`artist`

Pack: bandsintown · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/artist for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

Fetch the Bandsintown artist profile by name (e.g. “Coldplay”), returning id, image URL, Facebook page URL, follower count, and upcoming event count.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`name`	string	yes

Example call

Arguments

{
  "name": "The Weeknd"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bandsintown/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"artist","arguments":{"name":"The Weeknd"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('artist', {
  "name": "The Weeknd"
});

More examples

{
  "name": "Adele"
}

Response shape

Field	Type	Description
`id`	integer	Artist ID
`name`	string	Artist name
`url`	string	Bandsintown artist profile URL
`image_url`	string	Artist image URL
`thumb_url`	string	Artist thumbnail image URL
`facebook_page_url`	string \| null	Facebook page URL if available
`mbid`	string \| null	MusicBrainz ID if available
`upcoming_event_count`	integer	Number of upcoming events
`tracker_count`	integer	Number of people tracking the artist

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Artist ID"
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Artist name"
    },
    "url": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Bandsintown artist profile URL"
    },
    "image_url": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Artist image URL"
    },
    "thumb_url": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Artist thumbnail image URL"
    },
    "facebook_page_url": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "Facebook page URL if available"
    },
    "mbid": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "MusicBrainz ID if available"
    },
    "upcoming_event_count": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Number of upcoming events"
    },
    "tracker_count": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Number of people tracking the artist"
    }
  }
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config — every tool in the catalog, including this one:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pipeworx": {
      "url": "https://pipeworx.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Connect to just the bandsintown pack

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bandsintown": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bandsintown/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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