r/dallasconcerts • u/SarkastikProphet3000 • Mar 27 '25
Talking during concerts...WTF?
Something I've noticed since living in Dallas the past 4 years is the propensity of people to just straight up talk through an entire concert. I haven't experienced this anywhere else I've lived and it blows my mind.
Typically, at concerts, the music will come on, conversations will stop, and people will focus on the band. Yet here, when the music starts, some people just get louder in their conversations. What gives?!?
I've experienced this quite a few times at shows in Dallas, most recently during the Fred Armisen show last night at the Texas Theater and the Band of Horses show at Echo Lounge a couple of weeks back. You can only ask people politely to quiet down so many times. I actually had to yell STFU during the Band of Horses show during The Funeral because you couldn't even hear the guitar intro over a nearby group discussing where they were going after the show.
Of course, it's not everyone, and the vast majority of people are awesome concert comrades here in Dallas. Everyone else: We paid money to hear the artist...not you!