This is for you, maggiesox.

[douxquemiel]

So, I'm a dork. A big dork. I've only ever been to four real rock concerts in my entire life (Santana, Wyclef Jean, Guster, and the Bravery), since I don't count classical, choral, or Harry and the Potters (but they're sogoodzomg). I've never bought tickets.

And yet, I hear about people (cough-maggiesox-cough) can get on email lists to hear about their

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[maggiesox]

Ditto all of the above, plus you can always check Pollstar, which lets you search by city, artist or date. It's pretty handy when it hits summertime and I am all 'there has GOT to be a concert SOMEWHERE IN THIS DAMN CITY that I want to go see.'

Also, MySpace isn't bad for that, if you have one.

[douxquemiel]

Grazie re: Pollstar.

Myspace is the devil. DEVIL.

[maggiesox]

It is. It's terrible. But it's useful for keeping track of what bands and artists are doing, especially when they're indie artists that get less airplay than others. Like, for example, I get MySpace updates from Citizen Cope all the time about free shows and stuff. It's honestly about the only thing MySpace is good for.

[douxquemiel]

*sigh* Mags, why are you ALWAYS RIGHT???? RAH.

I loathe MySpace, but you just proved to me its worth. DAMMIT. Now I can't dismiss it out-of-hand the way I'd prefer.

[maggiesox]

Nah. You just keep one and don't use it for anything but that. I use it because I'm lazy and I write a suburban entertainment column for Phillyist.com, so it's easy for me to get updates from coffeehouses and crap that way.