Would you go to a gig at 60?

[Restaurantcritic]

Well 59 actually. There’s a band I really like who have quite a youngish audience I think but I really like them and want to see them live.

Would me and DH be a pair of saddos and stick out like a sore thumb? Or is our age irrelevant. I won’t be down the mosh pit I hasten to add!

Nothing wrong with Andre Rieu , his shows are fabulous , try one . I like music across the board including some classical .

I'm in my 60s and go to gigs all the time. I was at one recently and a lady in her mid 70s came and sat next to me. Her last concert was in the summer - Bruce Springsteen at Wembley. And she stood! Good for her.

DP and I are in our late 50s and go to loads of gigs, we're rarely the oldest even if we're seeing bands like The Bug Club. We're off to see Interpol next month and I can't wait.

Of course, don't second guess yourself

Of COURSE! Go and enjoy yourself 😃😍

I’ve been going to gigs since 14 years old and there has always been a range of ages. Not once have I thought anyone over a certain age were saddos or stuck out like sore thumbs! Go, enjoy and don’t worry about what other people are thinking because they are probably not even thinking about your age!

Why on earth not?

I’m 59 ….I go to gigs and festivals …..go for it OP

I really hope I’m still going to gigs at 60. At 44 the only thing that stops me from going regularly is having 3 and 6 year olds. We go to festivals and gigs as often as we can and they are very much all ages!

It wouldn't even cross my mind if I wanted to go and see a gig not to because of age and equally when going to any kind of gig I literally do not even give a second thought to the age of people, you are all there to enjoy the music etc., surely that's, er, kind of the point 🤨 Of course you should go!

Why would you not? There’s no age limit to enjoying life. Go and enjoy yourself. It wouldn’t even cross my mind that at 59 I shouldn’t go to a gig. Last few I’ve been to the age of people have mostly been over forty/fifty.

I love classical music.

I would not love an Andre Rieu show.

Goooo, I love boybands, still go and I'm late 40's.

Look at this way, you're all there for the same reason, you love the artist, and that group enjoyment is very intoxicating. No-one cares about your age, only about whether you're enjoying it as much as they are.

I'm 60 in 6 months and have 8 planned for soon, 4 earlier in the year and two daytime raves

Yea we do usually go for a hotel for the night now if it's further away and an eye watering corporate seat next year at Tottenham

I’m 56 and I go to gigs all the time. I’m going to one tomorrow night and two in one night next Friday. I’m even going to Rome in February to see one of my favourite bands. I like local up and coming bands as well as big tickets like Foo Fighters and The Killers. There are lots of older people at gigs. Tickets are so expensive these days they’re often out of reach for young people. Go, enjoy yourself, and dance your socks off.

aye
madonna,tom jones,the stones,mcartney all still gig. at 60 you can do whatchu like-answer to nobody.

You'll be surprised, the audience will likely be more your age than you think. We go to big gigs and dingy small band venues and in our 50s and nearly 60s we fit right in. After all, more disposable income...

yes?! 60 isn't old!

My mum is 70 and recently saw Status Quo & Rammstein . Go for it!

Absolutely would. I went to see the Killers at the O2, was fabulous.

Do you know how old the Rolling Stones are?

I'm a little younger than you (a couple of years), I went to a gig on my own in the summer. It was awesome

@Restaurantcritic

Whos the band?

DH and I love our punk and have never stopped going to gigs.
We're 60 now and often feel like we might be the youngest people there.