BandsintownReviews of bandsintown.com

Unless you signed or going on tour this site is pointless for artist.

I couldn't download app onto my phone as version wasn't compatible. This meant I couldn't buy tickets for concert I wanted to go to.

The site sends me emails of gigs on the actual week that the artists are due to perform. This is entirely useless as I usually have other plans for the weekend, cannot take the time off work or the gig is sold out. I have missed seeing a lot of bands I have wanted to see live due to this poorly designed system.

PRIVACY CONCERN Tries to access your Facebook account without permission On the band pages there are buttons and links to buy tickets to a particular show. Clicking to get tickets will open a new tab to another site. Before bandsintown.com sends you there, it attempts to access your Facebook account. I got a warning from Facebook because my permissions are all turned off. If you want to to see this: 1. Log into Facebook in another tab 2. Turn off "Apps and Websites" permission 3. In another tab go to any band page 4. Click a button to buy tickets to a show 5. You end up on a page in Facebook asking if you want to turn on "Apps, Websites and Games" so that the website can "request my facebook info" and interact with my facebook features. This is bad. Stay away. The problem isn't the destination website. It's bandsintown.com that's interacting with Facebook. I confirmed this by looking at the url sent to Facebook.

Do not trust for ticket alerts. I saw a gig I wanted to attend, tickets not on sale yet and couldn’t see the date when they would go on sale. I decided to sign up for notification when they go on sale. The notification came through almost 2 hours after the tickets sold out, completely useless. Use other means to find out when tickets go on sale!

One of my favorite apps. Always good to pick out a show on the fly or to see what’s coming up. Very convenient to order tickets through as well.

Never had a bad experience with buying event tickets by clicking the buy tickets option from bands in town! And i have bought A LOT of tickets this way! Plus they keep me informed on events i love before they happen!