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Where has been your favorite city to attend a show? Expedia has tracked information from concerts across the globe in partnership with Songkick to uncover the most popular places on Earth for live music lovers. The best question: Did your city make the cut? Check out the results below! Read more: These fan maps tell you what […]

Coastal and big city folks­: Have you ever felt like you’ve paid more to see your favorite band than your BFF in another part of the country? Well, that's likely the case. Read more: These fan maps tell you what music your state loves most Fare aggregator website Wanderu conducted a study to see just how […]

We all know what kind of music we like to listen to. However, the lovely folks over at The New York Times have made a map that shows the top artists on YouTube—and what parts of the country they're most popular. With data from Panic! At The Disco, Twenty One Pilots, Linkin Park, Metallica and […]

According to a new survey of 3,000 people by Edison Research, the average American is listening to roughly four hours and five minutes of music each day. Edison’s “Share Of Ear” study points out that the audio consumed mostly comes from AM/FM radio (52 percent); owned music like downloads, vinyl and CDs (20 percent); streaming services like […]

A recent study published by City Lab and the Martin Prosperity Institute points out that heavy metal holds less sway in its postindustrial origin regions but remains highly popular in Scandinavian countries, which are known for their wealth and very high quality of life. “What we found is that that the number of heavy metal bands […]

With the release of a new Gallup poll, it's now possible to quantify that seemingly uniform desire of all pop-punk bands to get the hell out of their hometowns. According to the poll, if your home state is Illinois (we see you, Fall Out Boy and Real Friends), Connecticut or Maryland, there’s a good chance you want/wanted to […]

Madrid, Spain-based graphics firm Tata & Friends have launched a project called Rock Band Icons, which encompasses a series of minimalist posters that each represent a band name in a logical image pattern (sort of like Pictionary.) The bands chosen for the project span a pretty decent range of eras (from iconic acts like Led […]

Earlier this year, a map was released showing each state's least favorite artists. Now, online real estate company Movoto have created an interactive map, showing America’s music preferences by genre. The map is based on data collected from the National Endowment Of The Arts, the Bureau Of Labor And Statistics and the U.S. Bureau Of […]

Earlier this week, music tech company the Echo Nest's Paul Lamere released a map showing the most distinctive artist for each state (Fall Out Boy as Kentucky’s being a pretty interesting highlight). Now, a new map has been released, showing each state's “most ignored artist,” which you can check out below. Mostly, the map shows us that a […]

Three Mile Pilot Maps EP Although San Diego’s Three Mile Pilot never actually broke up, for more than a decade it was the trio’s offshoots—namely Pinback and the Black Heart Procession—that took precedence. That all changed with the release of 3MP’s first album in 13 years, 2010’s The Inevitable Past Is The Future Forgotten, which […]

The map above, posted to the Guardian's tumblr account, apparently breaks down the concentration of metal bands among the world's population and in something that's almost too easy, the highest concentration of metal bands per capita can be found in Scandinavia. The map cites both the Metal Archives as well as the CIA's factbook in […]