My wife and I are going to a concert in a few months which is considered ‘girl pop’ and we have standing tickets. I wanted to get a look at what a show by this artist is like, so I search YouTube just to find it’s a bunch of young adult woman screaming anytime something is done like a dance move as an example, but this just isn’t me.
I have a worry that someone is going to start filming me for being ‘grumpy’ or whatever, usually I wouldn’t think this much into it, but I’m already going to be sticking out like a sore thumb and in the current year I always assume I’m in the background of someone’s video at any given moment and I don’t want my awkwardness being confused for anything else other than what it is.
Am I in over my head, or should I just not overthink it and try to enjoy myself?
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Like where? I can only assume you’ve never been to a large pop concert
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The sort of event you’re describing is incredibly rare, and I can still only assume you haven’t been to a concert with a GA section in decades. You’re much more likely to die in a car accident on the way to a concert than by a crowd crush at a concert
That’s largely limited by ticket sales nowadays, right? Responsible / law-abiding venues (in countries with good regulation on it) don’t sell so many standing tickets that the risk gets too high
The wiki page you linked in the other reply has a link to a list page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_crowd_crushes
You’ll notice that very few recent ones are at concerts, and those that are consistently involve serious mismanagement of the event and usually something inciting large-scale fear responses
You are right that it’s less safe than being seated, and you do need to watch out for your surroundings and be ready to get yourself out if you think it’s too much. It is a problem that we know how to handle for the most part without banning all standing areas, though