I stood at a concert

Why didn’t you buy a standing area ticket?

Why do you think people wouldn't go to shows if they couldn't stand up in the seated area?
You may only go to concerts in order to stand but most people go for the music.

People stand at concerts/gigs it’s absolutely to be expected. You did nothing wrong OP

Why did you stand up at a seated show? Get standing tickets if you want to stand. You knew you were blocking people behind you. I don't get this at all.

Why didn’t you buy a standing ticket if you wanted to stand for the whole night?

Sounds like you ruined their night op not him
You said a few people were standing at the point they asked you to sit. Once everyone was up fair enough but right from the start......nah you just thought well people stand up so I'm standing up (on my own).
You'd have annoyed me too

YANBU
I went to a concert recently at London stadium in seated tickets, I did a mix of standing and sitting. There were times when the people in front of me were stood and I was sitting. It’s just the way it is at gigs.

YABU, they paid to see the singer too, you were stood blocking their view.

To the people saying you should go in the standing area if you want to stand - this makes no sense for the artist - they would potentially be playing to half empty venues if it stated that the seating areas are strictly no standing. I wouldn’t enjoy a concert half as much if i couldn’t get up and dance

I personally would not buy a standing ticket as i’m only 5ft and can’t see if anyone would be in front of me, (learnt from experience) however i do stand up and dance, i’ve never been asked to sit down, though i probably wouldn’t stand if i was the only one. it may seem selfish to “block someones view” but everyone has bought a ticket to enjoy the concert, i’ve never been to a concert where the whole seated areas remain seated.

The answer would be as someone has stated to have a seating part that states no standing at the time of booking so people are away.

A mosh pit is very different to a standing area. Plus you can't just leave your seat and join a different area of the concert. They need to restrict numbers to the standing area to prevent a crush and dangerous levels of overcrowding.
You also can't just move to the aisle or another random place due to safety.

But I've been going to concerts since the 80s and I've always stood in seated areas for the types of shows I go to. It's only been since the 2000s/2010s that I've been to concerts where people sit throughout.

I don’t have a particular aibu, but I felt that I was only asked to sit because I looked like an easy target to ask.

Surely they asked you to sit because YOU were the one in front of them blocking their view?

Why would they ask people sitting around or behind them to sit down if it wasn't having an effect on them?

Anyway, if you wanted to stand, you should have bought a standing ticket. YABU.

This is why I can no longer go to concerts - I can't stand for any length of time so choose seated and then some some people stand up the whole way through.

The problem is safety (and actual safety not over the top health and safety) in that standing in seated areas is not as easy as just saying let’s have a seated area and the rest stand - safe standing is being brought in but will take time and will be venue dependent

Here though you bought a seat that takes precedent over standing until everyone stands

Yabu. You bought a seated ticket so you sit. If you want to stand buy a standing ticket.

Yes I was confused by this post, I go to gigs a lot, there is nearly always a mosh pit, or you can stand in the aisle if it’s a tiny venue, ensuring you don’t block it.

YABU and unkind. Your OP makes you seem like you were only thinking about yourself and that you were trying to blame them.

My back would be killing me if I had to stand for a whole concert and if I could only see the screen then it would be pointless going.

You would enjoy the concert less if you had to sit but you could still see it and enjoy it but you will have ruined it for them. Even seeing the screens would be difficult if you are right behind people standing - unless the seating is really raked.

Yes I go to a lot of gigs, for me you stand up if those behind have, or if you wish to stand you move to the aisle or the mosh pit.

Well if you can't get the ticket you want you make a decision to either buy what is available or not go.

Get the feeling a number of contributors haven’t been to many gigs for a while. On average I go to at least 5 a year and the majority are in arenas. The only times I’ve been to gigs where there were “standing” areas in the last decade+ were venues that didn’t have any seating.

I go to way more than 5 gigs a year, arenas and smaller venues all have standing, some have only standing or accessibile. The only times there has been no standing at an arena has been for a comedian, classical performance or similar not really what I'd call a gig.

In my experience you only stand up if those behind you have stood up. Personally I think you were selfish.

I don't understand, you say these areas exist (I'm assuming that was in reference to the post you quoted suggested seated only areas) and then you say maybe there should be zones where people can just sit. Are there areas where people have to stay seated?

Some people can stand for a short time so maybe the man wasn't able to stand for the whole concert and you blocked his view. Not sure what the point is in having a seat if you don't want to sit.

It always was and should be but since the pandemic, especially regionally, the narcissist attention seekers are out in force at theatres not just standing but singing a long to musicals, beers or glasses of wine in hand (at Hamilton, ended up with red wine chucked all over my new cream suede jacket and was told by the pissed middle aged “Mum on the lash wahooooooo, I can rap too!” who did it, “lighten up you miserable cow, it’s only a fucking jacket”. Often the staff are teenagers or young students, or in my local theatre, retired volunteers who are scared of confronting this sort of behaviour with nasty drunks no matter how unhappy it’s making people. So I’ve just stopped going. “This is why we can’t have nice things”.

What concerts are you going to? All the concerts I’ve been to recently (and all the ones friends have posted photos of) have all been standing in front of the stage, many have had no seating at all.