If you haven’t heard about Spotify, it’s a new music service gaining popularity in western Europe. Some reviewers have called it the latest and greatest thing to happen to the music industry. Here’s how they describe themselves (we couldn’t agree more):

“Spotify is a new way to enjoy music. Simply download and install, before you know it you’ll be singing along to the genre, artist or song of your choice. With Spotify you are never far away from the song you want.

There are no restrictions in terms of what you can listen to or when. Forget about the hassle of waiting for files to download and fill up your hard drive before you get round to organising them. Spotify is instant, fun and simple.”

We’ve been hard at work on FoxyTunes and we’re proud to announce that in this release you can control Spotify from FireFox on Windows. We will be working hard over the coming months to extend that reach to IE and Mac. In the meantime, please let us know what you think of the feature as well as dropping a note to our friends over at Spotify.

If it’s supported in your country, go get yourself a copy. We hope it crosses the pond sometime soon because it’s a great product and we’re quite addicted to it.

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We’re always looking for ways to improve your music experience through FoxyTunes. Some of you might have noticed a cool little feature we put into the latest release of FoxyTunes for FireFox. While you’re listening to your favorite music, you’ve been able to quickly search the web for videos, lyrics, and other info through FoxyTunes.

Now you’re able to search concert tickets through our good friends at Ticketmaster.

Simply click on the Search menu icon (on the left of the track title) and select ‘Tickets’. Like so:

This will then take you to a search results page showing all the latest events that the artist has scheduled. Concerts are one of the best ways to experience your favorite music. Get out, hear a few this summer.

We’re currently working on internationalizing this feature, but wanted to get it out there and hear what you think.

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You spoke, we have listened and delivered. We are happy to announce that FoxyTunes for Firefox now supports Songbird. This has been in the works for a while because we wanted to give you the best experience possible between the two products. Songbird is a great music player and management tool with a suite of impressive features that any music fan is sure to enjoy.

You can now control Songbird from FoxyTunes in Firefox on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux!

To get started make sure you have the latest version of FoxyTunes for Firefox and Songbird. Then select Songbird from the player or Quick Switch menu in FoxyTunes and follow the on-screen instructions. So easy and fun!

We hope you enjoy rocking out with this new feature. As always, we love to hear your feedback. Please check it out and let us know what you think.

On a side note, you might be wondering why support for Songbird differs from other players that work with FoxyTunes. Well, short answer is that Songbird is still evaluating their public control API and we didn’t want to wait until it was ready. We think that Songbird is a great player and we’ve definitely heard from you, our users, that Songbird support is highly desired. While we wait for an official Songbird Control API we’ve created this add-on that allows us to talk directly to Songbird and give you the control you desire.

If you’d like further support and greater compatibility with Songbird, please let our friends know how much you enjoy this feature.

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