I stood at a concert

It depends on the venue and how sloped the seating is.

I prefer to stand, it means I can move to a position where I can see. If the only option left is seated then I take it. However, the last couple of times I've done this the people in front of me have stood up. I stood up, but even when I stood I couldn't see. It wasn't a stadium so not enough of a slope to accommodate the height difference. I couldn't move sideways as it was allocated seats. The people in front were selfish and didn't care.

Many venues offer both. If you've missed the standing tickets (as I often do) I think you need to accept that you may not be able to stand.

Depends on the gig. Have you not been to gigs where only a few drunk people stand up?
Still it's awkward to complain isn't it. It's not nice to be put in that position.

Yeah that’s really not the point. Would you pay 70-80£ to watch a big screen?

I’m totally with you, I love standing at concerts! I’ve been to a few concerts post-covid and the audience seem to have stopped standing up. Proper spoils it for me!
James Blunt is actually pretty good, he makes the audience stand 😂 but I’ve even been to rock concerts and people have stayed seated!

No, but it's two different arguments

"Venues should have sufficient seats and appropriate areas for disabled people to attend concerts with the knowledge their view won't be blocked." = a very reasonable point

"In venues that have not done this, it is the responsibility of the (sometimes hundreds of thousands) of other concert goers to sit throughout the entire gig and not stand up to dance at any point on the off-chance a disabled person might be sitting behind them." Isn't.

I’d also like to bAn the fuckers who either sit or stand in front of you holding their phones aloft to film and you end up watching the gig through their bloody phone!! I’ve had words on several occasions

So have the back of the arena on the slope seating strictly seated, no standing and easy access platforms. The rest of the place is do as you wish.

After all, if everyone bothered to read the OP properly, they would know that this is what was being asked, should their be dedicated seating only. Instead everyone decided to make out everyone who stood with a seat was breaking some sort of non existent rule and you should never stand at a concert ever and reaching even further and getting upset because they had convinced themselves that people were saying those with disabilities shouldn't be considered!

"So once again, people with disabilities don't matter?"

You're reaching a bit there. I didn't say eradicate the accessible areas for people with disabilities. Goodness me 😂

Just so you're aware (but I think you were absolutely right to stand in this situation), but there are SO few accessibility tickets available - even at Stadiums - that many people with disabilities end up having to sit in GA. So the idea of a 'stay seated' area is a great one!
That said, even when I have to sit in GA as someone with a disability, I would never expect people around me to change or temper their experience because I couldn't stand.

And what if (as was the case when I saw Eras this year) literally everyone is standing in front of me? If I sit I won’t be able to see, and the person behind will still probably have a restricted view as well. It would need everyone in the block to sit to accommodate the request, which would take stewards to intervene to enforce - which they won’t because it’s not the venue’s policy that being seated is mandatory. So in that case I probably would have declined to sit. I wouldn’t be the only one in the block standing, but if everyone is standing, I will be too.

I can’t stand up for long and if you were blocking my view I would have asked you to sit down too

Anyone that didn’t get up to dance to The Bucket is unreasonable.

A lot of people get seated tickets as there are no standing ones left. I went to see Taylor a couple of weeks ago and had seats but we (and
no one around us) sat at all,

They already have a large seated area - it's called the seats. If you want to stand up, buy a standing ticket.

So once again, people with disabilities don't matter?

What don't you get about "not everyone can stand " no matter how much they want to?

So I started checking somewhat local venues on what they say...
Most say "you should expect people around you may stand. Please don't stand on seats or in aisles"
But one specifically bans standing in the seated sections, which is interesting as I have said before I haven't booked shows there as often only the standing tickets are left and I want to be able to sit at times and stand at times. So seeing this has put me off using the venue even more (the prices are often more than I am willing to pay for the type of venue it is) now because I like the choice when in seated.

Far from sections being empty - accessible tickets can be near impossible to get, venues have very limited amounts of them and they sell out very quickly. Changes in the way tickets are booked mean that the areas previously reserved for wheelchair users are now booked by people that can and do stand. In the case of places such as the O2 (closest platform) and Wembley arena where you sit side on to the stage, your view can be blocked almost totally if the person nexts to you chooses to stand.

Ambulant disabled people that are unable to stand but can walk to their seat are often placed in the back row of a section (so only one step down), this means despite booking the correct ticket, their view is instantly blocked when people stand. Previously those sections were all seated.

For everyone saying 'just buy a standing ticket' you must be aware that some venues either don't have them or a very limited amount??

My friend is disabled and loves gigs so yes there should be accessible areas of course, but fully seated is just boring IMO.

I refuse to go to seated gigs now for this reason. If I want to just sit I can do that on my sofa at home with Spotify on.

The last gig I went to that was (mostly) seated (no standing tickets available when I bought) was a really upbeat, energetic band I love and EVERYBODY sat until their last, biggest song. Zero atmosphere.

But then I like to get in the mosh pit and/or right up front by the stage dancing my arse off at gigs so maybe I'm the wrong person to ask!

Ps thank you for reminding me about The Bucket, I don't generally love Kings of Leon but that song has such good memories for me 😁

We were standing at concerts 30 years ago, how far are you going back??

Takeonflea But surely it's common for accessible things not to be full? The venue is still required to have them regardless. All they'd have to do is increase capacity to the point that they think would be wanted and would sell (they must have the market research/experience to know that) and remove the need for proof of disability. If it's not an area that's going to be abused due to it being a compromise/lesser experience for 99% of concert goers, then it's silly to demand a 'level' of physical need for it.

I agree with you that a rock/pop/country etc concert is designed to be stood up and danced to. But there are people who can't do that. They're already losing out by not being able to join in fully and get the optimum experience. So they shouldn't end up losing out further by not being able to see. Their enjoyment matters too. Not more than physically able people's. But the same amount.

I'm just on my way home after seeing the Killers at the O2. We were in a seated area and we stood up as soon as they came on, as did the majority of people around us including an 83 year old man, who was stood next to us, it was awesome