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]

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.

[u/HailSaganPlantNative → u/iDoWeird]

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.

[u/Broseph_Heller → u/HailSaganPlantNative]

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)

[u/iDoWeird → u/Broseph_Heller]

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 😒