I was watching some of the Glasto highlights this year and any crowd shot I saw the majority of the people were holding up their phones! Also, what's with all the huge flags everyone seems to carry now!? I'd find it f annoying if I was in the crowd and all I could see was phones and flags.
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The festival crowds often seem so dead these days, also sometimes goes for other concerts/tours
Though with how shockingly bad some artists seem to be live, that could be part of the explanation. The other part is presumably wanting to be there just to show that you’ve been there on social media
Though with how shockingly bad some artists seem to be live, that could be part of the explanation. The other part is presumably wanting to be there just to show that you’ve been there on social media
It's true. I had some of my best nights out at concerts when I was in my late teens/20's. They just don't have the same vibe anymore! Sometimes it's because the band sounds so shocking, but often because the crowd is so disengaged, which must also affect the bands performance.
Mobile phones have a lot to answer for.
People filming concerts on their phones seems silly to me. When I've done it in the last I rarely ever watch them back. We need to embrace living in the moment.
In my opinion concerts are ruined by the crowds. I love dance music but the crowd is always drunk teens and very chaotic in a bad way. Prefer to watch DJs in over 21 nightclubs instead, much better atmosphere.
In my opinion concerts are ruined by the crowds. I love dance music but the crowd is always drunk teens and very chaotic in a bad way. Prefer to watch DJs in over 21 nightclubs instead, much better atmosphere.
Completely off topic but if you have Netflix, Trainwreck: Woodstock '99 is a fabulous watch.
Yes it’s brilliant isn’t it? What an unholy disaster that was…..!
I saw it yesterday. Absolutely madness. Great tv tho lol
I think the one of the problems with live music and concerts for me is that it's all just too big. Whereas groups used to do 2 or 3 nights in a smaller venue and now its all arenas and outdoor spaces. I just find it all so soulless. So not only is the music worse than the recorded version but you end up watching a lot of it on a huge TV screen anyway.
Taken out of context that sounds like Majorca….
Watched it a few days ago! There’s also a good documentary about the Fyre festival.
I love concerts and live shows. Don’t think festivals would be good for me though.
I've got that on my watch list! Like rainbowlemon says, it looked similar to the Fyre Festival documentary which I liked watching.
Sums up why festivals are rarely a good idea.
It’s guaranteed to be a LGBT flag or a Palestine flag too.
I agree, this is just my idea of hell (but I get for the band playing it must be really thrilling!
I have seen Pulp 64 (yea, sowhat?!) times and hands down the best gigs have been in the dingy venue on Brighton seafront under the arches and in the back rooms of pubs. I have seen them at Glastonbury, Reading etc and while they are alright they don't come close to the smaller intimate gigs where they give away the set list and the drum stick and stay on stage to chat.
Imagine being at the front of those crowds and needing a wee. Guess you have to just pee yourself.
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Americans are generally tit at running festivals. Even the original Woodstock was pretty much a disaster.
I genuinely think I’d die of horror if someone dumped me in the middle of that crowd
This would be me:
It wasn’t supposed to be so big !
rightfully so!
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