`artist`

Pack: bandsintown · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/bandsintown/mcp

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, or use one-click install buttons:

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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