API Doc

API Methods

artist.getPastEvents

Get a paginated list of all the events this artist has played at in the past.

e.g. http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=artist.getpastevents&artist=cher&api_key=b25b959554ed7...

Params

artist (Required) :The name of the artist you would like to fetch event listings for.
page (Optional) :The page of results to return.
limit (Optional) :The maximum number of results to return per page
api_key (Required) : A Last.fm API key.

Auth

This service does not require authentication.

Sample Response

<events artist="Cher" url="http://www.last.fm/music/Cher/+events" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" page="1" perPage="50" total="41" totalPages="1">
    <event xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#">
        <id>1196301</id>
        <title>pRIvate</title>
        <artists>
            <artist>CSS</artist>
            <artist>Madonna</artist>
            <artist>Britney Spears</artist>
            <artist>Lady GaGa</artist>
            <artist>Cher</artist>
            <artist>RuPaul</artist>
            <headliner>CSS</headliner>
        </artists>
        <venue>
            <id>9064369</id>
            <name>Berlusconni´s</name>
            <location>
                <city>São Paulo</city>
                <country>Brazil</country>
                <street></street>
                <postalcode></postalcode>
                <geo:point>
                    <geo:lat>-23.5576930875657</geo:lat>
                    <geo:long>-46.669921875</geo:long>
                </geo:point>
            </location>
            <url>http://www.last.fm/venue/9064369+Berlusconni%C2%B4s</url>
            <website></website>
            <phonenumber></phonenumber>
            <image size="small"></image>
            <image size="medium"></image>
            <image size="large"></image>
            <image size="extralarge"></image>
            <image size="mega"></image>
        </venue>
        <startDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:42:01</startDate>
        <description><![CDATA[<div class="bbcode">Rua Nestor Pestana, 189</div>]]></description>
        <image size="small">http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/34/8834875.jpg</image>
        <image size="medium">http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/64/8834875.jpg</image>
        <image size="large">http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/126/8834875.jpg</image>
        <image size="extralarge">http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/8834875.jpg</image>
        <attendance>1</attendance>
        <reviews>0</reviews>
        <tag>lastfm:event=1196301</tag>    
        <url>http://www.last.fm/event/1196301+pRIvate</url>
        <website></website>
        <tickets></tickets>
        <cancelled>0</cancelled>
  </event>
</events>

Other Formats

Also available as a feed in rss,ical formats

e.g. http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/artist/cher/pastevents.rss
e.g. http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/artist/cher/pastevents.ical

Errors

2 : Invalid service -This service does not exist
3 : Invalid Method - No method with that name in this package
4 : Authentication Failed - You do not have permissions to access the service
5 : Invalid format - This service doesn't exist in that format
6 : Invalid parameters - Your request is missing a required parameter
7 : Invalid resource specified
9 : Invalid session key - Please re-authenticate
10 : Invalid API key - You must be granted a valid key by last.fm
11 : Service Offline - This service is temporarily offline. Try again later.
12 : Subscription Error - The user needs to be subscribed in order to do that
13 : Invalid method signature supplied
18 : This user has no free radio plays left. Subscription required.