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To wonder why some people get so drunk at concerts?

34 replies

mightyducks · 25/10/2025 20:46

Twice this year I have even to major concerts where the person next to me so drunk they were virtually unconscious, one was a bloke with his wife, it was a sit down concert , he was absolutely out of it and then went to sleep. The other was Oasis, bloke was so drunk he was just in a pile on the floor, didn’t see any of the concert, he like that when he arrived. Why do people do this? The tickets for both were really expensive, surely you want to go and enjoy the concert, not get so drunk you miss most of it and can’t remember it the next day? AIBU?

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OonaStubbs · 25/10/2025 22:00

Unfortunately some people's idea of enjoying themselves is getting blind drunk. They literally can't go out anywhere without alcohol.

childofthe607080s · 25/10/2025 21:59

It does affect others

people staggering into you , incoherent yelling and eventually getting thrown out - all a distraction , and sometimes a physically painful one

Redpeach · 25/10/2025 21:58

If it doesn't affect you does it really matter

ThePoshUns · 25/10/2025 21:34

Gosh I always think this too. Why pay £100 to go to a concert and drink so much that you don’t remember it? I once left a concert ( Kings of Leon at Swansea stadium) because so many people were drunk and off their faces on god knows what that the atmosphere was awful. I like a drink as much as the next person and have a beer or two when I’m at a gig but that’s it because I want to enjoy it and remember it.

Nofksleft2give · 25/10/2025 21:16

Agree. I’m also not a huge fan of people filming the whole show while waving their phone around in front of me. Do they really settle down at home afterwards and watch it all back?

SellFridges · 25/10/2025 21:01

YANBU. I like a drink at a gig. Have definitely been drunk at gigs. Not aware that I’ve annoyed others because of this, although I have definitely witnessed what you’re observing.

It’s my favourite form of “going out” so for me it’s about having some drinks with friends and enjoying the music. I’ll be quite giddy and absorbed in the moment. Sometimes I might have one too many. I imagine that’s what happens to the people you’re talking about except their off switch is less easily accessible than even mine!

pizzaHeart · 25/10/2025 20:53

Please let us know when you find the answer. It’s a baffling mystery for me too.

beezlebubnicky · 25/10/2025 20:53

I totally agree. Like why go if you're just going to get pie-eyed and annoy others? I've had pissheads spill drinks all over my clothes and shoes multiple times at gigs. I went to one the other week where two incredibly drunk people were talking and shouting loudly over the music the ENTIRE FUCKING TIME. To the point where I could barely hear the lead singer.

I would have said something to them, but it was in Sunderland and I'm not that stupid.

EyeLevelStick · 25/10/2025 20:51

Goodness knows. Why keep on going to the bar and coming back with trays of pints, then going to the toilet, on repeat. You’ve paid £150+ for these tickets so surely you want to see the whole gig?

Also, to do this they are repeatedly pushing past me to get to the aisle. It’s incomprehensible, and infuriating.