At what age did going to concerts start losing their appeal for you?

[demolition23]

Never. I go to more now than ever. Since the start of 2023 I’ve been to about 150 shows - mostly bars and clubs but also a few theatre and arena shows.

[HueyRamone]

i used to say it was due to high prices for shitty seats.... but now I dont even wanna go if it's reasonable prices and a venue where you can just be wherever.
Not only am i meh on music, i also dont give a shit about TV or movies either.

What are you into apart from sludging and rock climbing?

Rock climbing i stopped, moved to far away from gym.
So now it's


Still play in 4 bands and subbing for a 5th
Video editing
mountain biking
hiking/rucking
Drinking diet Dr pepper mixed with a Bubly over a lot of ice through straw

[EyeDocOfRock]

I still enjoy going to concerts …


However, the big crowded venues are pretty much over for me…. About the only Big venue show I would still go to would be a Scorpions show …


I have mentioned this before, a former high school football teammate of mine is a pretty big roller at the casinos locally here and he gets us free tickets for pretty much any show we want to go to at the casinos. Great thing is we have like 5/6 casinos within 30 minutes of here, so short drives … free parking … easy parking lots to get in and out of… he has free dinners for us at the casinos … and short drive back home after the shows … occasional meet/ greet with the band.

Also, as I have mentioned , I have a long time patient of mine who is a “small/ Medium” concert promoter and he is really cool about providing me several tickets to any show he gets…


So I still love live music, it’s just for me the days of the sheds / stadiums/ arenas are pretty much over for me because of the “ hastle” of the entire concert experience with travel , parking, crowds of people , cost of everything inside the venues, late night returns home…

[NeonKnite]

I still go to shows, but they're fewer and farther in between. I discriminate more than ever. If it's a show I really want to see and I know I'm gonna love it, I'll make the effort, however the days of going to shows just to go are over for me. Shows are now priced so outlandishly nowadays, I can put my money to better and more worthwhile use at this point in my life.

I've lost the whole "fear of missing out" thing that motivated me for many years. If I've seen a band, I no longer feel obligated to see them again just because. I skipped Maiden last year. I had a dead center front row experience on the previous tour that I'd never top, and wasn't willing to try again jumping through all the hoops (fan club membership to get fttb, wait out all day, etc).

On top of that is how Ticketmaster just fucks people every which way they can. All the bullshit with presales and passwords and packages and adding on fees just to add on fees (aisle seat pricing) is beyond fucking absurd. On the last Ghost tour, I paid $350 for a pair of seats up near the front only to find that due to the stage extensions, that it was limited view. If the band weren't up at the front of the stage, you couldn't see them a lot of the time. Not long after that, at an Alice Cooper show where I sprung for a TM VIP Platinum front row ticket for $300 (first time ever), the fucking security guard wouldn't allow anyone to move up to the barrier even though the seats were about 10 feet back. I'm tired of paying a premium to be treated like dog shit.

I'll pay a lot for a good seat, but I won't pay a lot for a shit seat and now some of these good seats aren't what they're supposed to be. As a customer, you have absolutely no recourse with Ticketmaster.

And nobody forget Ticketmaster and their blatant lying that they don't control pricing. I'm seeing Alice in Erie in May and I got a 5th row seat for $88 total bucks because they aren't using Ticketmaster, but a local ticket seller. At the other Alice shows being sold by TM on the same tour, you couldn't get anything even close to 5th row for less than $170. They're full of complete shit.

I do try to do it more on my own terms now if I am going to a show. I'll wait them out until something shows up at a price I'm willing to pay, but I just am not as interested as I used to be no matter what.

[Whatever Happened To…]

Last show I saw was Kiss on their End Of The Road tour, I just haven't been bothered since. Had tickets for Mike Monroe the last time he played here but couldn't face it on the night.

These days I have a dedicated home theatre/studio setup with a nice hifi and large screen, I've got 1000+ and counting music docs and concert movies on a media server, just a nicer experience to me than dealing with people, phones, ticket queues, drinks prices, parking etc. Most of my favourite bands are either dead, retired or getting there so I'm cool with phasing this aspect of my life out. First ever concert was Motorhead in 1984 so I had a good run. 54 this year.

[kanister]

Arena and stadium show started to feel boring and waste of money when I was around 35 years old.

Im over 50 now and still love to go indie rock, punk etc gigs in small clubs. I love that vibe and musics better. Usually the audience is something like 30-70 people. I go 2-3 nights every week.

[NeonKnite]

These days I have a dedicated home theatre/studio setup with a nice hifi and large screen, I've got 1000+ and counting music docs and concert movies on a media server, just a nicer experience to me than dealing with people, phones, ticket queues, drinks prices, parking etc. Most of my favourite bands are either dead, retired or getting there so I'm cool with phasing this aspect of my life out. First ever concert was Motorhead in 1984 so I had a good run. 54 this year.

It's cool to have all that material, but a pain the ass to have to think about what to watch. I have software that lets me make 'virtual channels' that integrate with my normal TV channels. I have a few artist dedicated channels of bootlegs/content (Alice Cooper / Kiss) and then a concert channel and a music doc channel for all that kinda stuff. I have other dedicated move type channels of different genres and franchises too which is really cool.

It takes the effort out of it, I can just tune to a channel and get sucked into something I might never have considered watching.

[HueyRamone]

I think the only show I went to in 2024 was KKs Priest. I even had to drive like 80 miles to the venue. I felt like it was worth it. Good to see Ripper and KK going for it.

Other than that, there's not really any bands I havent already seen that I need to see the older, more decrepit version of.

[LAglamrocker]

You can usually find good spaghetti or lasagna dinner before show and nice female stripper dancing late night- then watch sun come up on beach..the 70 minute Bang Tango set is only small part of night

Or you can watch those dorks on tv talk about Fantasy Football drafts while eating Vons yogurt

[GoodJudge]

Arena and stadium show started to feel boring and waste of money when I was around 35 years old.

Im over 50 now and still love to go indie rock, punk etc gigs in small clubs. I love that vibe and musics better. Usually the audience is something like 30-70 people. I go 2-3 nights every week.

Similar for me except I don't have anything like that frequency these days.

I went off large shows quite quickly - after I first moved to London in 09/90 I almost lived at The Marquee (800 capacity) and The Astoria 200m away (2000 people?) for about 3 years. (Not the famous Marquee, it closed in 1988). And I've almost wholly stuck with club and theatre shows ever since. Though I enjoyed festivals and only stopped going as my friends quit and I had no-one to camp with.

My last arena show was the Slayer farewell tour. It was good to be there but being high up at the side is zero comparison to a club where the band are Right There.

Plus, thanks to public transport I have no parking worries.

[Whatever Happened To…]

These days I have a dedicated home theatre/studio setup with a nice hifi and large screen, I've got 1000+ and counting music docs and concert movies on a media server, just a nicer experience to me than dealing with people, phones, ticket queues, drinks prices, parking etc. Most of my favourite bands are either dead, retired or getting there so I'm cool with phasing this aspect of my life out. First ever concert was Motorhead in 1984 so I had a good run. 54 this year.

It's cool to have all that material, but a pain the ass to have to think about what to watch. I have software that lets me make 'virtual channels' that integrate with my normal TV channels. I have a few artist dedicated channels of bootlegs/content (Alice Cooper / Kiss) and then a concert channel and a music doc channel for all that kinda stuff. I have other dedicated move type channels of different genres and franchises too which is really cool.

It takes the effort out of it, I can just tune to a channel and get sucked into something I might never have considered watching.

What software is that please? I use Infuse which is a bit like Plex, looks like this: https://i.imgur.com/JVopUWL.jpeg

[NeonKnite]

What software is that please? I use Infuse which is a bit like Plex, looks like this: https://i.imgur.com/JVopUWL.jpeg

I use software called Channels. At its core, it is a DVR but they have added so much functionality into it. It really can be your media manager and has tons of cool features like the virtual channels I mentioned.

getchannels.com

[Indy_Rob]

I still go to shows, but they're fewer and farther in between. I discriminate more than ever. If it's a show I really want to see and I know I'm gonna love it, I'll make the effort, however the days of going to shows just to go are over for me. Shows are now priced so outlandishly nowadays, I can put my money to better and more worthwhile use at this point in my life.

I've lost the whole "fear of missing out" thing that motivated me for many years. If I've seen a band, I no longer feel obligated to see them again just because. I skipped Maiden last year. I had a dead center front row experience on the previous tour that I'd never top, and wasn't willing to try again jumping through all the hoops (fan club membership to get fttb, wait out all day, etc).

On top of that is how Ticketmaster just fucks people every which way they can. All the bullshit with presales and passwords and packages and adding on fees just to add on fees (aisle seat pricing) is beyond fucking absurd. On the last Ghost tour, I paid $350 for a pair of seats up near the front only to find that due to the stage extensions, that it was limited view. If the band weren't up at the front of the stage, you couldn't see them a lot of the time. Not long after that, at an Alice Cooper show where I sprung for a TM VIP Platinum front row ticket for $300 (first time ever), the fucking security guard wouldn't allow anyone to move up to the barrier even though the seats were about 10 feet back. I'm tired of paying a premium to be treated like dog shit.

I'll pay a lot for a good seat, but I won't pay a lot for a shit seat and now some of these good seats aren't what they're supposed to be. As a customer, you have absolutely no recourse with Ticketmaster.

And nobody forget Ticketmaster and their blatant lying that they don't control pricing. I'm seeing Alice in Erie in May and I got a 5th row seat for $88 total bucks because they aren't using Ticketmaster, but a local ticket seller. At the other Alice shows being sold by TM on the same tour, you couldn't get anything even close to 5th row for less than $170. They're full of complete shit.

I do try to do it more on my own terms now if I am going to a show. I'll wait them out until something shows up at a price I'm willing to pay, but I just am not as interested as I used to be no matter what.

All of this. Couldn't have said it better.

I've cut way back on shows over the last several years. The cost and the hassle are just too much for my patience these days. I live 10 minutes from Ruoff Music Center which is the main amphitheater in the greater Indianapolis area. But I can't be bothered bc it's a giant clusterfuck getting in and out of there and starting this year, parking is no longer included in your ticket price. That's another $20. That place can fuck right off. And Ticketmaster can eat my entire ass.

[demolition23]

Arena and stadium show started to feel boring and waste of money when I was around 35 years old.

Im over 50 now and still love to go indie rock, punk etc gigs in small clubs. I love that vibe and musics better. Usually the audience is something like 30-70 people. I go 2-3 nights every week.

Yeah, this is similar to me, although being in New Zealand arena and stadium shows were pretty uncommon. But I’ll go out to see some bands just for the enjoyment of seeing some bands. Been to 20 shows this year - probably 50-60 artists - and less than a quarter would be acts I owned albums of.

[Whatever Happened To…]

What software is that please? I use Infuse which is a bit like Plex, looks like this: https://i.imgur.com/JVopUWL.jpeg

I use software called Channels. At its core, it is a DVR but they have added so much functionality into it. It really can be your media manager and has tons of cool features like the virtual channels I mentioned.

getchannels.com

Thanks for that, looks great.

[Nate S Axel]

Never! I remember when I was a kid and couldn't wait to make enough money so I can go to more shows, buy more shit, and have more fun. Now that I do, I don't plan to stop anytime soon.

Sucks to see so many people on here that don't like doing that anymore. Bad backs, not enough money, angry at people standing up, their favorite deep track that 7 people care about isn't in the setlist, and so on. Ten reasons not to go to a concert when you only need one reason to go.

Whether it's a small local band/club show with 10 people or a huge arena show, I'm there. I guess after 2020, not that I took things for granted before, but ever since that year I have a fresh outlook on going out, going to shows, etc. I still remember everything about that year and seeing pictures of how it was five years ago. Yeah, it's #FirstWorldProblems, but that was a tough year getting through it all.

It's likely different in Vegas than it probably is in South Dakota, where there's nothing else to do or look forward to in life, but there's just something about going out that will always be more fun than staying home.

[Sleek]

What's the "one reason to go" to a concert?

[Nate S Axel]

What's the "one reason to go" to a concert?

It's better than posting on here or that other reject board? For real though, it's fun, I like music and being around people. Everybody's reasons are different though; I'm not gay, so I don't know what yours would be.

I guess after hundreds of concerts, I haven't gotten bored or jaded by them, and I hope I never do. I don't get why that's difficult to understand.

If you're stuck at home and you have kids and there's school the next day, OK. If you're broke and have to suck some cock or donate plasma for rent money, OK. You don't have to go to every show, but losing their overall appeal? I don't get it. I'm just happy to see most poll responses are from people that still enjoy them.

[Hatchets Molly]

Related topic: there is a real movement with people in their 50s and 60s to be content staying at home more today than ever. It’s irrefutable that people are generally bigger assholes in public than in any recent history. It can be more enjoyable watching a movie, sports events, and concerts on our 70” OLED surround sound systems than dealing with assholes. I haven’t seen a movie in a theater in 6-7 yrs, and I fucking love my system, the pause button, the fridge, and the bathroom. I’ve very selectively gone to a couple of concerts a year if they’re in my city and not a festival event. #1 reason…people. Hassle and price are tied for second.

Local music has mostly died. I fucking hate packed bars and refuse to see the occasional cover band. I love a small, quiet dive bar. I love a beach bar with acoustic music.

My likes and dislikes have changed with age and the times. It doesn’t mean NEVER but it means rarely.

[Nate S Axel]

My likes and dislikes have changed with age and the times. It doesn’t mean NEVER but it means rarely.

You're just counting down the days until retirement first!

What's your first post-retirement tattoo going to be? Sleeve? Skull tattoo? Ass tattoo?

[Hatchets Molly]

My likes and dislikes have changed with age and the times. It doesn’t mean NEVER but it means rarely.

You're just counting down the days until retirement first!

What's your first post-retirement tattoo going to be? Sleeve? Skull tattoo? Ass tattoo?

I definitely am counting in my head. Too soon to do the calendar countdown. When I don’t have to waste 10 waking hours on work, I anticipate a mood change.

I already have both arms sleeved out. Maybe the prison teardrop in recognition of the coworkers I drop while walking out the door.

[Love_Industry]

I fucking hate packed bars and refuse to see the occasional cover band.

This. I'm so over bars and small clubs and would only go there to see a band I really like that has no chance of seeing in an arena or a big club, 800+ capacity like the Marquee or here in Stockholm, Fryshuset Klubben.

Think I only saw two bar/club shows in the last five years: Pretty Maids singer Ronnie Atkins first solo show ever, and a release event for Glorious Bankrobbers' new album. Good bands/shows but the sound was atrocious for Atkins and barely acceptable for Bankrobbers. Also the turnout for Atkins was embarrassing, less than 1/2 full in a 300 capacity club that used to be a slaughterhouse until a few years ago (Some time later, Geoff Tate refused to perform at that venue). Bankrobbers was the opposite, probably over capacity in a smallish bar.

[Aerosmith87]

I'm into the clubs (eg Irving Plaza, Webster Hall both in NYC). It's easy for me to go to those right after work or train in. Going to see Michael Monroe next week at Racket. That type of show is still cool for me.

My main issue with the shows isn't my age (37), but a lot of the bands I want to see, it's their age that's the issue. So I'm very selective in my old person shows these days. Arena shows are nowhere near as fun as they used to be for me when I was younger for reasons many specified. It's never fun to shell out $200 for a ticket, god forbid you want a beer, and see a mailed in set.

[Love_Industry]

I'm into the clubs (eg Irving Plaza, Webster Hall both in NYC). It's easy for me to go to those right after work or train in. Going to see Michael Monroe next week at Racket. That type of show is still cool for me.

Capacity just over 1000. Sounds good to me.

[gtrjay]

Last show I saw was Kiss on their End Of The Road tour, I just haven't been bothered since. Had tickets for Mike Monroe the last time he played here but couldn't face it on the night.

These days I have a dedicated home theatre/studio setup with a nice hifi and large screen, I've got 1000+ and counting music docs and concert movies on a media server, just a nicer experience to me than dealing with people, phones, ticket queues, drinks prices, parking etc. Most of my favourite bands are either dead, retired or getting there so I'm cool with phasing this aspect of my life out. First ever concert was Motorhead in 1984 so I had a good run. 54 this year.

You have a list / webpage on shows / docs you have? May want to review and Venmo you some $$ for a few to add to my collection. Via Dropbox or something.

[Bono Nettencourt]

i used to say it was due to high prices for shitty seats.... but now I dont even wanna go if it's reasonable prices and a venue where you can just be wherever.
Not only am i meh on music, i also dont give a shit about TV or movies either.

What are you into apart from sludging and rock climbing?

Rock climbing i stopped, moved to far away from gym.
So now it's


Still play in 4 bands and subbing for a 5th
Video editing
mountain biking
hiking/rucking
Drinking diet Dr pepper mixed with a Bubly over a lot of ice through straw

[Whatever Happened To…]

Last show I saw was Kiss on their End Of The Road tour, I just haven't been bothered since. Had tickets for Mike Monroe the last time he played here but couldn't face it on the night.

These days I have a dedicated home theatre/studio setup with a nice hifi and large screen, I've got 1000+ and counting music docs and concert movies on a media server, just a nicer experience to me than dealing with people, phones, ticket queues, drinks prices, parking etc. Most of my favourite bands are either dead, retired or getting there so I'm cool with phasing this aspect of my life out. First ever concert was Motorhead in 1984 so I had a good run. 54 this year.

You have a list / webpage on shows / docs you have? May want to review and Venmo you some $$ for a few to add to my collection. Via Dropbox or something.

If I can figure out a way of doing this I'll post it, not sure how though.

[HueyRamone]

What are you into apart from sludging and rock climbing?

Rock climbing i stopped, moved to far away from gym.
So now it's


Still play in 4 bands and subbing for a 5th
Video editing
mountain biking
hiking/rucking
Drinking diet Dr pepper mixed with a Bubly over a lot of ice through straw

If drinking the Nectar of the Gods™ (DDP + Bubly + Ice + Straw) is gay, I dont wanna be straight!!

[Bono Nettencourt]

Rock climbing i stopped, moved to far away from gym.
So now it's


Still play in 4 bands and subbing for a 5th
Video editing
mountain biking
hiking/rucking
Drinking diet Dr pepper mixed with a Bubly over a lot of ice through straw

If drinking the Nectar of the Gods™ (DDP + Bubly + Ice + Straw) is gay, I dont wanna be straight!!

I guess it helps purge the taste of all the cum you gargle.

[HottKarl777]

Haven't been to a show in 7 years now. 2018 Primus and Mastodon was my last. Doubt I will see anyone else. I don't have any friends left to do stuff like that. Plus I hate people and their stupid phones on a level I can't articulate.


I enjoy podcasts, vaping and long solitary walks.