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Apple launches Music Movies on iTunes

by John Burke (RSS feed) on Nov 4th, 2009

In an attempt to increase movie sales, Apple is pushing out more alternative content on the iTunes Store. Today, they've spruced up their "Music Movies" library and added a landing page to promote upcoming releases. Music Movies are music-themed movies, concerts and documentaries that generally feature exclusive content and behind-the-scenes footage.

While the selection is currently limited, Apple does offer a few movies that are not available anywhere else, such as an exclusive Kings of Leon concert DVD among other selections such as U2's "Rattle and Hum" and "John Lennon Imagine". In addition to the added content, a prominent landing page has been created that is dedicated to this genre of film.

Apple also plans to negotiate early access to music-themed movies and is trying to make the content available for download long before it is available in stores.

Tags: concerts, exclusive content, iTunes, Music Movies, MusicMovies

Filed under: Audio, Software, Productivity, Internet Tools, iTunes, Mods

iConcertCal updates with iCal exporting, better listings and more

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on May 9th, 2007

This must have slipped under our radar back in March, but iConcertCal, the both clever and useful iTunes plug-in that scans your artists to find local concert dates, has updated to v1.2. In addition to "greatly improved" concert listings in both the US and UK, iConcertCal can now export calendars to an iCal format (note: this isn't exactly 'iCal syncing.' Hopefully that's on its way). For those shows that might still slip through iConcertCal's fingers, the plug-in allows you to edit its calendar and add shows you just gotta keep track of.

Also on the list of changes is the ability to chose which iTunes library to monitor for artists and show dates, an "easy way" to list shows from artists that aren't in your library and city + date venue info now placed in the header information. Amazingly, iConcertCal is still free and available for both Mac OS X and Windows.

Tags: artists, concerts, iconcertcal, itunes, plug-ins, plugins, shows, venue, venues

Filed under: iTunes

iTunes to partner with the Palms

by Erica Sadun (RSS feed) on Mar 16th, 2007

Playlist magazine reports that iTunes and the Palms Casino will team up to sell recordings of live concert events from the Palms' new $80 million concert theater, the Pearl. The concert series will be sold exclusively through iTunes. The series, which is to be called "Live from Las Vegas", will premiere tomorrow, March 17th, with a performance by Evanescence.

If you were to go to the live Evanescence event, you'd have to lay out $49.50 per ticket. The iTunes recording will presumably cost you only a fraction of that price.

Tags: Concerts, Music, Palms

Filed under: iTS

"Bridge School" concerts on iTunes

by Erica Sadun (RSS feed) on Dec 4th, 2006

Founded over 20 years ago, the Bridge School Concerts are to be released as digital downloads for the first time. The concerts, which consist of 80 tracks, will be released in 6 volumes.

Highlights include "Thom Yorke performing a solo rendition of Radiohead's Street Spirit (Fade Out) and a cover of Neil Young's After The Goldrush...Neil Young teams up with Bruce Springsteen for a version of Helpless and also with the Dave Matthews Band for Cortez the Killer. Pearl Jam perform Corduroy whilst their lead singer Eddie Vedder does a solo version of Better Man. Other highlights include Ryan Adams (Oh My Sweet Carolina), Lou Reed (Perfect Day), Metallica (Fade To Black), Red Hot Chili Peppers (Californication) and REM (Losing My Religion)."

Profits will benefit the Bridge School, so in addition to fueling one's passion for musical rarities, you can go away feeling happy about contributing to a good cause.

Tags: benefit, bridge school, BridgeSchool, concerts, iTunes

Filed under: Audio, Internet Tools, Widget Watch

Widget Watch: OnTour - know when your favorite iTunes artists are in town

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on Oct 8th, 2006

OnTour is a Dashboard widget that scans your iTunes library and offers concert notifications when the artists you actually listen to are coming to a venue near you. The widget uses OnTour.net to collaborate all this information, and links are provided to buy tickets, as well as to the iTS in case you need to brush up on your choruses. To top things off, the OnTour.net site itself provides even more links to discographies and Google maps for directions. Nice.

[via Lifehacker]

Tags: artist, artists, concert, concerts, dashboard, its, itunes, ontour, store, ticket, tickets, widget, widgets

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