It's not a nice thing to do because the people behind you may actually be unable to stand for long periods. My neighbor has hip issues (due to a car accident) and says that this happened to her at a recent concert.

Anonymous wrote:If you insist on everyone staying seated, just stay home. We came to party and dance.

So people who can't stand should just stay home? They shouldn't want to hear live music and see performers perform, because YOU came to party and dance?

You really are clueless and selfish. Just because the person who paid $$$ to sit in your section is not in a wheelchair, that doesn't mean they can stand for the whole damn show. Or even part of it. Move your selfish a$$ to the side or buy your tickets at the sides of the section.

I hate people who assume that they get to make the rules because they're able-bodied, and who assume that anyone who doesn't "look disabled" is therefore fine to do whatever they themselves can do.

And this isn't even for me. It's for my DH who looks fine to you but who can only stand for short periods with an effing leg brace you cannot see (hey, honey, it's under his trousers! Should he have to show it to you to get you to plant your partying backside?). But you'd have him stay home, or maybe sit all the way in the back, or in the front row that probably we can't afford. He's less important than YOU are, for sure, right? Or if he sits behind you, well, he should just be happy to be there at all, and enjoy seeing nothing but the lights over the stage because you block the view of the artists.

Your entitlement and utter lack of regard for others is scummy.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh, yikes. Hi--it's me, I'm the problem it's me.

I stand at all concerts I go to. Stand and dance. I love it.

It must be exhausting!

Why would it be exhausting?

Wow someone doesn't listen to pop music.....

Google Taylor Swift Anti-hero and read the lyrics in the chorus.

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Anonymous wrote:Nope. I’m often the opposite. I had a knee issue. I splurged for very good seats for a concert at the Kennedy Center. One of the artists decided that he wanted to rock out. He asked people in the upper levels to come down to the floor, and people in the orchestra seats to stand. They did. So the seat that I had picked specifically to be able to watch the fingers of the guitarists was surrounded by towering people who never sat down. Rock on!

Please tell me this wasn’t Bob Weir

No, I’ve never heard of Bob Weir.

I’d heard these musicians before— at fully seated concerts at the Strathmore. If anything, I’d have expected the Kennedy Center audience to be even more staid — vs, say, The Anthem. It was a great concert! My only regret is that I splurged on the ticket price — and couldn’t actually see any of the musician’s hands. If he wanted people to rock out — and I get that— an overhead screen would have been nice.

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I go to classical music concerts and everyone sits.

Wrong thread.

Not really. The OP didn’t specify a type of music, or even a specific type of venue….just “seated concerts”.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh, yikes. Hi--it's me, I'm the problem it's me.

I stand at all concerts I go to. Stand and dance. I love it.

It must be exhausting!

Why would it be exhausting?

Anonymous wrote:If you insist on everyone staying seated, just stay home. We came to party and dance.

I stay home because I want to hear the artist sing, not the out of tune people standing next to me. I watched a Harry Styles' live concert video and all you could hear was the crowd singing in the high tones of 13 year olds.

I can buy an artist's entire music catalog for the price of a ticket. Am I old? I guess so.

Anonymous wrote:Oh, yikes. Hi--it's me, I'm the problem it's me.

I stand at all concerts I go to. Stand and dance. I love it.

It must be exhausting!

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I go to classical music concerts and everyone sits.

Wrong thread.

I go to classical music concerts and everyone sits.

Anonymous wrote:This middle ground happens at Wolf Trap at any good concert, where a lot of older people go. Also it’s been an issue at the Anthem in the seated areas.

Some weirdo at the Anthem yelled at the people next to us for whistling during the applause. Plenty of people were whistling, and this particular one was a couple people behind him, but he insisted on getting his little P in a twist by yelling at a woman. I am certain his date is now long gone LOL.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think I’ve ever been to a concert where people stayed in their seats. What kind of music?

Ever been to a symphony?

Maybe OP needs to stick to symphonies.

Anonymous wrote:What kind of concerts are you guys attending that everyone is standing in their seats all the time? I saw it once at a Robyn show at The Anthem -- this huge man would get up and "dance" in his seat every 10 seconds because his girlfriend kept telling him, "c'mon, babe, dance, dance!" It was already an awful view of the stage and nobody paid $150+ for him to wiggle his hips for IG.

Lil Naz X, Harry Styles, Jack Harlow, AJR, The Dead and Co, are just a few recently where almost no one is sitting.

Anonymous wrote:I am at a loss for OP. Rick, pop, and country concerts are not for sitting. If asked to sit I would say no. Stay home and listen to the radio. There is no rule to sit. To the contrary, the normal convention is to stand. 84-85 I went to 15 Bruce concerts. Each four hours. Sat only during 6 or so songs.

I get it that the normal convention is to stand, and it’s fun to dance and be into the music, but what if for whatever reason the audience collectively decides to sit? Are you still going to stand when no one else is? At one concert I went to, just one guy stood. He didn’t dance or anything. Just stood the whole time by himself.

This middle ground happens at Wolf Trap at any good concert, where a lot of older people go. Also it’s been an issue at the Anthem in the seated areas.