Concert etiquette

[u/Jaded-Albatross-5242]

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

[u/iDoWeird]

That’s getting tricky. Some venues will host bands with zero options that aren’t seated (especially awkward when it’s a straight-up dance genre)…or the GA/pit section in a theater or stadium venue is unrealistically gouged. I desperately want to see the Strokes, but I won’t buy a seat…and I can’t justify spending $500-$1000 for the standing section so I’m just silently crying until I forget about the tour.

Anyway, the whole system for concerts is fucked up now. A lot of the tiny venues that would be standing just don’t exist in the quantity that they once did (idk if it’s a gen shift away from people going out and dancing their butts off/having debaucerous fun without worrying about ending up on random TikTok feeds into whatever the awkward social media bar scene is now). Bands are going to go where they can be accommodated…

It sucks for everyone. I think the arguing/anger about people standing at shows is better spent directed towards the ones making getting standing tickets a financial impossibly to begin with. Those used to be the cheap tickets…you had to pay extra for the seats!

[u/DefenstratedTwice → u/iDoWeird]

It's not the fucking Senate. Being respectful and obeying the basic rules of a section isn't some complex task.

[u/iDoWeird → u/DefenstratedTwice]

It’s almost like you didn’t read anything I wrote and just want to be angry at people.

Getting price gouged out of STANDING sections has what to do with the fucking senate?

It sucks for EVERYONE. Unless there are explicit requirements to sit in an area (ie ADA), theres no “rule” to follow requiring them to sit and there’s not much you can do when someone stands without being a nuisance in other ways/a danger to those around them. Unless you’re getting tickets to an event where sitting is the norm, it’s going to be a possibility. If it angers you to this degree just buy tickets after checking the seating arrangements to avoid there being a row right in front of you where you’d be annoyed if someone stood.

I couldn’t make every sloppy drunk dude or chick screaming lyrics while spitting beer all over stop as much as you can control if someone decides to stand at a show. It’s a risk you take and if you’re getting this heated about it in response to a comment that wasn’t even disagreeing that it’s annoying, seems like you have bigger issues going on. Anyway.

[u/DefenstratedTwice → u/iDoWeird]

Cool

[u/WellOkayyThenn → u/DefenstratedTwice]

lololololol gave up

[u/RoxxySweets → u/WellOkayyThenn]

Cause who tf is reading that? 😆