue to demand fairer pay.

Meanwhile, Apple Music continues to pay artists nearly twice as much as Spotify, according to a report from Duetti. The report found that in 2024, Spotify paid artists roughly $3 per 1,000 streams, whereas Amazon Music, Apple Music, and YouTube paid $8.80, $6.20, and $4.80, respectively. Spotify has dismissed these claims as “ridiculous and unfounded.”

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