How it works

One setlist. Two views.

The band sees the working version on stage: keys, patches, what's ready. The crowd sees the clean version on openplaylist: the songs, in order, as they happen.

If you're in the crowd

Open the link. That's the setup.

  1. Get tonight's linkThe band shares it on a screen by the stage, a card on the table, or a QR at the door. It looks like openplaylist.com/band-name.
  2. See what's playingThe current song sits at the top while it happens. Songs already played are crossed off, so you can settle "haven't they done this one?" without an argument.
  3. See what's comingThe rest of the night is listed in order. Time your bar run, warm up for your favourite, or start lobbying the band for a swap.
  • Works in any phone browser. No app, no account, no sign-up.
  • Updates itself while the band plays. Refreshing is allowed but never required.
  • If the band changes the set mid-song, you see the change as it happens.
If you're the band

You already did the work. This is just the audience seeing it.

openplaylist is not another thing to update. It is the same setlist you play from, published automatically.

  1. Build your setSongs, keys, order, readiness. Say it out loud or tap it in. That is the band's private working view.
  2. Play the showAs you move through the set on stage, openplaylist follows. Current song on top, played songs crossed off, nothing to babysit.
  3. Share one linkYour band's public address stays the same from gig to gig. Print it on the table cards once and reuse it all year.
Tonight's playlist
Playing nowValerieAmy Winehouse
  1. Take On Me
  2. Dancing Queen
  3. Valerie
  4. Sweet Home Alabama
  5. Wonderwall
  6. Bohemian Rhapsody
openplaylist.com
What the crowd never sees

Stage business stays on stage.

The public playlist shows songs, not logistics. All the working detail of the show stays inside the band's private working view:

Readiness colours

Which songs are tight, which are getting there, and which are rehearsal-only. The crowd only ever sees a song once it's in the night's set.

Keys and patches

Transpositions, keyboard sounds, chord notes and tuning talk. Fascinating at the mic stand, noise everywhere else.

Skipped and cut songs

Anything filtered out of tonight's run simply doesn't appear. The public list is the show as the room experiences it.

Addresses

One address per band, easy to say out loud.

Every band on openplaylist gets a short, memorable address like openplaylist.com/game-of-tones. It works printed on a poster, read out from the stage, or tapped from a WhatsApp group. Bands with more than one public set can add a second part to the address, one per event or tour.

Watch one work.

The fastest way to get it is to open a live playlist while a band is playing.

See a live playlist → Get your band on