SoundGenerator.com, the music news website with a network of 20 correspondents, has been sold to Tourdates.co.uk for an undisclosed amount.

The deal combines two of the UK’s strongest independent music communities.

“SoundGenerator’s founders saw early the pivotal role that the web would play in the development of the music industry and appreciated the growing importance of a truly independent social community, not merely peddling a broader corporate agenda. We are delighted to be able to pick up the baton and continue their work,” Mark Beilby, Tourdates chairman, added in a release from the company.