The UK’s summer of music 2009 kicks off to a brilliant start with Glastonbury this week, headlined by Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young and Blur. It may even be sunny, for the first time in a few years. Gigs and other music events help to bring friends together. People meet from all ends of the country and travel great distances to see their favourite bands. While the experience is always positive in the end, sometimes the pain of getting large groups together can dampen spirits. However, Doodle - the easy online scheduling tool - can take the angst out of gig meetups for an epic summer of music.

Michael Naef, CEO at Doodle, explains further:

“For music fans, discovering when people are free to attend a gig together, or when to meet up during Glastonbury, can cramp even the most free spirits. It typically involves emailing each other or sending around events details on Facebook, then calling people to confirm. It can be notoriously easy to miss your friends at Glastonbury."

"On the other hand Doodle plans meetups in seconds, by simply going to doodle.com and putting in your date/time options for your gig meetups, and sending the unique URL to your event around to friends. They simply tick the time they’re free and you have a date. Our site is extremely lean, so it loads just as easily on your phone as your PC. Music fans need spontaneous, mobile tools at gigs,” Naef said.

Doodle has 3 million unique users around the world, with people scheduling meetups for work events, business meetings, and a myriad of personal meetings ranging from going to the movies, stag and hen do’s, to music and theatre events. Doodle is a completely free tool that can be accessed wherever the internet and mobile reception is – even from the muddy fields of Glastonbury.

“We hope all UK Doodle users can embrace the summer of music and put admin headaches to rest with our free tool,” concluded Naef. “Glastonbury’s famous healing grounds are about making life simpler and sweeter, and many new web tools have the same objective. Music and tech can indeed make a great marriage.”

For more information about Doodle, the web’s easiest scheduling tool, visit doodle.com.