I have been to three live concerts in total, the first was Imagine Dragons so obviously that one was massive in a basketball stadium, the next was Wardruna so slightly less massive in a concert hall and the last was Moon Walker in a pretty small venue. So standing through a whole concert kind of sucks and the most recent one didn't even have an option for sitting. And the one that I actually could sit at had the most uncomfortable sets I have ever been in. And despite having silicon ear plugs at the last two, I could understand most of the words being sung with the drums drowning out everything at the Wardruna concert. This was once I might have thought that venue had poor sound balancing but twice in a row? The nice thing about the most recent concert is that the openers offered to chat with fan at their merch tables but since they were in the same room at the on going concert so it never really felt quite enough to talk to anyone. I don't know it feels like everyone else there got way more out of it than me that is a sucky feeling.

Edit: I'm going to bed so won't reply for a while but you answers have been reassuring and helpful.

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[–] tatterdemalion@programming.dev 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Talking at shows doesn't really work. If you're able to carry a conversation, chances are you are being rude to the people trying to listen.

There are many ways that a concert can go wrong outside of the performer's control. All of these have happened to me:

Bad audio engineers. Too loud. Poor EQ.
Venue sold too many tickets and it's too crowded to dance or even stand comfortably.
Incompetent management results in poor logistics. E.g. long lines making people miss the show.
Venue itself just has poor acoustics that can't be fixed.
Crowd has assholes. People putting their phones up to record the whole time blocking your view. People shoving their way to the front. People not understanding how to behave in a mosh pit and hurting someone. People doing so much DMT that you can't breathe without smelling it.
Venue failing to provide free water.

Don't let that sour you on concerts though. I've been to way more good shows than bad ones. Usually if you find a good venue, it will stay good. Some performers are even so professional that they eliminate all possibility of the aforementioned issues by having their own staff take care of everything.

[–] Alienmonkey@mander.xyz 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Whoa holdup, which show were you at that DMT use was so high you could smell it?

Asking for a friend.

Lot of cannabis use in public, but DMT would be a whole different animal.

[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I could definitely smell weed the whole show this last concert.

[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

That's super common, especially in places where it's legalized.

[–] tatterdemalion@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

Multiple different electronic music shows. I've never done DMT so I don't know from experience what it smells like, but I was with people who've done it and they were saying that's the smell. I find it pretty obnoxious, please don't do it on the dance floor.