Last.fm Events is now the best showlist ever.

By default, you'll see listings for your hometown. You can narrow your search by venue. The number of included venues is impressive. Note that the venues with the most listed shows are shown on the left and in larger type.


You can also view shows by date. Clicking on the show will take you to the event's page, where you'll see more information about the venue and the band. You'll also be able to see profiles for all the Last.fm members who have indicated they're attending.

Anyone can add a show to the database. As you can see, I added an upcoming show for the Bright Men. Last.fm will create a dynamically generated poster for the event using the information you give it. If a band has a profile on the site, it will insert the photo for that band. Everything in the poster is clickable. For example, clicking on Rudyard's will take you to a Last.fm profile page for that venue. Right now, there's not much info, but users can add it.

Last.fm will display related shows in a left-hand sidebar. Upcoming shows by the same band, or other shows at the same venue will appear.


Perhaps the coolest new feature is the integration with Flickr. After the show is over, you can upload your photos of the event to Flickr. When you're uploading the photos, apply a bulk tag to the whole set using the Last.fm event tag (e.g., "lastfm:event=123456"). Last.fm will grab the photos and put them on the page for that event. You can share the photos with everyone else who went to the event, but you only have to upload once.


I don't think there's been anything else like Last.fm. Certainly there are event calendars like Upcoming.org. And Myspace allows artists and venues to display their show calendars. But Last.fm has a huge user base of passionate music lovers. Now those users can find the music and the tour dates in one place, and not just for one artist, but every artist (even artists and venues not registered on the site). And of course, you can still see what shows your pals are attending. It's just another amazingly useful feature from a site that's full of wonderous innovations. I love you, Last.fm.