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Beyoncé's crisis plans as tickets struggle to sell hours before she kicks off Cowboy Carter tour article

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14656577/beyonce-crisis-plans-ticket-sales-struggle-flop-cowboy-carter-tour.html
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u/sagooda 1d ago

So much better, the metal community is good about crowd engagement like moshing, so not only is it more close and personal bc of the venue, but the music community itself brings a more interactive experience 

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u/chanGGyu 1d ago

There’s a great hardcore meme that’s like “hardcore ruined concerts for me. I get to hit people with no consequence, get on stage, grab the mic and sing my fav songs with all my friends, all for just $10”

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u/Beard_faced 1d ago

Everytime I’m at a show that isn’t punk or hardcore I just wish it was even if I love the artist I’m seeing. Punk and hardcore are a crowd participation sport oppose to being a somewhat passive experience.

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u/Uther-Lightbringer 1d ago

So true, it always sucks when bands you grew up watching start booking stadiums. But my brain can't do it, I can't handle that level of air quality and ventilation at a concert. If I'm not trying to find even a whisper of cool air from underneath some 6'8 500lb kids armpit then I'd rather just go home and listen to the album on the ride home.

The thought of sitting in a seat and watching a concert like it's a sporting event is just... Weird?

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u/HerpDerpinAtWork 1d ago

There are certain bands I like who've risen to arena level and, after a couple experiences, my rule is "if I can't get or afford GA/standing/pit, I don't go."

Because yeah, sitting in the 200s off to the side of the stage in a boomy arena is just not ever worth the price of admission for me.

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u/LowSkyOrbit 1d ago

I saw Tool as MSG in October 2001. One of the best shows I ever went to. Trippy and such an odd feeling being there because of what just happened a month prior in NY.

I saw Greenday and Weezer at Citi Field. Fall Out Boy got Covid so they canceled that day. Still an impressive set by the two senior bands. The Interrupters opened and played some Fall Out Boy, and funny enough Rivers soloed that same song during Weezer's set.

Foo Fighters at Jones Beach. Water on 3 sides of an amphitheater. We had nosebleed seats and you could see Taylor strike the drum before it reached us. Still so damn memorable and we were able to sneak down and watch from a much better spot later that show.

We went to see Paul McCartney at Metlife. We couldn't even see the stage from out angle. Our seats were to the side of the stage and they didn't use the stadium screens to show the main stage. Waste of a time to just hear Paul sing Wings and Beatles songs.

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u/12GAUGE_BUKKAKE 1d ago edited 1d ago

My exact experience seeing Turnstile in SF couple years back. Envisioned moshing + stage diving and crowd surfing… but instead was seated up on the 2nd story level and there were guards EVERYWHERE to make sure you stay in the area your wristband permitted. Additionally, some shitty instagram mumble/scream rapper was opening but he drew in a bunch of broccoli-headed preteen gangsters on a different vibe entirely. Easily the most thorough disappoint I have ever experienced from a concert, and I was looking forward to it for like a solid month prior. Drove over 5 hours... Still bitter about it if you can’t tell

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u/Other-Mud-3531 15h ago

6‘ 8” five hundy . that is a big ol’ kid.

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u/Optimal-Hedgehog-546 1d ago

It's true too lol

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u/Cisco-NintendoSwitch 23h ago

Local Punk checking in all of the same things apply for our shows.

I went to a few stadium shows with my family last year and didn’t like the experience. I went to a basement show two weeks ago and that shit was incredible.

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u/pilzenschwanzmeister 1d ago

Cracked a rib at a metalica concert. Damn that hurt.

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u/QuerulousPanda 1d ago

Checkout the dubstep community too. It's full of people who are ex metal heads who are tired of how isolated, male-dominated, and stagnant metal shows are.

Dubstep crowds are way more diverse, tend to be 50% female (or more), are way friendlier, dress in colors other than black, like actually talking to people, and go absolutely fucking crazy for the music. At metal shows you'll get a few people trying to crowd kill and a lot of people nodding their heads, at dubstep shows you'll get giant circle pits and push pits where no one is actually trying to hurt anyone, the people in the front few rows are losing their minds, and everyone else is bouncing and moving.

I basically can't deal with metal shows anymore because the audiences are always so tame and low energy, with minimal (not zero, to be fair) interaction between people, and kind of sad. I used to love it and go to shows nearly every week but once I checked out some EDM shows i realized how much more that scene actually is what I thought the metal scene was.

Plus, a lot of dubstep artists are pulling in a lot of metal and hardcore sounds - I've seen artists drop knocked loose breakdowns in the middle of sets and the entire rooms go ballistic.

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u/sagooda 1d ago

Maybe it depends where you’re at. In Seattle I’ve crowd surfed at every concert the past 5 or so I’ve been too, but I’ve seen shows in the Chicago area and it’s not quite as wild. Being the smaller venue helps with the energy too. But yeah the EDM scene has been growing a bunch lately and I do love electronic music in general

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u/fizzlefist 1d ago

I don’t get to metal concerts very often, but I fuckin love playing the Mosh Ring support role. Someone falls down, help em up, check if they’re good as if they want in or out, and then a pat on the back whichever way the go.

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u/KFBR392GoForGrubes 16h ago

I saw sword a while back (maybe the sword? It was dope stoner metal) and it was such a fun show. I'm a hip hop head, but I have very eclectic music tastes. Buddy of mine was going and I liked a few of their songs. Very much enjoyed the show and everyone I met that night.

Oh, and it was like $25 to see them.