People who go to concerts for a chat!!!

I see this all the time on music forums. Also annoying is the individuals that hold up phones all the way through a concert, sometimes obscuring the view of the people behind. I know people like to video shows, but I prefer to watch the actual performance on the stage, not through a 6 inch screen.

And don't get me started on those who insist on making everyone move to let them in and out of their seats to get drinks, and subsequently make multiple toilet visits.

It's probably the same people who clap at movies. Or maybe not, and it's just people who aren't actual fans and are there for the sake of it, not caring about those genuinely enjoying the show. Perhaps they're more noticeable now than years ago.

Also, phones have been a problem for event goers for a while. I get wanting to record a gig, but at the movies... if you're bored, just leave instead of distracting everyone with your max brightness screen every 5 minutes. I've seen someone take a non-urgent call in the theatre, FFS. This is less offending outdoors, but attention spans are so low for some people, and they are always inconsiderate towards those who want to absorb the experience.

I‘ve haven‘t experienced drunk people at a concert for a long time. Drinks in these arenas are much too expensive. Also at QAL concerts I hardly see anybody leaving their seats. I remember a review from Berlin 2015, where the stuff at the arena „complained“ that hardly anyone came to fetch a drink during the concert. They had rarely ever experienced that. 

But last week in Atlanta Brian shouted at a group of drunk woman close to the B-stage to shut up. Twice. That seems to be more and more of a problem. 

i think there's an "entitlement" issue here - and it's a reflection of the times in which we live. some folk have no consideration for others at all.

it's not just concerts, take pubs for example - parents letting their kids run wild and not being the slightest bit concerned that other people at the same pub might like to enjoy their day out without the impact of kids running around, screaming and generally laying waste to everything in their path.

Then there's the clearly marked "non-smoking" and "smoking" areas outside my local shopping centre. Rather than walk an extra 10 metres to smoke in the designated area, the exit doorways are surrounded by groups smoking and covering the hair/clothing of those leaving the centre with the crap they've just emitted. And don't get me started on vaping - these people are so inconsiderate. Why should I be forced to inhale the second-hand cherry-infused crap that you've just expelled, just because i happen to be behind you in a crowd of people? FFS - have a look around you before exhaling that sh*t!

Last year on a holiday, one mother refused to remove her ultra-feral kids from an Adult-Only Pool at the hotel, basically telling the manager that her kids can go/do whatever they please and that the hotel had no right to confine her and her kids to the Family Swimming Pool. She refused to move and the manager backed down to avoid further confrontation. Within around half-hr that family had the Adult Pool almost entirely to themselves as steadily, the grown-ups (who were there for a quiet afternoon in the sun) wandered off to find somewhere else to enjoy some peace and quiet. I'll wager it never even occurred to her that folk were removing themselves from her orbit because of her and her family. This was an expensive holiday, but as someone with a great deal more eloquence than myself once said: “You may be rich enough to buy comfort and luxuries, but the same money doesn’t define class or give you the ability to purchase it."

Weird how the world has (with this new millennium) turned on its moral axis: there is no more social etiquette, mutual respect or consideration - the wishes of the few now far outweigh those of the many.

I‘ve seen similar discussions among Adam‘s fans. They’re certainly not the ones chatting, while he’s singing the ballads like WWTLF or ITTWWC. Adam‘s fans want to hear Adam sing, it makes no sense for them to talk while he’s doing so. 

sorry, but you can't generalise like that.

1. it's not a one-size-fits all, is it? no one artist has perfectly-behaved fans. AL is no different in that regard and you do wrong to imply otherwise.
2. nobody is going to openly admit to something like that on a public forum, are they? what kind of idiot would actually openly admit: "oh yes, it was me talking all the way through the gig about what i was having for tea tomorrow" - they might be inconsiderate enough to ruin the experience for others in the first place, but they're not stupid enough to ostracise themselves voluntarily by fessing up.


i would venture that this is something of a 2nd-Millennium rock n roll concert disease. attention spans aren't what they used to be, are they? social media and electronic devices are the very life-support for some folks.

you certainly wouldn't have folk talking through operas at Covent Garden, La Scala, NY Met or Vienna State, and I'm pretty sure nobody talks their way through Shakespeare at the RSC.
any that do, quite likely only do it ONCE - and very briefly.

The music is just not as loud anymore. You can chat.

It’s not as loud as in the past, there are regulations in place now. But it’s still too loud to chat for me personally. When I wanted to tell my friend something during a QAL concert I had to shout into her ear.

That's one TV show that's more than outstayed it's welcome. That said, it must be good for the environment as everything is recycled. 🙄

I am one of those who does video shows but its not the whole show, just some songs. I do check before I do record that I am not blocking someone else's view though.

I haven't watched it for years. The first series was hilarious, but you can only really take a handful of repeated jokes so far.

Chompers are everywhere

Got to feel sorry for the new generation of concert goers. At least back in the 70 & 80`s if you stood anywhere near a speaker you got your hair dried free.
Now it wouldn`t even blow one hair out of place on your well cofficured hairstyle. 😄

That's why I go to small local theaters, for example Gary Mullen and the Works' Queen Tribute show at Stadium Theater in Rhode Island was fantastic, sound was the loudest show I've been to. They did it right.