Spotify has launched Concerts, a new feature which recommends local gigs to users. Currently rolling out to Android and iOS users, Concerts offers recommendations based on users' listening habits. As with Spotify's Discover Weekly playlists, there'll be a mixture of known acts and new bands that the service thinks users will like.
Arsenal Football Club has lost a High Court case to double the number of music concerts held at its Emirates Stadium in north London. Islington Council rejected the application and a planning inspector dismissed the club’s appeal in January 2014. Arsenal argued at High Court that the inspector had made a ‘clear error’ in judgement. The point of contention was over noise and fans and the impact on local residents who already have to put up with regular visits by over 60,000 football fans on match days. Past concerts with the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Coldplay, and Muse have generated hundreds of thousands of pounds in extra revenue for Arsenal.
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