Dedicated Live Events section in Desktop UI

[shejan0]

In a recent update to the Spotify Web and Desktop UI, the search option no longer switches to a unique exploration central UI, a search bar was added to the top only opening a drop-down list of recently searched options. 

A vinyl stack icon was added to the right of the search bar to achieve the same UI as before:

Ultimately, it is confusing that the vinyl stack also contains exploration options like Audiobooks and Year in Review.

The biggest hidden feature is definitely the custom "Live Events" option in this menu, not only is it not obvious that it is a completely custom feature that is catered to the user's followed artists, but it is now hidden behind this vinyl stack icon, making it harder to find. It is also arguable whether it is in the same general idea of options as the other options in the same UI. 

I think adding a microphone button or some other indicator to make it obvious of its unique functionality should be added to the top of the UI, like the home icon or bell on the top row.

It would encourage supporting artists directly from the listener's perspective as they would know when their events are (an individual artist's dates currently show up in the "Now Playing" UI when playing a track, but this dedicated Live Events UI shows many artists at once). It also encourages artists to add their tour dates to Spotify.