<s>
Mobile	B-Application
Backstage	I-Application
is	O
a	O
software	O
application	O
(	O
app	O
)	O
developed	O
by	O
Steam	O
Republic	O
which	O
provides	O
a	O
fan	O
club	O
service	O
accessible	O
on	O
the	O
web	O
,	O
Facebook	B-Application
and	O
mobile	B-Application
devices	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mobile	B-Application
Backstage	I-Application
platform	O
enables	O
fans	O
to	O
interact	O
and	O
share	O
experiences	O
with	O
each	O
other	O
and	O
the	O
artist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
contains	O
a	O
content	O
management	O
system	O
that	O
enables	O
artists	O
and	O
production	O
companies	O
to	O
post	O
up-to-date	O
information	O
about	O
a	O
band	O
's	O
activities	O
,	O
including	O
text	O
,	O
images	O
,	O
video	O
clips	O
,	O
etc.	O
,	O
while	O
integrating	O
content	O
from	O
and	O
to	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
Facebook	B-Application
and	O
iTunes	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2007	O
,	O
two	O
Finnish	O
companies	O
,	O
Mobile	B-Application
Backstage	I-Application
and	O
Geniem	O
,	O
combined	O
to	O
win	O
the	O
FinNode	O
Web-2-Mobile	O
competition	O
with	O
their	O
idea	O
of	O
connecting	O
artists	O
to	O
their	O
fans	O
with	O
a	O
mobile	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mobile	B-Application
Backstage	I-Application
app	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Facebook	B-Application
version	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
June	O
2011	O
,	O
followed	O
closely	O
by	O
an	O
Android	B-Application
version	O
in	O
November	O
2011	O
and	O
a	O
native	O
web	O
version	O
in	O
January	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nokia	O
's	O
MeeGo	B-Operating_System
and	O
QT	B-Language
platforms	O
were	O
also	O
supported	O
until	O
June	O
2012	O
,	O
when	O
Evanescence	O
announced	O
their	O
Mobile	B-Application
Backstage	I-Application
,	O
but	O
more	O
recent	O
artists	O
to	O
do	O
so	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Anthrax	O
,	O
no	O
longer	O
seem	O
to	O
offer	O
this	O
option	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
artists	O
with	O
their	O
own	O
Mobile	B-Application
Backstage	I-Application
in	O
August	O
2012	O
include	O
Evanescence	O
,	O
Anthrax	O
,	O
Mumford	O
&	O
Sons	O
,	O
Slightly	O
Stoopid	O
,	O
Nightwish	O
,	O
Jessie	O
J	O
,	O
Tinie	O
Tempah	O
,	O
Amorphis	O
,	O
The	O
Kooks	O
,	O
Black	O
Label	O
Society	O
,	O
Lykke	O
Li	O
,	O
Rusko	O
,	O
Rebelution	O
,	O
Ensiferum	O
and	O
Johnny	O
Reid	O
.	O
</s>
