Sold-out concerts have a certain timelessness. Fans rush the merchandise booth, crews tune guitars, and promoters pace the lobby while managers huddle with their artists in the greenroom. But beneath that familiar surface, the live-music business is being rewired. The systems guiding who gets through security fastest, how merch is stocked, which shows get routed where and how lights sync to the beat are no longer governed by human instinct alone. Increasingly, they’re powered by artificial intelligence — and the emerging technology’s impact will only deepen in the decade ahead.

“Live music has always been a people business, but in the next five to 10 years, it will also become a much more sophisticated data business,” explains Tash Singh, founder of Fusible.ai, one of several startups hel

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