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Apple Music Enhances Concert Discovery with Ticketmaster, Bandsintown

3/25/2026

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Apple Music Enhances Concert Discovery

Apple Music has partnered with Ticketmaster and Bandsintown to boost concert discovery in the iOS 26.4 update, which adds eight new emojis and accessibility improvements.
Ticketmaster's integration adds concert listings on artist pages and a Concerts tab.
Bandsintown will display listings, benefiting more than 700,000 artists and 65,000 venues.
Users can find nearby concerts based on listening habits, purchase tickets directly in the app, and receive notifications about upcoming shows.

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Apple Music Innovates Playlists

Apple Music's iOS 26.4 update introduces Playlist Playground, a beta feature that uses AI to create personalized song playlists from user prompts.
The update enhances concert discovery by showing nearby shows featuring artists from the user's library and providing recommendations.
Other changes include full-screen album page backgrounds, an Offline Music Recognition tool that identifies songs offline, and Family Sharing that now lets adults add their own payment methods.

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Apple Music Enhances Concert Discovery

Apple Music has partnered with Ticketmaster and Bandsintown to boost concert discovery in the iOS 26.4 update, which adds eight new emojis and accessibility improvements.
Ticketmaster's integration adds concert listings on artist pages and a Concerts tab.
Bandsintown will display listings, benefiting more than 700,000 artists and 65,000 venues.
Users can find nearby concerts based on listening habits, purchase tickets directly in the app, and receive notifications about upcoming shows.

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