Credits & sources

Where the extras come from

The heart of the archive — every show, setlist, recording, photo, and poster — is gathered and verified by us and the people who share what they have. To fill the gaps around that core, we draw on a handful of open data sources. Our own data always wins; these only step in where we had nothing. They're all collected here so the rest of the site can stay uncluttered.

  • Wikimedia Commons ↗

    Photographs of venue buildings

    Individual photos are CC BY / CC BY-SA / public domain — each photo on the site links to its Commons page and names its photographer and license.

  • Wikidata ↗

    Structured facts — venue capacity / opening year / architect; band origins, genres, and active years; artist birthplaces and instruments

    Wikidata facts are released under CC0 (public domain).

  • MusicBrainz ↗

    Artist & release identifiers used to reconcile our catalog with the wider music graph

    MusicBrainz core data is in the public domain.

  • Cover Art Archive ↗

    Release artwork where we had none on file

    Operated by MusicBrainz and the Internet Archive.

  • TheAudioDB ↗

    Artist imagery and biographies where we had gaps

    Community-maintained music metadata.

  • Open-Meteo ↗

    Historical weather shown on show pages — the conditions at the venue on the night of each performance

    ERA5 reanalysis data, made available under CC BY 4.0.

  • Protomaps & OpenStreetMap ↗

    The basemaps behind venue and show map headers

    Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Photos, video & audio

Concert photographs, video, and audio in the archive are reproduced under Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act for reporting, criticism, comment, and scholarship — this is a non-commercial research and documentary project. Where a photographer or source is known, we credit them. If you hold rights to material here and have a concern, please get in touch and we'll work it out.