Loudie: Concert Tickets 4+

I’m based in NYC, and have been able to see acts like Big Thief, Samia, Perfume Genius (I’ve got Fontaines D.C. coming up!) through this cool app. When I first heard about Loudie, I thought it was too good to be true. I can see how it’s a win for everyone; it’s kind of like filling up seats of an airplane that’s already flying somewhere: free tickets for the person who claims + a friend; now these people might buy a drink or two at the venue or artists’ merch.

But yeah, push notifications pop up (have those on!) and I suppose it’s whoever has the fastest trigger finger? Or sometimes you just click the app and there are opps waiting for you to claim and you can win that way. But if/when you win, you get a confirmation email sent to you and usually you just say your name at will call and they have the tix for you. If a seated show, you might get tix sent to you or again, they’re waiting at will call.

If you like concerts, get Loudie! You might not know everyone being pushed at you, but you might find a new artist to add to your playlists. I got into Samia because of winning Loudie, for example.

I live in Los Angeles and this app has been great for me. They give you 2 tickets when you claim and “win”. I’ve been to countless concerts for free and few concerts with the $1 per ticket service fee. $2 to see a concert is not bad at all. Some are emailed to you but most tickets are held at will call. I wish they’d all be emailed to me so I can avoid the will call lines and walk straight into the venue. Not a deal breaker though. Sometimes I will get the notification to a concert I wanna see and then go to the app and see that it’s been posted for a few minutes already and miss out on them. I wish I would get an instant notification as soon as they’re available to claim. Don’t know what’s up with that but I’ve been lucky most of the time.

TLDR: Free or super cheap tickets to concerts. Emailed or held at will call for you. Gotta be fast to claim tickets. Big name artists, not just little known bands. Thanks Loudie!

I want to start out by saying that I LOVE this app and I just scored free tix to a show I've been dying to go to. It helps me track my favorite artists and sends notifications when there's a show I'd be interested in. Seriously good stuff. I did initially have an issue claiming tickets as I never received the email verification message, but I contacted support and the response time and assistance was super impressive. Got my email sitch fixed very quickly and was able to grab my tix!

That said, here's my input on how to maybe make it even better:
You do have to act very quickly to claim tickets, which is fine, but I was unaware that there is a $1/ticket fee (which is totally fine with me) and I suddenly found myself having to enter credit card information. I wasn't prepared for this, and it ate into my ticket claiming time. I think it'd be great if, when you initially sign up, you received a message informing you of the fees and prompting you to set up your card right off the bat so you could be ready when the time came to grab tickets. That said, maybe this does happen and the info vaporized into the ether like my email verification message? I dunno.