Going to Concerts

[papayahed]

Would you go alone?

I have tickets to see The White Stripes in KC. The guy I was going with may be out of town that day. There's no one I would feel comfortable asking, should I go alone? Has anybody been to a concert by themselves? :eek:

[mono]

What an odd coincidence!
None of my friends like The White Stripes, but the band came to Portland one or two years ago (and plan on coming again soon, I think), so I went alone. It seemed a little boring going alone, but they performed a wonderful concert! :thumbs_up
Whatever happens, I hope you have a lot of fun!

[papayahed]

OK, it may be 12 years (and a few days) apart but I'm really beginning to believe the seperated at birth idea.

[AimusSage]

I don't know if you have standing or seated tickets. But if you have standing tickets it means you can move around, talk to people about the band before the concert starts, and just enjoy yourself. If you are seated it might be a bit more uncomfortable. considering it is a bit more difficult to move around, but you should definately go and have a good time.

[baddad]

Wait a minute!! You have TWO tickets?? Wanna get comfortable with the idea of going with someone else?? Just let it be known that you have two tickets......and don't know if you'll be using the second one!! The chances that another fan of the band will let you know that they might be interested is pretty good......and then you can pick and choose who/if you want to share........and sharing is fun........or go alone and use the other ticket as a small torch when screaming, "Encore, Encore".....

[papayahed]

Well, I'm new to KC so the only people I really know are work people. There's one guy here that might be interested in going, but I'm not sure I want to start being pals with him. I'm 99.6% sure that nobody else here knows who The White Stripes are....

[mono]

OK, it may be 12 years (and a few days) apart but I'm really beginning to believe the seperated at birth idea.
Very possible! :lol:
Maybe we should both go, and wear matching red and white clothing (The White Stripes' colors). We can look like weird, obsessed fans together. ;)

[papayahed]

Ok, I went to the concert - by myself. It wasn't so bad and the concert was excellent.

[crisaor]

Glad to hear that. It was too big of an event to miss it because of so little. Last two concerts I had the luck to attend (Morrissey, The White Stripes) I went alone, and it didn't prevent me from enjoying them in the slightest. Of course, most of the times it's better to have company, but being alone isn't bad at all, and it certainly isn't a reason to miss such great gigs. For my next one, hopefully I'll get to see The Strokes, and I plan on getting a ticket as soon as possible, then I'll worry about going with more people.

Congrats, papaya. :thumbs_up

[mono]

Ok, I went to the concert - by myself. It wasn't so bad and the concert was excellent.
Congratulations, papayahed. The White Stripes put on a good show, I agree. :thumbs_up
As crisaor explained very well, going to a concert alone does not necessarily have to feel unpleasant, but that you attended a concert you enjoyed, and contributed to an event that a band you like organized seems admirable.
Not having many friends who share my musical taste, I have attended a few concerts by myself, some of them seeming some of the best shows I have seen, including Ben Folds, Die Fledermaus (an opera by Strauss), Howie Day, and Norah Jones.

[baddad]

Norah Jones......mmmmmmm.......good stuff........ *jealous*

[Monica]

I went to the U2 concert alone because in the last moment it turned out that my best friend couldn't come. I thought it would be terrible out there alone. But I met some other friend there and besides the guy who was sitting right next to me was extremely nice and we talked a lot (we came something like 3 hours before the concert began).

[Jack_Aubrey]

Dont deprive yourself.

[Koa]

I've never been to a concert alone but I've been out to clubs on nights devoted to my favourite music all alone, just cos noone cared for me enough to surrender to the big sacrifice of going with me, and in many cases they turned out at the last moment :mad:, which happened twice during the past month in Moscow.
I generally enjoyed it even if with some friends it would have been so much better... but I dont want the things I want to do to be spoilt because of other people. I only wished I was an extrovert person so that I could really make new friends in the place, but I'm just really shy (plus in Hungary I really had troubles in communication...).

So good choice papaya, a concert is always worth seeing, especially if you really like the band! Next time maybe you could do something like post on a forum devoted to the band and ask if someone wants to meet you so that you can make a group... it's a solution I've sometimes thought about not to be all alone.

[papayahed]

Next time maybe you could do something like post on a forum devoted to the band and ask if someone wants to meet you so that you can make a group... it's a solution I've sometimes thought about not to be all alone.

Huh, I never thought of that. I'll have to give that a try next time.

[subterranean]

I did that with with some people that I knew from local radiohead group in yahoo. I went to Suede's concert and, though I didn't go alone, it was nice to meet new people who share same interest in Brittish bands.
When Jonny Greenwood (from radiohead) had this online chat sesion on yahoo long time ago, I also made plan with a girl I know from radiohead group to be online together. We talked on the phone few times also, discussing the band. It was fun.

Speaking of concert, last nite a new band from UK called Rooster, held a showcase at Hard Rock cafe Jakarta. I planned to go but for some reasons I couldn't make it. This morning I over heard my country manager speaking to my manager, that he went to that concert last nite (he's Brittish and he went just cause the band is from UK). Somehow I feel glad I didn't come...

[Scatterbrain]

I've never been in a concert alone, but of course I would go
It doesn't matter whether I'm alone or not, after all, I'm there to see the band
You should definitely go!

[Aurora Ariel]

I think that's great you would go alone Scatterbrain as it's better than missing it altogether!Every concert is an event which will never occur again-it's lost forever to time so it's worth just going along in a solitary way.
Of course though it can be more interesting with another as you can share your experience and first hand thoughts, but it can also be stimulating individually.At least you will be able to have this once in a lifetime experience and keep it as a close memory.If I was desperate to go to some concert and couldn't find anyone at the moment to come along I would just go on my own and at least try to have a good time and probably tell the others what they missed out on...

[PistisSophia]

I only want to say that I was never a groupie; however, I have Van Morrison's tambourine and rode in a limo with Dickey Betts and Duane Allman, a long time ago and far away, in another galaxy. Otherwise, high school was the same old, same old.

[baddad]

I only want to say that I was never a groupie; however, I have Van Morrison's tambourine and rode in a limo with Dickey Betts and Duane Allman, a long time ago and far away, in another galaxy. Otherwise, high school was the same old, same old.

Hmmmmm.............?


....uh.......Dick and Duane? Cute. I wonder how many of the younger folk on this site even know who they are? Damn, I'm aging myself......

[PistisSophia]

Hmmmmm.............?


....uh.......Dick and Duane? Cute. I wonder how many of the younger folk on this site even know who they are? Damn, I'm aging myself......

Yeah, that reelin' in the years stuff sort of sneaks up on ya, does it not?

[Nocturnal]

Would you go alone?

I have tickets to see The White Stripes in KC. The guy I was going with may be out of town that day. There's no one I would feel comfortable asking, should I go alone? Has anybody been to a concert by themselves? :eek:

I have done that plenty of times, it's actually very liberating...although it can be a bit frightening if the concert takes place in a big venue

[papayahed]

Hmmmmm.............?


....uh.......Dick and Duane? Cute. I wonder how many of the younger folk on this site even know who they are? Damn, I'm aging myself......


Allll right!!!!!!! I'm gonna count myself as a youngster then. I read that and confused Dickey Betts with Dicky Barrett and couldn't figure out why my Dickey and Duane Allman would be in a limo together.....

[permanentstain]

if you like a band enough and the circumstance comes to you going alone. please, go, unless you are really young. you'll be surrounded by people who enjoy the music you do. my bestfriend almost skipped out on a concert because she didnt want to drive alone. but she definitely saw people she knew there from other concerts.