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For the past few years after every Coachella festival, there are complaints about the audience being dead-eyed and staring at the concert through their phones; no dancing, no clapping, no singing.
Every concert I have been to post-Covid has been a horrible experience. Peoples' behavior at public events seems to have gone noticeably downhill. A pop/rock concert isn't a ballet recital, I don't expect people to sit quietly with their hands in the laps (although the fogey in me might like that). Yet I find it odd that people pay hundreds of dollars to go to a concert for the sole purpose of screaming at the top of their lungs for 90 minutes. Every recent concert I've been to made me feel like I paid to listen to 1000s of people do bad karaoke rather than hear the actual artist.
I think I'd prefer the glassy-eyed Gen Z audience because then I could at least enjoy the music.
For those who still go to concerts, what have your recent experiences been like? What is your expectation of audience behavior?
Every concert I have been to post-Covid has been a horrible experience. Peoples' behavior at public events seems to have gone noticeably downhill. A pop/rock concert isn't a ballet recital, I don't expect people to sit quietly with their hands in the laps (although the fogey in me might like that). Yet I find it odd that people pay hundreds of dollars to go to a concert for the sole purpose of screaming at the top of their lungs for 90 minutes. Every recent concert I've been to made me feel like I paid to listen to 1000s of people do bad karaoke rather than hear the actual artist.
I think I'd prefer the glassy-eyed Gen Z audience because then I could at least enjoy the music.
For those who still go to concerts, what have your recent experiences been like? What is your expectation of audience behavior?