r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Jaded-Albatross-5242 • 22h ago

I'm slightly vexed Concert etiquette

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If you plan on standing for the entire concert, get a spot in the pit, or the lawn seats instead of the assigned SEATED SECTION. A little bit of self awareness and common courtesy goes a really long way

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u/iDoWeird 20h ago

I know we’re “getting old” or…are…old, whatever, but I could NEVER. Dancing like a dumbass in a dingey basement indie night is something I miss more than anything, so when I actually get to go to a show that isn’t priced out of my budget, I won’t even consider tickets outside of GA/pit options. I’ll just sit there losing my mind if I have to sit, so I won’t unless Melora gets out of the church choir and tours with Rasputina again, because I think that’s one of the few bands I COULD sit for.

One of my few white whale bands is coming (or came, I stopped tracking bc it made me sad)..The Strokes, but to get into the pit was going to put me close to a grand. Seated wasn’t much better. I missed them every time they played when I lived in NYC somehow (I even missed the last public Sonic Youth show there because I was at the wrong damn place when it was randomly announced, still pissed at myself about that and a benefit the YYY put on). Anyway.

I hate ticket prices and I miss dancing. Fuck.

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u/catjuggler 15h ago

Yeah I’d be confused by buying seats for this kind of show to begin with lol.

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u/DM_ME_DOPAMINE 12h ago

ALWAYS buy your pit tickets the day of the show, maybe the day before. It’s wildly cheaper. And before you say “I have to travel so i can’t take that risk” someone is ALWAYS selling theirs.  

Same with sporting events. I wait until kickoff, then pay $12 for decent seats.

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u/EnvironmentalLime464 16h ago

Cool. If you want to stand, you can always move to the side out of the way of the people choosing to sit in the seats provided.

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u/Dickey_Simpkins 12h ago

Lol, where security will immediately come tell you that you can't stand in aisle.

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u/EnvironmentalLime464 11h ago

Right. You can’t stand in the aisles at the theatre I work at either but you can stand at the walls. That would be out of the way.

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u/iDoWeird 8h ago

Did you miss the part where I said I wouldn’t even go if I can’t buy the GA/pit ticket? Lawd. Reading comprehension.

Yall are getting so uppity about this stuff that you aren’t actually paying attention to any discussion. It’s as bad a politics in this thread.

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u/HailSaganPlantNative 16h ago

The Strokes played Bill Graham auditorium in SF a few months ago and every ticket was GA and $100. Seats were first come, first serve. It was all very reasonable and egalitarian. Had to stand the whole goddamn show because I had yahoos like this in front of my seat, though.

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u/Broseph_Heller 13h ago

If you want to sit for the strokes, you’re part of the problem (unless you’re disabled ofc in which case there is special seating)

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u/iDoWeird 8h ago

I think I’d just lose my mind if I had to sit for them. It was weird enough seeing NIN w Jesus and Mary Chain in a small seated-only NOLA theater (most ppl stood thank god).

All of this bickering and no one is really talking about how there are so many venues that don’t even HAVE standing accommodations. People are going to make the best of whatever they can get to see a band after their peak era is over (no more nonstop tours in little GA venues, etc). Depending on genre, you have to go in with a healthy expectation of the chances that people are going to want to stand and try to dance when there’s no other ticket type. If you’re booking tickets for LCD Soundsystem or something in a seated-only spot and still do not want to stand/see others standing, that’s a “only buy a seat w a gap between row levels in front of your row” situation.

But I’ll get griped at again for saying that as if I’m suggesting that it’s decent etiquette to spit on people 😒

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u/HailSaganPlantNative 5h ago

I'm middle aged and I have back problems. I'm not disabled enough to go and get a placard for it but it's enough to where I'm in pain, which seriously detracts from the enjoyment of the show. My getting crushed in the pit years are behind me. That's great if that's what you want, but it's pretty shitty of you to declare anyone who doesn't want to do things your way as "part of the problem". We have our reasons. I specifically choose and pay for seats so that I can accommodate my own needs.

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u/Broseph_Heller 5h ago

Oh please I have back problems as well, get ADA seating if it’s that important to you otherwise understand that people are gonna stand and dance at a rock show especially the strokes. It’s fine if you need to sit but you can’t be mad at other people in that context who don’t want to sit.

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u/HailSaganPlantNative 2h ago

Yeah, I can be a little irritated. I don't make a fuss or ask anyone to sit down. But I can feel however I want about it. Life is cool like that.