upcoming? Wasn't that the startup. yahoo bought it. ( http://upcoming.yahoo.com/ )
I think the problem is structural - the money flows from gig promoters, hence the interface is not built for the user's desires.
I think the problem is structural - the money flows from gig promoters, hence the interface is not built for the user's desires.
Other commenters raise interesting points as to why this problem is harder than others - events have so many niches, there's a new set of them for each new set of users. And unlike on stackoverflow, in a month all of that data has lost almost all of its value and you need new data.