<s>
Songkick	B-Application
is	O
a	O
concert	O
discovery	O
service	O
owned	O
by	O
Warner	O
Music	O
Group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
it	O
merged	O
with	O
CrowdSurge	B-Application
—	O
a	O
company	O
that	O
provided	O
services	O
for	O
running	O
and	O
managing	O
ticket	O
sales	O
on	O
behalf	O
of	O
artists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
the	O
Songkick	B-Application
concert	O
discovery	O
service	O
and	O
brand	O
was	O
sold	O
to	O
WMG	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
ticketing	O
assets	O
were	O
sold	O
to	O
Live	O
Nation	O
Entertainment	O
in	O
2018	O
to	O
settle	O
a	O
lawsuit	O
with	O
the	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
Songkick	B-Application
launched	O
Tourbox	O
,	O
a	O
tool	O
for	O
artists	O
or	O
artist	O
teams	O
to	O
manage	O
and	O
distribute	O
their	O
live	O
event	O
dates	O
worldwide	O
,	O
across	O
multiple	O
digital	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Songkick	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2007	O
by	O
Ian	O
Hogarth	O
,	O
Michelle	O
You	O
and	O
Pete	O
Smith	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
2007	O
Y	O
Combinator	O
program	O
,	O
a	O
seed	O
accelerator	O
that	O
focuses	O
on	O
technology	O
start-ups	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Songkick	B-Application
's	O
initial	O
business	O
model	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
its	O
concert	O
discovery	O
service	O
,	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
referral	O
fees	O
from	O
ticketing	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2015	O
,	O
Songkick	B-Application
merged	O
with	O
CrowdSurge	B-Application
,	O
an	O
artist	O
ticketing	O
services	O
provider	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
combined	O
company	O
operating	O
under	O
the	O
Songkick	B-Application
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CrowdSurge	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
by	O
Matt	O
Jones	O
in	O
2008	O
,	O
and	O
he	O
and	O
Hogarth	O
said	O
they	O
decided	O
to	O
merge	O
the	O
two	O
companies	O
to	O
correct	O
“	O
a	O
massive	O
inefficiency	O
in	O
the	O
market.	O
”	O
Songkick	B-Application
had	O
systems	O
to	O
detect	O
ticket	O
resellers	O
,	O
reduce	O
the	O
incentive	O
for	O
reselling	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
by	O
creating	O
general	O
admissions	O
areas	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
assigned	O
seats	O
)	O
and	O
make	O
it	O
easier	O
for	O
regular	O
fans	O
to	O
buy	O
tickets	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
by	O
having	O
multiple	O
releases	O
of	O
tickets	O
,	O
not	O
just	O
one	O
release	O
)	O
that	O
have	O
reduced	O
the	O
percentage	O
of	O
concert	O
tickets	O
that	O
end	O
up	O
in	O
the	O
secondary	O
market	O
to	O
1.5	O
percent	O
of	O
the	O
total	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jones	O
and	O
Hogarth	O
served	O
as	O
co-CEOs	O
of	O
Songkick	B-Application
until	O
Jones	O
took	O
on	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
CEO	O
in	O
January	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2016	O
,	O
Songkick	B-Application
filed	O
an	O
antitrust	O
lawsuit	O
against	O
Live	O
Nation	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
its	O
Ticketmaster	O
division	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
lawsuit	O
was	O
later	O
amended	O
to	O
accuse	O
it	O
of	O
stealing	O
trade	O
secrets	O
,	O
by	O
means	O
of	O
former	O
Songkick	B-Application
employees	O
who	O
had	O
joined	O
the	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2017	O
,	O
Warner	O
Music	O
Group	O
acquired	O
Songkick	B-Application
,	O
including	O
its	O
concert	O
discovery	O
service	O
and	O
brand	O
,	O
but	O
excluding	O
its	O
ticketing	O
business	O
and	O
associated	O
"	O
pending	O
litigation	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Songkick	B-Application
shuttered	O
its	O
ticketing	O
business	O
in	O
October	O
;	O
Jones	O
described	O
Live	O
Nation	O
as	O
having	O
"	O
effectively	O
blocked	O
our	O
U.S.	O
ticketing	O
business	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
