Inappropriate Concert Behaviour

Tonight I went to The Fray at The Tivoli. First of all, I love The Tivoli. I'm pretty sure it's definitely my favourite venue. So many good memories at that place. I think band's are just better there. And you have to be pretty bad not to be good at The Tivoli.

When you go to see a live show, generally speaking and depending on the band, you kind of know what to expect in terms of how the audience is going to behave. It's like some kind of agreement between concertgoers that in certain situations you behave in a certain way. For example, tonight, The Fray is the kind of band where people are going to be into the music but they're not going to get overtly physically into it, if you get what I mean. So you stand there and have a great time but you're not exactly going to come out sweating after jumping around all night.

I swear that at every concert there is always one person or one group of people who seem completely unaware of the audience code of conduct. Tonight for instance, there were four people in front of me who were engaging in the most inappropriate mosh-style antics I have ever seen. And they just didn't seem to notice that every single person around them was thinking, "Look, will you just f&#k off!" I'm all for personal expression and being allowed to enjoy yourself in whatever way you want, despite the fact that sometimes you might look really stupid, but seriously, not when it really impacts on people around you. Particularly when a pretty emotionally charged song is reaching its summit and idiots in front are moshing like wankers.

To be truthful, when looking from afar at these sort of people, it can be kind of funny. It's ridiculous to think that some people are so unaware of their surroundings. But when it's happening right in front of you and you're getting bumped the whole time in completely inappropriate circumstances, it just gets annoying.

The chance of the annoying people I'm talking about reading this blog is almost certainly zero, so to everyone else, collectively, as etiquette abiding live music lovers, when idiots are ruining the musical experience for the people around them, let's try and subtly herd them out of the venue.