To think there is a place reserved in hell for people that don't consider those behind them at concerts?

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Won't say where I was last night but people sat on others shoulders in front of us at what was otherwise a great gig so I couldn't see anything. I'm almost 6 foot tall too.

Primal but standing in seating at a gig is absolutely fine. You can't expect people to just sit there.

Adults standing the whole time and waving their arms about in front of a small child is just selfish. DD stood up too but still couldn't see. It was 1D, not Nirvana (obvs).

My DH will probably be that twat

Looking forward to it

It is very normal for people to stand in seated areas at concerts. People are never going to just sit down the whole time I'm afraid. Hence why when I can, I try to choose sits where I have a half decent chance of having some form of view even when everyone stands.

However, you have to be careful of that in some places - had front row seats on balconies before, and then you aren't allowed to stand at all.

Primal - at a 1D concert I would have expected everyone too be standing to be honest - it would be full mainly of kids and teen girls - all of whom would be stood dancing and singing in my experience.

Standing at a concert is normal. Getting on someone's shoulders in front of people is a pain and not on.

conversationdiva - it often isn't possible to choose your seats, unless booking direct with the venue. For big and/or popular concerts that just usually doesn't happen and you don't find out which seats you have till after booking. And quite often standing is limited in mummers, or for ages - some say under 14s can't go in the standing area for example.

I usually choose seats as I like to sit for bits of it, and especially beforehand when waiting around - have arthritis so I'm not great just stood for ages. And I refer to have seats as they are usually tiered, so even when everyone stands I have a better chance of seeing.

But tbh when you are 5 foot you get used to having an impaired view of such things!

It's not just big name gigs, I was at a school play recently where one woman a couple of rows behind me talked loudly to her husband all the way through effectively drowning out the children. Even the dirty looks of all around her made no difference at all. The husband wasn't really engaging in the conversation but also seemed oblivious to how selfish she was.

Primal - at a 1D concert I would have expected everyone too be standing to be honest - it would be full mainly of kids and teen girls - all of whom would be stood dancing and singing in my experience.

But it wasn't. The Hydro in Glasgow is very steep. Most people did not stand the whole time at all.

Everyone didn't stand at the 1D gig at Murrayfield either. Yes, I've been to see 1D twice

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Very excited....dh said are you plannng on going again? Its just i thought when we went a few years ago that you wouldnt want to go again.

What?????

Going to see Bruce tomorrow...probably won't see much as I'm 5ft 2". An going to try to get there early but as DH is 6'4" will no doubt annoy someone behind him! There'll be screens at hampden...hopefully I'll be able to see those. Have fun fellow Mumsnetters who are going to be there!

We went to see REM a few years ago - tickets weren't cheap. It was ruined by a family with adult children who were pretty pissed - they kept shouting at the people around them "You fucking boring tossers - you should all be dancing!" It went on and on until we asked them to shut up because we actually couldn't hear the band too well and we'd paid a lot to see a great band. Cue lots of swearing, bolshie comments.

It bugs me when you have paid really good money to see a musician at a theatre and Pratts are up and "dancing" from the off.

Why can't they just watch the act, the professional/s it is what I want to do and have paid for. Not to see them jerking akwardly from side to side.

Yes, to on your feet for the last couple of songs but apart from that sit the fuck down and watch the show! Gigs are something else though.

My dp is really tall and I always feel so bad for him - he is so polite about letting shorter people in front of him that we often end up at the back anyway!

People in life are generally annoying. HATE being touched by strangers also so a heavy person spreading in to my seat or someone hogging the armrest or spreading their legs so they touch me is hideous to me also

Took my elderly (late 70s) mother to a seated Michael Buble concert a few years ago for a birthday treat. I could have strangled the people in the rows in front as they all stood up as soon as he came on and stood for the whole bloody concert! Why do people do that??? It was a huge tiered venue and everybody would have been able to see fine if they were sitting in their seats. The tickets cost a fortune and we had the choice of stand for over an hour or see sod all.

That's what I'm talking about hubba, it is infuriating. You want to watch Buble not their backs after paying so much. It is pathetic!

YANBU. I don't mind tall people in front of me, they can't help being tall and have just as much right to get down the front as anyone else but people who sit on their mates shoulders or wave cameras/phones/their pint glasses in the air all bloody night are the worst. And then you get the utter twats further back who think those in front want warm beer and a plastic glass lobbed over their heads Sometimes I'm not even sure it is beer tbh, especially at outdoor shows/festivals but that really doesn't bear thinking about!

No actually I've just thought of people even more annoying than the drink throwers...people who turn up 10 minutes before the headline act and think they're owed a spot in the front row so the elbows come out and they barge past and trample on your feet trying to find/create a non-existent empty spot for themself and their 5 mates. If you really want a front row spot queue for it like the rest of us!

Really enjoyed the Bruce gig tonight at Hampden.

But really people were inconsiderate arseholes. Shouting loudly throughout to each other and not listening to the show. They'd paid 105 quid a ticket ..why not just go to pub to drink and shout.

There were loads who stood up the whole time too..why not just get a standing ticket then?

Grrr rant rant

Bruce was amazing last night and luckily we were surrounded by a great bunch of people in the standing section. What stamina to play for that long non-stop!

I know, it just got more and more energetic

Ooohhh getting more excited

He is on top form

at those of you seeing (or at least hearing) Bruce. I am going to see another rock act of the more mature variety on Saturday. I can't wait!

I'm 4ft11 so well aware of this. A lot of people don't give a crap about the people around them in general.

Two annoying occassions though 1. I stood near the side where there were a lot of younger kids at a rock concert. Dad puts smalled on his shoulders in front of me, tell dad he's just blocked my view and he has a rant about his child costing the same amount for his ticket as me so he should be able to see.....didn't bother telling him the flaw in his logic there while blocking his view.

1. A very tall man once plonked himself right infront of me, I moved back in front of him and he actually pushed me out of the way despite me being no taller than his chest.

I know being say "just buy seats" but it's not the same experience for some music, and sometimes never an option.

Some people are just dicks. I tend to stand as far back as possible now and then you get a good angle above peoples heads.

smaller* *blocking my view. Penis fingers