Los Angelos

[pilferk]

Is this an American thing....   Durrin concerts for people to play on there phones, constantly go go get drinks and food?? 

I am used to goin to concerts where people are there for the music.  Where people dance and sing to the music.  Not txt people about how great of a time they are having or watch it threw there phone while they record it for later.   

I don't get it

No, it's a 2000's thing.

And generally apparent around the world.  I have friends all over the place..they report (and some are annoyed by...just like you) the same general behavior, especially amongst the younger set. 

But beer runs have been a thing, around the world, during shows for...IDK...40 years?

Maybe Canada is different.....though I know the phone thing isn't.  The food and drink thing...maybe you guys are just so pissed and stuffed when you get to the venue, you're stuck to your seats. ;P

[TheBaconman]

Is this an American thing....   Durrin concerts for people to play on there phones, constantly go go get drinks and food?? 

I am used to goin to concerts where people are there for the music.  Where people dance and sing to the music.  Not txt people about how great of a time they are having or watch it threw there phone while they record it for later.   

I don't get it

No, it's a 2000's thing.

And generally apparent around the world.  I have friends all over the place..they report (and some are annoyed by...just like you) the same general behavior, especially amongst the younger set. 

But beer runs have been a thing, around the world, during shows for...IDK...40 years?

Maybe Canada is different.....though I know the phone thing isn't.  The food and drink thing...maybe you guys are just so pissed and stuffed when you get to the venue, you're stuck to your seats. ;P

Yeah it's not a sporting event.  With down time.  Where you are sitting for the most part.  Where you can eat.    It's a concert that lasts a couple of hours.  Really. You really needed those nachos with extra cheese?

Lookin at a lot of the footage it looks like a lot of people go just to say they where there.   Instaid of enjoying it in the moment

[pilferk]

Yeah it's not a sporting event.  With down time.  Where you are sitting for the most part.  Where you can eat.    It's a concert that lasts a couple of hours.  Really. You really needed those nachos with extra cheese?

Lookin at a lot of the footage it looks like a lot of people go just to say they where there.   Instaid of enjoying it in the moment

I get the objection, and I'm with you.  I do my drinking and eating (and peeing) before the show. 

I have friends around the globe who feel the same, and a few who don't (especially about the drinking part).

But every one, when we've had this discussion, says it happens there too.  But, tbh, I don't think I have  a single Canadian friend who has participated in the discussion. Swedish, Japanese, Irish, Scottish, English, Australian, and my South American buddies, too....they all report the same thing: Having to get up and down 100 times during a show to let someone pass to get food, beer, or piss.  Or that their seat neighbor spends the whole show, standing there, giving a blow by blow (with a couple of selfies thrown in) on SM.    It's not just the US, for sure.

The phone thing bothers me less, if they are recording/streaming/etc the show.  It's the constant access to SM like twitter, insta, and FB that makes me go WTF. Why even go?  But to each their own.

[Six Strings]

It really depends on the concert though. I was at a punk festival last week (Bulgaria, Europe) and I can tell you that you couldn't survive (or at least your burger or cell phone couldn't) during the sets of the bands. Anyways, it pisses me off as well. It even pisses me off that you have these seats on the ground there in America.

[pilferk]

It really depends on the concert though. I was at a punk festival last week (Bulgaria, Europe) and I can tell you that you couldn't survive (or at least your burger or cell phone couldn't) during the sets of the bands. Anyways, it pisses me off as well. It even pisses me off that you have these seats on the ground there in America.

Look to the outsides of the pit...you'll still see those with nses in phones or cups.

The seats on the floor IS a US thing, specifically a US fire code and liability thing.

[D-GenerationX]

Saw Eddie trunk tweet that he expects Steven to play with the band again REALLY soon ....

Sounds like tonight to me.

Bacon ... We get that you hate the U.S... But stop being ridiculous.

No one ever got a beer outside of America.

Non-U.S. concerts...real straight edge affairs.

I responded to these once.  It got deleted

Sure this one will as well. So I won't put much time into it

That's just my boy Jarmo looking out for me.  We go way back.

[TheBaconman]

Saw Eddie trunk tweet that he expects Steven to play with the band again REALLY soon ....

Sounds like tonight to me.

Bacon ... We get that you hate the U.S... But stop being ridiculous.

No one ever got a beer outside of America.

Non-U.S. concerts...real straight edge affairs.

I responded to these once.  It got deleted

Sure this one will as well. So I won't put much time into it

That's just my boy Jarmo looking out for me.  We go way back.

Nope not him and I heard he still thinks you stink