Going to a concert tonight...

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Bon Jovi. At a stadium.

A birthday present for my wife. I don't dislike Bon Jovi, but I'm not a fan. Add in the crowds of people, it being in the city and then LOUD music.

I'm a little anxious.

So do you know how the seating is going to be like? Are people just standing in packs? If possible you might be able to seat or otherwise posistion yourself so there is minimum possible distress.

I wish you all the best of luck. I hope that you and your wife have a good time.

Oh, nice stuff! At first, I read that as 'birthday present from my wife', but this is even cooler.

I don't have all that much experience going to concerts, having only visited 2 'proper' popular music concert halls in my life (the 2 other times I saw a jazzpop singer and a country singer respectively, was at a concert hall that normally has classical musicians and orchestras play).
One of those was an intimate acoustic setting, the other a rock concert. I had a great time at the rock concert, and the room was fairly crowded. Beforehand, there was a little bit of internal emotional preparation, though not very heavy. It helped that I was a huge fan of the band, so the prospect of seeing them live was so exciting that I was willing to prepare myself for a few social inconveniences and sensory strain.

Since you're not that much of a Bon Jovi fan, I guess focusing on the fact that you're doing this for your wife is the paramount thing? Don't be ashamed that you might want to do a little bit of mental/emotional prep before you go into that concert, you're with her, she's with you, focus on having a good time. And don't feel bad if afterwards you feel exhausted, because that's actually normal for a fair number of people.

Anyway, have a good time!

Nosebleed seats, as it turned out, with a reasonable view of the stage.





She had a wonderful time, which is all a guy could ask. It was pretty rough on me in terms of stimulation, it was just SO loud. There's good distortion and bad distortion, and there were a few moments of seriously bad distortion; I struggled to cope with that.

Fortunately, we "missed" Kid Rock opening for Bon Jovi.

They played for 2.5+ hours, so in terms of a concert, it was a good show. I only knew about a third of the songs. The stage set design was incredible, really well done.

There were some parts I enjoyed, particularly when they started doing some cover versions (Jon Bon Jovi can do a pretty good Mick Jagger impersonation, as it turns out).

I was pretty glad when it was over.

Ironically, the worst moment of the night was trying to buy dinner before the show. The restaurant was crowded, and the background music was too loud, and there were too many choices on the menu, and I just shut down trying to order. I've noticed just how much I hate trying to order fast food for more than one person (it's hard enough when it's just me).

Glad it turned out well!

If you did not next time bring ear plugs. I also find that outdoor venues are better then indoor ones for sound quality.

I bring along ear plugs for any gig/concert I go to. I don't always need them but it's good to just have them on me. When I get too overloaded I try to look away from the crowd or lights or even people. I have a drink or bring something to distract myself with.

I usually bring earplugs everywhere, but that's also because I have a hearing loss phobia and I have misophonia and they do sometimes prevent me from wanting to smash people's faces in their plate and run away. They are great for concerts anyway. And the mall. And the cinema. I love earplugs

I'm glad the concert went OK WarWraith.

I don't enjoy gigs all that much and haven't been to too many. It's not the noise level so much as the crowds - people at live music events always seem to be too, erm, boisterous? for me.

I went to see Iron Maiden because my girlfriend loves them. The crowd were fairly good natured but some behaviour I couldn't understand (for example we had people wanting to take pictures of us).

I also went with her to a football match at Wembley. Oooh that was awful. Have you seen the episode of "The IT Crowd" where they go to the football? That was pretty much me

I'm glad the concert went OK WarWraith.

I don't enjoy gigs all that much and haven't been to too many. It's not the noise level so much as the crowds - people at live music events always seem to be too, erm, boisterous? for me.

I went to see Iron Maiden because my girlfriend loves them. The crowd were fairly good natured but some behaviour I couldn't understand (for example we had people wanting to take pictures of us).

I also went with her to a football match at Wembley. Oooh that was awful. Have you seen the episode of "The IT Crowd" where they go to the football? That was pretty much me