While grassroots venues are struggling to get people through their doors and stay afloat in the UK, large-cap venues have become host to a different issue; the decline in post-pandemic gig etiquette among music fans, reflecting a confluence of social, psychological, and cultural shifts. If you’ve been unlucky enough to go to a gig recently which draws a predominantly Gen Z crowd, you will already be painfully aware of how younger crowds are using artists’ live performances as platforms for their main character moments, or far more disturbingly, to exhibit as much attention-seeking disrespect as possible. For many Gen Z, raised in the digital era, the boundary between living an experience and showcasing it has blurred. At gigs, this can manifest as a desire to dominate the moment, turning a communal experience into a backdrop for personal storytelling, and ruining the experience for everyone comfortable to let the performing artist take all of the spotlight. In this article, we will track a few of the disconcerting new trends exhibited by music fans, spurred on by the social ineptitudes as a result of pandemic isolation and the insatiable desire for fame, resulting in gig-goers not being content with just being a […]
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