To wonder why some people get so drunk at concerts?

I find lots of people can’t really enjoy themselves without a drink. I have no idea why people need to be drunk at events - it would ruin it for me. I do judge and would choose not to spend time with people who ruined events like this.

Few years ago went to a festival with DPs sister and boyfriend. We glamped so had paid quite a bit. Lots of bands me and DP were excited about. We had a drink but not drunk. It was amazing weather and great line up. Was so excited to stay in posh tents with showers.

his sister and bf got hammered each night. Missed the headliners, couldn’t remember many bands and argued loads with people. Sick in the tents and somehow too hungover to queue for the amazing hot showers. On day 4 only made it to see 1 band, the recent and then stank. We had paid £650 each. What a waste. They should have stayed at home.

no idea how they afforded to get so drunk. It was £6 a pint.

It's usually the person who has been dragged there by the person who actually wants to be there.

To be fair I'd rather be three sheets to the wind than conscious and aware that I was at an Oasis concert.

I think that's part of it - people get psyched up for a big night out and end up over doing it - and likely their alcohol tolerance is lower than it used to be when big nights out where more frequent and they were younger.

Bizarrely it seems to happen far more nowadays when tickets for gigs are far more expensive than back in the day when going to see a band was just a regular night out and relatively inexpensive.

I don't understand why some people bother buying tickets for concerts- drinking, talking to their mates (shouting, actually), alternating trips to the bar with trips to the loo, often leaving about two thirds of the way through. Just as likely to happen at mega expensive events as at small gigs. I am so fed up with it, I really have to be persuaded to go to a concert these days.

I went to a local, seated, tribute concert last night for an 80/90s band. There were some drunk people, one who embarrassed herself. Flashbacks of my youth came rushing back, where the expectation was to get drunk or be the odd one out. I was left out a lot for not drinking to excess. I guess the culture hasn't changed for some.

I don't understand either the drinking or filming, just enjoy the show! I'm assuming the filming is to post online, for likes & envy.

My friend saw someone passed out at oasis years ago, she said they tried to wake him and he said ‘I’ll be awake in a while, give me some time’ before security helped him out

A singer I like had a big revival after a Glastonbury set. Went to see him in concert and he played some greatest hits from his set as well as his standard tunes

2 very pissed up women being held up by their partners started shouting 'la la la la' to the songs, I asked them what they were doing and they said they didn’t know the words so decided to shout loudly 'la la la la' instead. You can imagine my response 🤣. They didn’t last much longer before being carried out of the gig

I completely agree. I just don’t understand the mentality of people spending all that money on tickets and then just going in and out all the time getting drinks.

A couple of years ago I took Dd and some friends to an Arctic Monkeys concert and I was shocked at how pissed up much of the audience were. Dd and her friends went towards the front to be in the thick of things, and I stood nearer the back on my own. At one point I felt something splash onto my shoes and it was a man behind me PISSING in the middle of the crowd. He could hardly stand and looked very sheepish when I laid into him. I very much doubt he’s experienced such fury before or since 😁

I've been this person before.

It was a concern I didn't really want to go to (tickets were a gift) and I'd had an awful week so took too much advantage of the opportunity. DS was with my parents so it was a rare child free night and the opportunity was just there.
I completely regret it, especially condering DH and my friends had to deal with me being hammered while the were merrily drinking. I felt awful after the fact, but while I swear it won't happen again, I so rarely get to blow off steam, I can easily imagine it happening.

I imagine some people are overdoing at these big nostalgic concerts because they are over excited and temporarily forget how old they've gotten

It's why I didn’t even try for Oasis tickets, the thought of middle aged drunk men put me off.

I do t get it either. All that money to not remember it or be so drunk to not enjoy it. I love a drink before a concert but stop well within my limits to enjoy the gig

I understand where you are coming from.I went to see Deacon Blue last month.The three women in the row behind us yelled at each other all the way through. There was a ‘you spilled my pint’ fight on the other side of the aisle and the floor was covered with lager.

Last one I was at, two women in a large group, so drunk their friends were having to hold them up. One ended on a bench, sobbing, her friends trying to console her.
The other, so drunk the stewards helped her to a bench and she slept through the whole concert.

Embarrassed themselves.

The two drunken women missed the whole concert as did some of their friends. What a waste of time and money.

Worst ever I saw was a middle aged woman at. Barbra Streisand gig about 20 years ago at the 02. She was wearing a very expensive linen suit, propped up either side by her daughters, had pissed herself and was barely conscious. Gig hadn’t even started.(

Nail on the head. Some people cannot imagine having a good time without drinking. The more they drink, the better they think the event will be. Different events will attract more or less of that kind of person.

As a broad brush approximation, the kind of person who is likely to be paying to see Oasis now is the kind of person who was deep into lad culture in the 90s. This is exactly the kind of person who is likely to get utterly wankered at a gig.

Some people get carried away, some people are used to being drunk at every social occasion. If you grew up in the 90s it’s not hard to see why

@childofthe607080s it was an open air concert.... security seemed more interested in confiscating drinks bottles than anything else 😂😂 my sons first concert and first pint 😀 ❤️

Yes, I also find this really odd. I have no problem with people getting blind drunk if they want to, but it seems really strange to do that at an event you’ve paid £££s to attend. Obviously a couple of drinks and being a bit merry is fine and part of a good time, but if someone’s so drunk they won’t actually enjoy or remember the gig, it’s just mad.

In my experience, though, it’s only usually at very big high profile ‘event’ gigs (like Oasis) that this happens, never at smaller venues, which makes me wonder whether it’s a case of people who don’t get to go out very often getting carried away on a big occasion. I don’t think it’s ever people who go to a couple of gigs a month who end up comatose by the time the main act comes on.

The people who annoy me at smaller gigs are the people who just stand in a group chatting throughout the performance, as if the band isn’t there, often having to yell into each other’s ears to hear each other. Just go to the pub instead! Nobody else wants to hear you shouting over the music about your holiday or your problems with your manager FFS.

Our local venue will chuck people out for this

bloody good venue

My mum was really shocked when we went to see Peter Kay and people were passed out in the foyers. Even Peter made a comment to the ‘garlic bread' knob head saying you’ve spent this much money and you’re going to be too pissed to remember anything about it, before threatening to get him kicked out

I don’t understand the recording and videoing at concerts either. I was at a gig and the people in front just spent the whole gig taking selfies of each other facing away from the stage.

I will admit taking 3 photos max at a concert then my phone is away for the rest of the gig

Last concert I went to I had a pint in the lovely sunshine 😌 ☀️ group of people near me did not stop talking all through the concert......🤬🤬

Because quite a lot of people are really shit at life. Zero self-control, zero self-awareness, and zero self-respect.

Really really dismal human beings.