Soldato
I’m so glad my concert-going days ended before smartphones existed.
I hate the fact that nearly everyone in the crowd is watching it through their phone screen
I ride after them on my bicycle and kick their wing mirrors off their cars.
Once I was in a situation whereby a person was politely asked several times to put their phone away after awhile, but they didn’t, so it got grabbed and lobbed - to much applause. And I didn’t feel the slightest bit sorry for the person that was holding the phone.
Jethro Tull for example asked for no flash photography but not a single person was filming.
Your average Jethro Tull fan would be about 70, so holding a phone above their heads for 2 hours would take some doing
This. If the singer has such an issue with phones at gigs he should (a) be clear that they won't allow people filming on the tickets/literature and (b) give the person/people fair warning at the gig that they shouldn't be doing so. Doing something like that is kinda funny, but also incredibly rude considering the person is paying his bills at the end of the day. If there's one thing that turns me off a particular "celeb" or "performer" immediately it's acting like a **** to their fans.Whilst I hate phones at gigs, this was a **** move.
Worse than concerts are people who record fireworks..
We're complaining about people using their phones to film gigs because it is annoying, an act kicks the phone out of someone's hands because it is annoying, but we are able to share this experience online with others and joke about it... because someone was filming the gig on their phone and has shared it.
PS: Everyone moaning about phones at gigs like "I had to move". Yeah.. because it's so hard to move 3ft to the right (or even better in front of them), what a hardship!
Sitting at a gig? I don't understand what you mean..Yeah...Cos it's that easy at busy gigs or where you have assigned seats...
how do you know the gig didn't have "no camera" signs up? as they invariably do.That's different, they had an opportunity to put it away after being asked.
One less phone spoiling the view. They ruin all live events and dark rides in theme parks.
Enjoy the thing you paid money to see/do with your eyes not looking at a stupid screen.
They still have them at gigs? Not that I go to many but I've been to three the past year and not one of them had those signs.how do you know the gig didn't have "no camera" signs up? as they invariably do.
What a complete *****.