I stood at a concert

I think it depends who else in your block is standing. I went to see Bruno Mars a few years ago and just one guy in our block stood up in the row in front only in my eyeline. It blocked my view for half the concert and I couldn't stand up myself because I'd block others view-and feel quite uncomfortable being the only one standing in my row. I'm too polite to say anything plus he was on his own and I assumed SEN from his dancing and fact he didn't care that he was the only one standing. I echo others sentiments-get a standing ticket, there's plenty?

YANBU. What a miserable atmosphere iF everyone is sitting quietly in their seats!

YABU. Standing means you are definitely blocking someone’s view. The concert is there for everyone, not just for your enjoyment.

Each to their own but you’ll never catch me again going to concerts or any type of live performance. Last one was a serious play and people talked, looked on mobiles and ate all the way through it. I didn’t catch much of the performance. What a waste of time and money.

Went to a concert and had a seat to the side of the stage. In my experience, everyone stands when the act comes on. This didn’t happen universally, but probably around a quarter of the crowd started by standing. I was a little in front of most of the other ‘standers’ and sort of leaned on my seat a bit to minimise myself I suppose, but wanted to enjoy the songs and not sit.

A few songs in, a lady behind me tapped my arm and asked me to sit because her boyfriend/husband (sitting next to her) couldn’t see. I just said, ‘I’m sorry, but this is a concert’ and carried on standing. I’m pretty small and there were massive screens and a stage. I don’t think I blocked it all out.

A few songs later, the ‘very popular and famous’ song was performed and everyone stood up including the woman and her boyfriend. After that, most of the crowd continued standing and a bunch of people were dancing like windmills and nobody bothered them. The angry man and his girlfriend stormed out at this point.

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. It annoyed me that the woman had to ask for the guy and that it was put to me that I should sit because this guy’s preference was all important. I also felt sad for the woman because she was wearing the band T Shirt (so I assumed she was the fan) and this guy seemed to ruin her night with his moans and complaints while she just seemed to want to dance and enjoy the concert like everyone else.

So, should there be areas at concerts where everyone has to stay seated? I don’t think all the seating areas should be this way because they outnumber the floor and it would make for pretty sedentary concerts but maybe a compromise somewhere?

It's ace being disabled. Beautiful attitude people have

Why are you wants and needs more important than mine?

And you don't want to seem to listen to the many people telling you otherwise

Ok. If you want to believe you don't infringe on others you can. You don't seem to want to listen to the many people telling you otherwise.

Actually they're on about pop and rock.

And you can't assume they didn't want to stand either

Because people DO like to stand. And will sit when they need to

Nah I was being silly. Although people are literally only saying stadium pop gigs which are a tiny minority of gigs.
Anyway you still can't assume most people want to stand just because they've been forced to be those in front of them. That's my point

Can you suggest which concerts the are for "proper" adults since it's now teens and those who might be reliving their past as teens who stand?

I mean if one is going to see boyzone then they are pretending to be a teen for the night no?

Pretty sure the Boyzone gigs I went to weren't full of teens either but grown women who were standing up, singing and dancing

I've been to a lot of gigs. You can send links to teens at Taylor Swift but many adults don't want to stand the whole time.
You want to feel better about blocking someone's view so are assuming they are standing because they want to not because they've been forced by those standing in front of them.
Even at many standing gigs people aren't dancing and screaming, they sway a bit and tap their toe. Again not gigs mostly made up of teens.

It's ace being disabled. Beautiful attitude people have

Why are you wants and needs more important than mine?

So many posters saying just get standing tickets. Clearly you either don’t follow big artists or you’ve never booked via Ticketmaster! The last four concerts I’ve been to have involved my having to log in on three separate devices, and ending up getting whatever non-VIP Super Douper platinum and diamond tickets are left, usually up in the Gods.

Not to mention the fact that the maths aren’t mathing in terms of seating vs standing. Wembley stadium holds 90k seated and 25k standing, so 22% of the capacity is standing. I would hazard a guess that more than 22% of say Beyoncé or Coldplay’s fans would want to purchase standing tickets but can’t.